TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dustmann, Christian
AU  - Landersø, Rasmus
AU  - Andersen, Lars Højsgaard
        TI  - Unintended Consequences of Welfare Cuts on Children and Adolescents
        PY  - 2024/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17244
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17244
        AB  - This paper studies the effects of a large welfare benefit reduction on the children in the affected families. The welfare cut targeted adult refugees who received residency in Denmark, and it reduced their disposable income by 30 percent on average over the first five years. We show that children exposed to the welfare cut during preschool and school-age obtained lower GPAs, experienced reduced well-being and overall education levels, and suffered lower employment and earnings as adults. Children in their teens at exposure faced large increases in conviction probabilities for violent and property crimes.
        KW  - social assistance
KW  - welfare state
KW  - crime
KW  - education
KW  - inequality
        ER  -