effects of work-conditioned transfers on marriage and child well-being
Subtitle: a review
By: Jeffrey Grogger, Lynn Karoly.
Contributors: Karoly, Lynn A., 1961-; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 13485.; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 13485.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 49
Subjects: Public welfare -- Social aspects; Marriage -- Economic aspects; Child welfare -- Economic aspects
Description: Transfer payments to poor families are increasingly conditioned on work, either via wage subsidies available only to workers or via work requirements in more traditional welfare programs. Although the effects of such programs on employment are fairly well understood, relatively little is known about their effects on marriage or child well-being. We review a small number of studies that provide such information here. Our discussion of marriage is couched in terms of a theoretical model that draws from the efficient-household literature. The model is consistent with the wide range of effects that we observe and suggests an explanation for some of the observed differences. The theoretical framework in which we couch our review of results on children is likewise consistent with the observed variation between programs and among children of different ages.
Notes: "October 2007"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-41).

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