AI Article Synopsis
- The study assesses how an unconditional household income transfer impacts children's emotional and behavioral health, as well as their personality traits during adolescence.
- Results indicate significant positive effects, particularly for children who initially have lower emotional and behavioral well-being.
- The income transfer also improves parental relationships, which may play a role in enhancing children's overall health and personality development.
Article Abstract
We examine the effects of a quasi-experimental unconditional household income transfer on child emotional and behavioral health and personality traits. Using longitudinal data, we find that there are large beneficial effects on children's emotional and behavioral health and personality traits during adolescence. We find evidence that these effects are most pronounced for children who start out with the lowest initial endowments. The income intervention also results in improvements in parental relationships which we interpret as a potential mechanism behind our findings.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5860688 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160133 | DOI Listing |
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