Child Mental Health, Family Circumstance, and Long-Term Success
利用美国印第安人家庭因赌场收入转移而获得的意外收入，研究发现受助儿童在30岁时抑郁和焦虑症状更少，经济状况更好，且心理健康问题的代际持续性减弱。
<h3>Abstract</h3> We use data from a long-running experiment in which American Indian households received income transfers from a casino, while other households did not. Using a difference-in-difference analysis, we find that the treated children had fewer depression and anxiety symptoms at age 30. In adulthood, individuals with more years of treatment exposure also had greater economic well-being around age 30. The untreated children, in adulthood, showed strong persistence in measures of mental health from adolescence through age 30, while in the treated group, children persistence was greatly attenuated. The estimated effects are slightly stronger for treated children who experienced fewer mental health symptoms before the transfers began at ages 16 and 21, but by age 30, all affected children showed reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression and improved economic outcomes.