2013-09-192013-09-191999http://hdl.handle.net/11212/749http://www.princeton.edu/rpds/papers/pdfs/paxson_child_maltreat.pdfThis paper examines how child maltreatment is affected by the economic circumstances of parents. Child maltreatment encompasses a wide range of behaviors that adversely affect children. It includes neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and other forms of abuse or neglect. Using state-level panel data on the numbers of reports and substantiated cases of maltreatment, we examine whether socioeconomic factors play different roles for these different types of maltreatment.pdfChild welfareText