Effects of Prenatal Poverty on Infant Health: State Earned Income Tax Credits and Birth Weight

American Sociological Review

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 534-562

  Strully, Kate W ^a   Rehkopf, David H ^b   Xuan, Ziming ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Earned Income Tax Credit; infant health; poverty

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDBEARING; POVERTY; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957816745     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122410374086     Document Type: Article

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