Replication data for: The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit: Reply

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Gordon B. Dahl; Lance Lochner

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Project Citation:

Dahl, Gordon B., and Lochner, Lance. Replication data for: The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit: Reply. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113153V1

Project Description

Summary: Dahl and Lochner (2012) provides some of the first causal evidence of the effects of family income on child achievement using changes in the Earned Income Tax Credit. Unfortunately, a coding error in the creation of total family income affects the first stage estimates and inflates the instrumental variable (IV) estimates. Importantly, it does not affect the reduced-form estimates or alter statistical significance of the IV estimates. This response shows that correcting this error does not alter the core findings or main message of the paper.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
      H31 Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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V1 [2019-10-12]

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