Pavetti, LaDonna; Acs, Gregory - In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 20 (2001) 4, pp. 721-736
Conventional wisdom holds that women on welfare will be better off in the long run if they take a job, even if it means initially having less money to spend on their and their children's needs. Underlying this thinking is the belief that women who take low-paying jobs will eventually move up to...
