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Children and the US Social Safety Net

Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children

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ID4029465
AutoresAnna Aizer (0000-0001-8490-9788, Anna Aizer is Professor of Economics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Research Associates, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.), Hilary Hoynes (Hilary Hoynes is Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California. Research Associates, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.), Adriana Lleras-Muney (0000-0002-9771-8611, Adriana Lleras-Muney is Professor of Economics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Research Associates, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.)
Ano2022
Volume36
Fascículo2
Páginas149-174
Data de publicação2022-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965
EditoraAmerican Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1257/jep.36.2.149
PMID37986734
OpenAlexW4280540022
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas16

Economic research on the safety net has evolved over time, moving away from a focus on the negative incentive effects of means-tested assistance on employment, earnings, marriage, and fertility to include the potential positive benefits of such programs to children. Initially, this research on benefits to children focused on short-run impacts, but as we accumulated knowledge about skill production and better data became available, the research evolved further to include important long-run economic outcomes such as employment, earnings, and mortality. Once the positive long-run benefits to children are considered, many safety net programs are cost-effective. However, the current government practice of limiting the time horizon for cost-benefit calculations of policy initiatives often fails to take this into account. Finally, we discuss why child poverty in the United States is still higher than most OECD countries and how research on children and the safety net can better inform policy-making

Beneficiary · Business · Child poverty · Demographic economics · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Political science · Poverty · Poverty threshold · Safety net · Agricultural risk and resilience · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Finance

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Obras citantes distintas18
Citações por ano4,5
Intervalo de citações2022 - 2026 (5)
Velocidade de citaçãocurrent
Altamente citadoNão
Tipos de citaçãoNeutras: 16
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