Effects of Universal and Unconditional Cash Transfers on Child Abuse and Neglect / Lindsey R. Bullinger, Analisa Packham, Kerri M. Raissian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bullinger, Lindsey R.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Packham, Analisa.

Raissian, Kerri M.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w31733.

NBER working paper series no. w31733

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023.

Summary:

We estimate the effects of cash transfers on a severe measure of child welfare: maltreatment. To do so, we leverage year-to-year household variation from a universal and unconditional cash transfer, the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). Using linked individual-level administrative data on PFD payments and child maltreatment referrals, we show that an additional $1,000 to families in the first few months of a child's life reduces the likelihood that a child is referred to Child Protective Services by age three by 2.0 percentage points, or 10 percent, on average. Estimates indicate that additional cash transfers also reduce child mortality.

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Print version record

September 2023.