The number of parents giving money on demand instead of pay has been increasing in recent times. Does it help children to better understand “the value of money”?
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Experts explain the significance of this new ‘allowance.’
Many studies conducted in recent years tie lower poverty rates for children to better health and higher pay when they grow up.
For middle-class and wealthy families, securing government aid tends to be free of hassles. For low-income families, the process is often stigmatizing and the benefits meager.
Monthly payments to families with children could lift millions of US children out of poverty.
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Professor of Education and Social Policy; Director of the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
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Professor of Economics, University of Maryland; Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group, University of Maryland
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