Background Although research has repeatedly demonstrated the association between
poverty, mental health, and health behaviours, there is limited evidence on the effects of …

Poverty has consistently been linked to poor mental health and risky health behaviors, yet
few studies evaluate the effectiveness of programs and policies to address these outcomes …

The earned income tax credit (EITC) is the largest US poverty alleviation program for
families with children, and state EITC policies provide a modest supplement to the federal …

Purpose Child poverty is associated with worsened health, although there is limited
research on whether US poverty alleviation policies improve children's health. We examined …

Background: The association between individual socioeconomic status (SES) and mental
disorder is well-documented, but studies to date have provided limited and sometimes …

Background: There are conflicting findings regarding long-and short-term effects of income
on health. Whereas higher average income is associated with better health, there is …

Antipoverty policies have the potential to improve mental health. We conducted a
randomized trial (Paycheck Plus Health Study Randomized Controlled Trial, New York, New …

Context: The existence of a positive relationship between income and morbidity has been
well documented in the literature. But it is unclear whether the relationship is positive …

This paper uses a large-scale nationally representative dataset to examine the nonlinear
effect of income on mental health. To investigate their causal relationship, the exogenous …

Despite the established relationship between adverse health outcomes and low
socioeconomic status, researchers rarely test the link between health improvements and …