Predicting the effects of changes in welfare payments on the probabilities of receiving alternative sources of income: the case of homeless persons in Los Angeles.

This article investigates the role that changes in welfare payments are likely to have on the earnings behavior of homeless persons. Using a cross-sectional random sample of 1,489 homeless persons in Los Angeles, the author analyzes the marginal effect of reducing public transfers on (a) the probabi...

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Published in:	Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 299 - 313
Main Author:	Conroy, Stephen J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell July 2001
Subjects:	Income Public welfare Homeless persons United States California
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