Temporary Stays and Persistent Gains: The Causal Effects of Foster Care

Max Gross and E. Jason Baron

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Abstract: We estimate the effects of foster care on children’s outcomes by exploiting the quasi-random assignment of child welfare investigators in Michigan. We find that foster care improved children’s safety and educational outcomes.

Keywords: Child welfare; foster care; causal inference; applied economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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