This paper reports the results of regressions on the probability of exiting AFDC based on an administrative data set of Minnesota families. The results find significant differences between recipients in urban, rural farming-dependent and other rural counties. These differences remain even after...

This article examines differences between rural and urban counties in the duration of welfare spells. We report evidence that suggests that parents from farming-dependent counties and rural counties are more likely to have shorter spells on welfare. The evidence appears consistent with the...