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100	1		_aCurrie, Janet. _98688
245	1	0	_aDoes Participation in Transfer Programs During Pregnancy Improve Birth Weight? / _cJanet Currie, Nancy Cole.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c1991.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w3832
500			_aSeptember 1991.
520	3		_aA primary goal of transfer programs to the non-aged, non-disabled poor in the United States is to improve the well-being of children in poor families. Thus it is surprising that most of the considerable research which has been devoted to the study of transfer programs focuses on the incentive effects of the programs for parents rather than on the question of whether parental participation in such programs measurably benefits children. This paper begins to fill this gap in the literature by examining the relationship between a mother's participation during pregnancy in Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the Food Stamp Program, or housing assistance, and one of the least controversial measures of child welfare: the birth weight. We do not find any statistically significant relationship between a mother's participation in these programs during pregnancy and the birth weight of her child. However, it should be kept in mind that birth weight is only one measure of child welfare and that these entitlement programs may well have positive impacts on the health and development of children once they are born.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aI12 - Health Behavior _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aI38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aCole, Nancy.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w3832.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w3832
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w3832
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