Hicks, Jeffrey; Simard-Duplain, Gaëlle; Green, David A.; … - 2023
Welfare caseloads in North America halved following reforms in the 1990s and 2000s. We study how this shift affected … families by linking Canadian welfare records to tax returns, medical spending, educational attainment, and crime data. We find …, consistent with the transition to employment elevating time pressure and stress. We find no effect on teenagers' education and …