The effect of family size on incentive effects of welfare transfers in two-parent families: an evaluation using experimental data.
Family size is an important determinant of family well-being, and it is a good predictor of poverty. This study examines effects of waiving the 100-hour rule, by family size, and distinguishes between the "work-incentive effects" and the "eligibility effects" of the waiver. The 100-hour rule limits eligibility to aid to two-parent families in which the principal earner is unemployed or underemployed (works fewer than 100 hours per month). The study uses data from the Link-Up randomized experiment, conducted in California's Central Valley, from 1992 to 1994. The findings show that the eligibility effect of the waiver does not differ by family size, but the work-incentive effect does.
Lewin
Alisa C
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University of Haifa, Israel. alewin@uchicago.edu
Maurin
Eric
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D002140:California; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D009042:Motivation; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology