Empirical research into the relationship between economic well-being and child outcomes has been limited by its cross-sectional nature, or its narrow focus on predominantly financial aspects of economic well-being. This article attempts to overcome these shortcomings by using data from the Growing Up in Ireland Cohort98 (age: 9–17; N = 5,748; female: 51.4%) and Cohort08 studies (age: 3–9 years; N = 7,208; female: 49.8%), which cover a period of large macroeconomic fluctuation (2007–2017). This fluctuation makes a robust fixed effects analysis feasible, allowing for economic well-being effects to be isolated by controlling for all time-invariant confounders. The article uses three different measures of economic well-being (subjective financial strain, material deprivation, income) to explore how distinct forms of economic well-being affect child behavior. The results suggest that household income is not related to behavioral difficulties, whereas subjective financial strain is predictive of externalized behavioral difficulties in adolescent boys. Material deprivation is predictive of externalized behavioral difficulties in adolescent boys and internalized behavioral difficulties in younger boys, but has no effect on girls’ behavioral outcomes. The findings indicate that the relationship between economic well-being and child behavioral outcomes is complex, and requires multi-dimensional measures of economic well-being to accurately ascertain the different effects.

对经济福祉与儿童成果之间关系的实证研究受到其横截面性质的限制，或者其对经济福祉的主要金融方面的狭隘关注。本文试图通过使用爱尔兰成长队列 98（年龄：9-17；N = 5,748；女性：51.4%）和队列 08 研究（年龄：3-9 岁；N = 7,208；女性： 49.8%），涵盖宏观经济大幅波动时期（2007-2017）。这种波动使得稳健的固定效应分析变得可行，允许通过控制所有时不变的混杂因素来隔离经济福祉效应。本文使用了三种不同的经济福利衡量标准（主观财务压力、物质剥夺、收入）来探索不同形式的经济福利如何影响儿童行为。结果表明，家庭收入与行为困难无关，而主观经济压力可预测青春期男孩的外化行为困难。物质剥夺可预测青春期男孩的外化行为困难和年轻男孩的内化行为困难，但对女孩的行为结果没有影响。研究结果表明，经济福祉与儿童行为结果之间的关系很复杂，需要对经济福祉进行多维测量才能准确确定不同的影响。而主观经济压力预示着青春期男孩的外化行为困难。物质剥夺可预测青春期男孩的外化行为困难和年轻男孩的内化行为困难，但对女孩的行为结果没有影响。研究结果表明，经济福祉与儿童行为结果之间的关系很复杂，需要对经济福祉进行多维测量才能准确确定不同的影响。而主观经济压力预示着青春期男孩的外化行为困难。物质剥夺可预测青春期男孩的外化行为困难和年轻男孩的内化行为困难，但对女孩的行为结果没有影响。研究结果表明，经济福祉与儿童行为结果之间的关系很复杂，需要对经济福祉进行多维测量才能准确确定不同的影响。