How Does Household Income Affect Child Personality Traits and Behaviors?
利用准实验性的无条件家庭收入转移支付数据，研究发现收入增加对青少年情绪和行为健康及人格特质有显著正面影响，尤其对初始禀赋较低的儿童效果更明显，且改善父母关系可能是潜在机制。
We examine the effects of a quasi-experimental unconditional household income transfer on child emotional and behavioral health and personality traits. Using longitudinal data, we find that there are large beneficial effects on children's emotional and behavioral health and personality traits during adolescence. We find evidence that these effects are most pronounced for children who start out with the lowest initial endowments. The income intervention also results in improvements in parental relationships which we interpret as a potential mechanism behind our findings.