Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/268257 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper Series No. 51
Publisher: 
University of Waterloo, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), Waterloo
Abstract: 
How does welfare affect the prosperity of mothers and their children? We study this question using a Canadian welfare reform and by linking administrative welfare records to tax returns, nearly all medical spending, and children's educational attainment. Eighty percent of mothers in the complier group found employment within a year, and for many, total income rose despite reduced transfers. We find precise zero effects on total health expenditures for both mothers and children. However, composition changes, including fewer family physician visits, indicate that mothers had less time to seek health care. We find precise zero effects on children's test scores and graduation, but modest reductions of intergenerational transmission of welfare.
Subjects: 
welfare
health
public
JEL: 
H23
H31
I38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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