The American Welfare System and Family Structure: An Historical Perspective.
Cross-sectional studies find a positive relationship between a state's welfare benefits and single motherhood. But is this evidence of a welfare effect" or rather of cross state differences in social attitudes that influence both policy and behavior? This paper demonstrates that the spatial variat...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Resources Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 117 - 156 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Winter2007
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