Money matters: Does the minimum wage affect child maltreatment rates?

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• 作者：Kerri M. Raissian^a ; ^{kerri.raissian@uconn.edu} ; Lindsey Rose Bullinger^b ; ^{lrbullin@indiana.edu}
• 关键词：Minimum wage ; Child maltreatment ; Poverty
• 刊名：Children and Youth Services Review
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：72
• 期：Complete
• 页码：60-70
• 全文大小：483 K
• 卷排序：72

文摘

Children living in low-income families are at a greater risk of child maltreatment. Causal evidence for the relationship between income and child maltreatment is scarce. We use changes in the minimum wage as an exogenous increase to a family's income. We find that increasing the minimum wage leads to fewer child maltreatment reports. The reduction is especially strong for neglect among young and school-aged children.