Baby Bonuses: Natural Experiments in Cash Transfers, Birth Timing and Child Outcomes

Deutscher, Nathan; Breunig, Robert

doi:10.1111/1475-4932.12382

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“…However, it is not surprising that an unconditional program leads to a null eect on the well-being of families. This is conrmed by evidence on universal family benets that found no impact on child and parent well-being (Hener, 2016 ;Gaitz and Schurer, 2017 ;Deutscher and Breunig, 2018 ;González, 2018).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…25. Gaitz et al (2017) and Deutscher et al (2018) found no evidence that unconditional cash transfers in Australia are eective in boosting learning and cognitive scores.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Improvement outcomes are more plausible for some sub-populations, such as disadvantaged households (Deutscher et al, 2018 ;Milligan and Stabile, 2011). Similarly, the eects of child benets might dier depending on the child's sex.…”

Section: Heterogeneous Eectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…He reports that unconditional family cash transfers decrease mothers' labour supply but have no impact on mothers' life satisfaction. With regard to a substantial birth grant in Australia, Gaitz and Schurer (2017) and Deutscher and Breunig (2018) found no evidence that the program improved the well-being of children and parents.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Impact of Universal Child Benefits on Family Health and Behaviours

Lebihan

Takongmo

2018

SSRN Journal

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In 2006, the Universal Child Care Benet was introduced in Canada for all children aged less than 6 years. This program aims to help cover the cost of children and to provide nancial assistance to families with young children in their choice of childcare. We exploit this policy change to estimate the eects of unconditional family cash transfers on the health and behaviours of two-parent families and their children. Using a dierence-in-dierences model, we nd no evidence that the program improved child and parental outcomes in aggregate.A modest but fragile benecial eect is found for low-education families and for girls.

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“…25. Gaitz et al (2017) and Deutscher et al (2018) found no evidence that unconditional cash transfers in Australia are eective in boosting learning and cognitive scores.…”

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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The Impact of Universal Child Benefits on Family Health and Behaviours

Lebihan

Takongmo

2018

SSRN Journal

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“…were born prior to the introduction of the baby bonus scheme). It appears this did have some effect for children from disadvantaged backgrounds (Deutscher & Breunig, ).…”

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Experiments and evaluation of public policies: Methods, implementation, and challenges

Jensen

2020

Aust J Public Adm

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Evidence-based policymaking is all about developing and implementing better public policies. Although the logic underpinning this philosophy is simple, the practicalities of demonstrating causal effects of a public policy are much more complex. In recent years, there has been a wave of optimism about the usefulness of experimental approaches to public policy evaluation which mimics the clean, causal inferences observed in clinical trials. Although these methods, such as randomised controlled trials, have been widely advocated and implemented, they are not without their potential problems. In this paper, we consider the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges posed by the revolution in policy evaluation brought about by embracing experimental methods. K E Y W O R D Scausal inference, evidence-based public policy, randomised controlled trials Aust J Publ Admin. 2020;79:259-268.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/aupa

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Impact of Child Subsidies on Child Health, Well-Being, and Investment in Child Human Capital: Evidence from Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey 2010–2017

Proshin

2023

Eur J Population

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This study evaluates the impact of introducing the Maternity Capital (MC) program—a child subsidy of 250,000 Rub (7,150 euros or 10,000 USD, in 2007)—provided to mothers giving birth to/adopting a second or subsequent child since January 2007. Eligible Russian families could use this subsidy to improve family housing conditions, fund child’s education/childcare, or invest in the mother’s retirement fund. This study evaluates the impact of MC eligibility on various child health and developmental outcomes, household consumption patterns, and housing quality. Using data from the representative Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey 2010–2017, I tested regression discontinuity models and found that MC eligibility may have led to a small improvement in child health status, which could be explained by improved housing conditions, particularly in rural areas. However, children living in MC-eligible families were also more likely to report reduced socialisation. Heterogeneity analysis by child gender, household poverty status, and urban/rural residence suggests that MC incentives may have had a differential impact on some analysed outcomes. Results are robust to different polynomial and nonparametric RDD specifications.

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Baby Bonuses: Natural Experiments in Cash Transfers, Birth Timing and Child Outcomes

Cited by 19 publications

References 21 publications

The Impact of Universal Child Benefits on Family Health and Behaviours

The Impact of Universal Child Benefits on Family Health and Behaviours

Experiments and evaluation of public policies: Methods, implementation, and challenges

Impact of Child Subsidies on Child Health, Well-Being, and Investment in Child Human Capital: Evidence from Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey 2010–2017

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