The long‐term effects on children and adolescents of a policy providing work supports for low‐income parents |
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| Authors: | Aletha C Huston Anjali E Gupta Jessica Thornton Walker Chantelle J Dowsett Sylvia R Epps Amy E Imes Vonnie C McLoyd |
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| Institution: | 1. Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas, Austin;2. 1 University Station, A2702, 108 Dean Keaton, Room Seay 1.432, Austin, TX 78712–0141;3. Researcher/Statistician, 5106 Ravensdale Lane, Austin, TX 78723;4. Doctoral Candidate, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas, Austin;5. Research Associate, University of Kansas, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd., Watson Library, 470, Lawrence, KS 66045;6. Senior Researcher, Decision Information Resources, Inc., 2600 Southwest Freeway, Suite 900, Houston, TX 77098;7. Researcher, 7309 Tanaqua Lane, Austin, TX 78739;8. Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
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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. |
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