NIH R01 · 2025
Household Income and Child Development in the First Years of Life
PROJECT SUMMARY Poverty puts children at risk for developmental delays, lower school achievement and educational attainment, and unfavorable labor market and health outcomes. The Baby’s First Years (BFY) project is the first large-scale randomized controlled trial in the U.S. to estimate the impact of poverty reduction on children’s development and health. Launched in 2018 (NICHD R01HD087384), BFY recruited 1,000 low-income mothers and their newborn infants in four metropolitan areas. Mothers were randomized to receive a monthly unconditional cash transfer of either $333 (“high-cash gift group”) or $20 (“low-cash gift group”) for the first 4 years and 4 months (52 months) of the child’s…
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