@techreport{NBERw10762,
 title = "Effects of Child Health on Sources of Public Support",
 author = "Nancy E. Reichman and Hope Corman and Kelly Noonan",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "10762",
 year = "2004",
 month = "September",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w10762",
 abstract = {We estimate the effects of having a child in poor health on the mother's receipt of both cash assistance and in-kind public support in the form of food, health care, and shelter. We control for a rich set of covariates, include state fixed effects, and test for the potential endogeneity of child health. Mothers with children in poor health are 5 percentage points (20%) more likely to rely on TANF and 16 percentage points more likely to rely on cash assistance (TANF and/or SSI) than those with healthy children. They are also more likely than those with healthy children to receive Medicaid and housing assistance, but not WIC or food stamps.},
}