Work, Welfare, and Child Maltreatment
利用美国州级面板数据，研究父母经济状况（如父亲缺位、母亲工作、双亲失业、收入低于贫困线75%）及福利水平变化对儿童虐待和寄养安置的影响。
We examine how child maltreatmentincluding neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and other forms of maltreatmentis affected by parental economic circumstances. Using state-level panel data on cases of maltreatment and numbers of children in foster care, we find that increases in the fractions of children with absent fathers and working mothers in a state are related to increases in many measures of maltreatment, as are increases in the share of families with two nonworking parents and those with incomes below 75% of the poverty line. Decreases in state welfare benefit levels are associated with increases in foster care placement.