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100 1 _aLundstrom, Samuel
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245 _aThe impact of family income on child achievement : evidence from the earned income tax credit
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_c by Samuel Lundstrom
260 _c2017
500 _aDisponible también en línea a través de la Biblioteca del Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. Resumen. Bibliografía.
650 4 _aRENTA FAMILIAR
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650 4 _aIMPUESTOS
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650 4 _aINCENTIVOS FISCALES
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650 4 _aBONIFICACIONES TRIBUTARIAS
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650 4 _aCREDITO
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650 4 _aNIÑOS
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650 4 _aEDUCACION
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650 4 _aESTADOS UNIDOS
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520 _aIn a recent article in the American Economic Review, Dahl and Lochner (2012) use changes in the Earned Income Tax Credit to estimate the causal effect of family income on child achievement. Their instrumental variable (IV) estimates imply that a $1,000 increase in income raises combined math and reading test scores by about 6 percent of a standard deviation. I document a variable coding error. Correcting this error reduces the IV estimates by 32 percent; correcting this error does not change the qualitative conclusions of the study
773 0 _tThe American Economic Review
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