Families with Hungry Children and the Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten. University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series, DP2012-19

Autor/inn/en	Arteaga, Irma; Heflin, Colleen; Gable, Sara
Institution	University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
Titel	Families with Hungry Children and the Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten. University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series, DP2012-19
Quelle	(2012), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	1936-9379
Schlagwörter	Hunger; Preschool Education; Kindergarten; Eligibility; Food; Age Differences; Children; Longitudinal Studies; Surveys; Nutrition; Public Policy; Federal Programs; Participation; Program Effectiveness; Questionnaires; Economic Factors; Family Characteristics; Statistical Analysis; Child Health; Well Being; Regression (Statistics); Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Eignung; Lebensmittel; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Child; Kind; Kinder; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Ernährung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Teilnahme; Fragebogen; Ökonomischer Faktor; Statistische Analyse; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	This paper exploits a source of variation in the eligibility for federal nutrition programs to identify the program effects on food insecurity. Children are eligible for the WIC [Women, Infants and Children] program until the day before they turn 61 months old. The result is an age discontinuity in program participation at the 61-month cutoff. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth-cohort dataset, we find strong evidence of a sizeable increase in household food insecurity at the 61-month cutoff. Our findings are robust to different model specifications, datasets, and various bandwidth choices using various non-parametric estimations. A section on data sources is appended. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01