Evidence Compiled by President’s Economic Experts Illustrates Long-Term Gains from Antipoverty Programs
End Notes
[1] Jason Furman and Krista Ruffini, “Six Examples of the Long-Term Benefits of Anti-Poverty Programs,” May 11, 2015, https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/05/11/six-examples-long-term-benefits-anti-poverty-programs.
[2] Arloc Sherman, Danilo Trisi, and Sharon Parrott, “Various Supports for Low-Income Families Reduce Poverty and Have Long-Term Positive Effects On Families and Children,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, July 30, 2013, https://www.cbpp.org/research/various-supports-for-low-income-families-reduce-poverty-and-have-long-term-positive-effects.
[3] Hilary Hoynes, Doug Miller, and David Simon, “Income, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Infant Health,” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2015, 7(1): 172–211, https://gspp.berkeley.edu/assets/uploads/research/pdf/Almond-Hoynes-Schanzenbach-RESTAT-2011.pdf.
[4] Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff, “New Evidence on the Long-Term Impacts of Tax Credits,” November 2011, http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/11rpchettyfriedmanrockoff.pdf.
[5] Dayanand S. Manoli and Nicholas Turner, “Cash-on-Hand & College Enrollment: Evidence from Population Tax Data and Policy Nonlinearities,” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 19836, January 2014, http://www.nber.org/papers/w19836.
[6] Douglas Almond, Hilary W. Hoynes, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, “Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes,” Review of Economics and Statistics, May 2011, https://gspp.berkeley.edu/assets/uploads/research/pdf/Almond-Hoynes-Schanzenbach-RESTAT-2011.pdf.
[7] Hilary W. Hoynes, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, and Douglas Almond, “Long Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net,” April 2014, https://gspp.berkeley.edu/assets/uploads/research/pdf/Hoynes-Schanzenbach-Almond-4-14.pdf.
[8] Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence F. Katz, “The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment,” May 2015, http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/images/mto_paper.pdf.
[9] David W. Brow, Amanda E. Kowalski, and Ithai Z. Lurie, “Medicaid as an Investment in Children: What Is the Long-Term Impact on Tax Receipts?” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 20835, January 2015, http://www.nber.org/papers/w20835.
[10] Jason Furman, “Smart Social Programs,” New York Times, May 11, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/opinion/smart-social-programs.html?_r=1.
[11] Anna Aizer, Shari Eli, Joseph Ferrie, and Adriana Lleras-Muney, “The Long Term Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Families,” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 20103, May 2014, http://www.nber.org/papers/w20103.
[12] “Stresses of poverty may impair learning ability in young children,” National Institutes of Health, August 28, 2012, http://www.nih.gov/news/health/aug2012/nichd-28.htm.