nice stark result, again switching the sign of the causal effect.
i'd make the title parallel this. i'd also replace the last sentence to
explain what the important implications are.
Gary
On Tue, 13 May 2003, David Konisky wrote:
Please find our working title and abstract below.
Comments are welcome.
David and John
Mothers' Transitions from Welfare to Work and Child Development: The
Importance of Income
Chase-Lansdale, et al (2003) argue that mothers' transitions off welfare
and into employment do not have discernible effects on their children's
cognitive, behavioral, and psychological development. Correcting for
omitted variable bias by considering the variable effects of mothers'
transitions
depending on the income level of the family, we show that mothers'
transitions do impact child development. Contrary to the expectation that
mothers' transitions off of welfare and into employment will be detrimental
to children's development, we find these transitions generally have
positive effects for children from households below the poverty line. Our
findings have important implications for evaluating recent welfare reform
initiatives.
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