The survey results indicate that, in a number of respects, AFDC rules encourage cohabitation. Finally, we conduct an analysis of the impact of AFDC rules on cohabitation, marriage, and single motherhood and find weak evidence in support of incentives to cohabit. Inequality, Poverty, and the Fisc in Twentieth-Century America Robert D. Plotnick, Eugene Smolensky, Eirik Evenhouse, and Siobhan Reilly RPT 786. We present the twentieth-century record of income inequality and poverty in the United States using published indicators as well as new data series we have generated. We then assess how the fisc government taxes and expenditures has affected the level and trend of both outcomes.
Income is typically before-tax cash receipts including cash transfers and excluding capital gains.
The Effect of Welfare on Marriage and Fertility Robert A. Moffitt RPT 785. This chapter summarizes the literature and discusses differences across studies. Because of the diversity of findings, methodological considerations necessarily must be a major focus of the discussion. The first section provides background on the U.S. welfare system and those aspects of its structure relevant to marriage and fertility, and discusses the context of social science theories of marriage and fertility in which the welfare system plays a role. The second section outlines the different questions of interest and discusses those questions that have been addressed in the research literature.