Welfare and the Rise in Female-Headed Families
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- David C. Ribar, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: The article provides a bridge between recent marriage market research
and studies of welfare incentive effects on U.S. family formation.
Estimates from state and county fixed-effects models indicate
significant effects of changing state Aid to Families with Dependent
Children, food stamps, and Medicaid expenditure levels on countylevel
changes in families headed by unmarried mothers. However,
neither changing welfare benefit levels nor declining economic and
marital opportunities could account for recent increases in female
headship. The results imply that large additional cuts in welfare
payment levels would lead to only small reductions in the percentage
of female-headed families with children.
Welfare and the Rise in Female-Headed Families
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Additional Information
- Publication
- American Journal of Sociology, 103:1 (July 1997), 112-43
- Language: English
- Date: 1997
- Keywords
- Welfare, Female-headed families, Economic opportunities, Marital opportunities