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Research Article
The long-term effects on children and adolescents of a policy providing work supports for low-income parents
Article first published online: 13 JUL 2011
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20613
© 2011 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Issue
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Volume 30, Issue 4, pages 729–754, Autumn (Fall) 2011
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How to Cite
Huston, A. C., Gupta, A. E., Walker, J. T., Dowsett, C. J., Epps, S. R., Imes, A. E. and McLoyd, V. C. (2011), The long-term effects on children and adolescents of a policy providing work supports for low-income parents. J. Pol. Anal. Manage., 30: 729–754. doi: 10.1002/pam.20613
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- Issue published online: 1 SEP 2011
- Article first published online: 13 JUL 2011
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Abstract
New Hope, an employment-based poverty-reduction intervention for adults evaluated in a random-assignment experimental design, had positive impacts on children's achievement and social behavior two and five years after random assignment. The question addressed in this paper was the following: Did the positive effects of New Hope on younger children diminish or even reverse when children reached the challenges of adolescence (eight years after random assignment)? Small positive impacts on school progress, school motivation, positive social behavior, child well-being, and parent control endured, but impacts on school achievement and problem behavior were no longer evident. The most likely reasons for lasting impacts were that New Hope families were slightly less likely to be poor, and children had spent more time in center-based child care and structured activities. New Hope represents a model policy that could produce modest improvements in the lives of low-income adults and children. © 2011 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.