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Direct linkDahl, Gordon; Lochner, Lance – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2005
Understanding the consequences of growing up poor for a child's well-being is an important research question, but one that is difficult to answer due to the potential endogeneity of family income. Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by omitted variable bias and measurement error. In this…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Measurement, Tax Credits, Reading Tests
