TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment Using Transfer Payments from Casino Profits
JO  - American economic journal: applied economics
A1  - Akee, Randall K. Q.
A1  - Copeland, William E.
A1  - Keeler, Gordon
A1  - Angold, Adrian
A1  - Costello, E. Jane
SP  - 86
EP  - 115
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
N2  - We examine the role 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 $4,000 per year for the poorest households increases educational attainment by one year at age 21, and reduces the chances of committing a minor crime by 22 percent for 16 and 17 year olds. Our evidence suggests improved parental quality is a likely mechanism for the change. (JEL D14, H23, I32, I38, J13)<p /> 
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SN  - 1945-7782
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.2.1.86
ID  - ref1
ER  -