Dustmann, Christian;
Landersø, Rasmus;
Andersen, Lars Højsgaard;
(2024)
Unintended Consequences of Welfare Cuts on Children and Adolescents.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
, 16
(4)
pp. 161-185.
10.1257/app.20230519.
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Abstract
This paper studies the effects of a large welfare benefit reduction on the children in the affected families. The welfare cut targeted adult refugees who received residency in Denmark, and it reduced their disposable income by 30 percent on average over the first five years. We show that children exposed to the welfare cut during preschool and school-age obtained lower GPAs, experienced reduced well-being and overall education levels, and suffered lower employment and earnings as adults. Children in their teens at exposure faced large increases in conviction probabilities for violent and property crimes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Unintended Consequences of Welfare Cuts on Children and Adolescents |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1257/app.20230519 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20230519 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10188800 |
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