Session 36: Public Policy and Child Wellbeing

Thursday, April 17 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Oak Alley 4th floor

Chair: Charles Michalopoulos, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
Discussant: Eric Dearing, Boston College
Discussant: Lisa A. Gennetian, The Brookings Institution

1.	Public Policy, Demographic Change, and the Incidence and Severity of Long-Term Child Poverty through the 1990s  •  Lloyd D. Grieger, University of Michigan; Jessica J.B. Wyse, University of Michigan

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Liberal Welfare State Policies and Health: The Effect of The Earned Income Tax Credit on Child Well-Being  •  Kate W. Strully, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY); David Rehkopf, University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley; Ziming Xuan, Harvard School of Public Health

3.	Welfare Receipt and Early Childhood Cognitive Scores  •  Colleen M Heflin, University of Missouri at Columbia; Sharon Kukla-Acevado, University of Kentucky

4.	Economic Costs of Early Childhood Poverty  •  Greg J. Duncan, Northwestern University; Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago

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