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Title: An Analysis of Welfare Participation: Rational-Choice Perspective and Group-Threat Hypothesis
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1. Cheng, Tyrone C.
Lo, Celia C.
An Analysis of Welfare Participation: Rational-Choice Perspective and Group-Threat Hypothesis
Journal of Social Service Research 40,2 (March 2014): 189-200.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01488376.2013.865580
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Keyword(s): Benefits, Fringe; Child Care; Child Support; Geocoded Data; Human Capital; Poverty; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Welfare

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This secondary data analysis examined the impacts of human capital, child care, fringe benefits, child support, ethnicity, county economy, and county minority-population size on participation in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) by parents living at or below the federal poverty threshold. Longitudinal records of 1,789 such parents were extracted from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1996–2008). Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression showed that having personal/family problems, being African American, and residing in a county with widespread unemployment were associated positively with TANF receipt. TANF receipt was associated negatively with employment offering a retirement plan, full-time employment, part-time employment, and residence in a county with a large Hispanic population. Future research might explore the relationship between subpopulations’ sizes and states’ TANF policies.
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Cheng, Tyrone C. and Celia C. Lo. "An Analysis of Welfare Participation: Rational-Choice Perspective and Group-Threat Hypothesis." Journal of Social Service Research 40,2 (March 2014): 189-200.