Estimating Welfare Effects Consistent With Forward-Looking Behavior: Part I: Lessons From A Simulation Exercise.

An extensive literature in economics seeks to determine the quantitative impact of welfare benefits on economic and demographic behaviors. Most studies adopt a static choice framework to motivate their empirical specifications. The behaviors that are studied, however, have both immediate and long-te...

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Publicado en:Journal of Human Resources Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 570 - 600
Autores principales: Keane, Michael P., Wolpin, Kenneth I.
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Publicado: University of Wisconsin Press Summer2002
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      ab: An extensive literature in economics seeks to determine the quantitative impact of welfare benefits on economic and demographic behaviors. Most studies adopt a static choice framework to motivate their empirical specifications. The behaviors that are studied, however, have both immediate and long-term consequences. If patential welfare recipients are forward looking, they will consider these long-term consequences when making current decisions. In this paper we investigate the implications of the existence of forward-looking behavior for estimation methodology. In the companion paper that follows, we estimate the effect of welfare on those decisions adopting an empirical specification that is consistent with forward-looking behavior and interpretable within that framework. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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