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Do changes in employment and hours worked contribute to a decreasing in the mental health of single mothers during a period of welfare reform in the UK? : a longitudinal analysis (...
Simpson, Julija; Bambra, Clare; Brown, Heather W. - 2021
We investigate the role of employment in explaining changes in the mental health of single mothers compared to … health, higher employment, and longer working hours. We estimate a Heckman selection model for employment and hours worked. A … that employment was associated with better mental health for all women. Higher job hours were associated with lower mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802339
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Effects of welfare reform on women's voting participation
Dave, Dhaval; Corman, Hope; Reichman, Nancy E. - 2016
operate through employment, education, and income. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453439
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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers
Blau, David; Tekin, Erdal - 2001
care subsidy and the effects of subsidy receipt on employment, school attendance, job search, and welfare participation. We … in welfare. Ordinary least squares estimates show positive and significant effects of subsidy receipt on employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404078
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Assessing welfare accounts
Fölster, Stefan; Gidehag, Robert; Orszag, Jonathan Michael - 2002
The paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they can top up with voluntary contributions. In return,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412090
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Can welfare conditionality combat high school dropout?
Hernæs, Øystein; Markussen, Simen; Røed, Knut - 2016
Based on administrative data, we analyze empirically the effects of stricter conditionality for social assistance receipt on welfare dependency and high school completion rates among Norwegian youths. Our evaluation strategy exploits a geographically differentiated implementation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449779
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Welfare reform and children's health
Baltagi, Badi H.; Yen, Yin-Fang - 2014
been credited with increased employment for single mothers and a dramatic drop in welfare caseload. Our results show that … status as reported by the parents is affected by the maternal employment status. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441742
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Behavioral responses and welfare reform : evidence from a randomized experiment
Hartley, Robert Paul; Lamarche, Carlos - 2017
Recent studies have used a distributional analysis of welfare reform experiments suggesting that some individuals reduce hours in order to opt into welfare, an example of behavioral-induced participation. Using data on Connecticut's Jobs First experiment, we find no evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011709466
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Distributional effects of welfare reform for young adults : an unconditional quantile regression approach
Hernæs, Øystein - 2018
The paper evaluates the distributional effects on earnings and income of requiring young welfare recipients to fulfill conditions related to work and activation. It exploits within-social insurance office variation in policy arising from a geographically staggered reform in Norway. The reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798232
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Labor market conditions and post-reform declines in welfare receipt among immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bean, Frank D. - 2001
results show that variation in the unemployment and employment rates across MSAs and states explain the observed relative post …-welfare reform decrease among immigrants, with immigrant welfare utilization being sensitive to changes in both employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403338
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Welfare reform and immigrant fertility
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Averett, Susan; Bansak, Cynthia - 2014
Immigration policy continues to be at the forefront of policy discussions, and the use of welfare benefits by immigrants has been hotly debated. In 1996, Congress enacted welfare reform legislation (PRWORA), which denied the use of most means-tested assistance to non-citizens and lowered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350861