How Does Household Income Affect Child Personality Traits and Behaviors?

Randall Akee, William Copeland, E. Jane Costello and Emilia Simeonova

American Economic Review, 2018, vol. 108, issue 3, 775-827

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.

JEL-codes: D14 I12 I26 I31 I38 J13 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.20160133
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