We estimate the effects of cash transfers on child well-being. To do so, we leverage programme eligibility due to date of birth cutoffs and year-to-year variation in payment size from a universal and unconditional cash transfer, the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD).
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- Date
- Thursday 9 Feb 2023, 12:30 - 13:30
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- Seminar
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- 2.09
- Space
- Langeveld building
PFD payments and child maltreatment
Using linked individual-level administrative data on PFD payments and child maltreatment referrals, we find that an additional $1,000 to families reduces the likelihood that a child is referred to Children’s Services by age 3 by 2.0 percentage points, or about 10 percent, on average.
Effects are driven by declines in neglect and physical abuse. Additionally, we show that larger cash transfers increase the probability that children live with their mothers and lower mortality by age 5.
About Analisa
I am an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Vanderbilt University. I am also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
I study applied microeconomics, including labor economics, health economics and the economics of education.
My research focuses primarily on evaluating the effects of nutritional assistance timing as well as contraception and family planning policies.
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