The earned income tax credit and infant health revisited

被引:8
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作者
Dench, Daniel [1 ]
Joyce, Theodore [2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] CUNY, Grad Ctr, Program Econ, New York, NY 10004 USA
[2] CUNY, Baruch Coll, Dept Econ & Finance, 5 Hanover Sq,Suite 1602, New York, NY 10004 USA
[3] CUNY, Grad Ctr, 5 Hanover Sq,Suite 1602, New York, NY 10004 USA
[4] NBER, 5 Hanover Sq,Suite 1602, New York, NY 10004 USA
关键词
difference-in-differences; earned income tax credit; low birth weight; LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT; COCAINE USE; CRACK COCAINE; PRENATAL-CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION; OUTCOMES; CONSEQUENCES; EMERGENCE; PROGRESS;
D O I
10.1002/hec.3972
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Hoynes, Miller, and Simon (2015), henceforth HMS, report that the national expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is associated with decreases in low birth weight. We question their findings. HMS's difference-in-differences estimates are unidentified in some comparisons, while failed placebo tests undermine others. Their effects lack a plausible mechanism as the association between the EITC and prenatal smoking also fails placebo tests. We contend that the waning of the crack epidemic is a possible confound, but we show that any number of policies directed at poor women also eliminate the effect of the EITC when aggregated to the national level. Identifying small, causal effects of a national policy at a single point in time is exceedingly challenging.
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页码:72 / 84
页数:13
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