Woods-Jaeger Briana, Livingston Melvin D, Lemon Emily D, Spencer Rachael A, Komro Kelli A
Department of Behavioral, Social, & Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, United States.
Prev Med Rep. 2021 Nov 2;24:101627. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101627. eCollection 2021 Dec.
The Family Stress Model (FSM) has been used to show the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and child externalizing behaviors and suggests that interventions promoting economic security may be a promising approach to reduce child externalizing behavior. Using longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study from 2002 to 2010 we examined the effect of minimum wage laws on child externalizing behaviors through a difference in difference in differences (DDD) study design. Externalizing behavior was assessed with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) using the rule breaking, attention problems, and violence subscales. DDD analyses suggest a $1 increase in the minimum wage was associated with a 2% reduction in violent behaviors (β = -1.90, 95%CI[-3.12, -0.68], p = 0.003) for the most vulnerable families headed by a primary caregiver with less than a high school education. The study results suggest that increases in the minimum wage are associated with reductions in the most severe and costly externalizing behaviors among children. Study results contribute to a growing body of literature showing that increased family incomes have positive impacts on child development, and that minimum wage policy is potentially an effective mechanism for the primary prevention of violence.
家庭压力模型（FSM）已被用于揭示社会经济劣势与儿童外化行为之间的关系，并表明促进经济安全的干预措施可能是减少儿童外化行为的一种有前景的方法。利用2002年至2010年脆弱家庭与儿童福利研究的纵向数据，我们通过三重差分（DDD）研究设计，考察了最低工资法对儿童外化行为的影响。外化行为通过儿童行为清单（CBCL），使用违规、注意力问题和暴力分量表进行评估。三重差分分析表明，对于由受教育程度低于高中的主要照料者为首的最脆弱家庭，最低工资每提高1美元，暴力行为就会减少2%（β=-1.90，95%置信区间[-3.12，-0.68]，p=0.003）。研究结果表明，最低工资的提高与儿童最严重、代价最高的外化行为的减少有关。研究结果为越来越多的文献做出了贡献，这些文献表明家庭收入增加对儿童发展有积极影响，且最低工资政策可能是预防暴力的有效机制。
