step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family … suggest that the strong intergenerational correlation of welfare benefit receipt is determined by family background rather …

In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …

In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …

the family unit. In a study of approximately 1,500 very disadvantaged families with children in Boston, Chicago, and San … child in the family, food insecurity levels are found to be much higher among older boys and girls than among younger ones … with the lowest levels of money income and family resources in general, and most differences disappear in significance or …