title: Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment.
abstract: We examine the role that an exogenous increase in household income due to a government transfer unrelated to household characteristics plays in children's long run outcomes. Children in affected households have higher levels of education in their young adulthood and a lower incidence of criminality for minor offenses. Effects differ by initial household poverty status. An additional $4000 per year for the poorest households increases educational attainment by one year at age 21 and reduces having ever committed a minor crime by 22% at ages 16-17. Our evidence suggests that improved parental quality is a likely mechanism for the change.
authors.forename: Randall K Q
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Akee
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Keeler
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angold
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Costello