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Title: An Empirical Analysis of the Welfare Magnet Debate Using the NLSY
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Levine, Phillip B. Zimmerman, David J. |
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An Empirical Analysis of the Welfare Magnet Debate Using the NLSY NBER Working Paper No. 5264, National Bureau of Economic Research, September 1995. Also: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W5264. Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Keyword(s): Migration; Migration Patterns; State Welfare; Welfare This paper examines the extent to which differences in welfare generosity across states leads to interstate migration. Using microdata from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) between 1979 and 1992, we employ a quasi-experimental design that utilizes the categorical eligibility of the welfare system. The pattern of cross-state moves among poor single women with children who are likely to be eligible for benefits is compared to the pattern among other poor households. We find little evidence indicating that welfare-induced migration is a widespread phenomenon. Full-text available on-line at http://nber.nber.org/papers/W5264; and Discussion Paper No. 1098-96, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison, July 1996, http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp |
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Levine, Phillip B. and David J. Zimmerman. "An Empirical Analysis of the Welfare Magnet Debate Using the NLSY." NBER Working Paper No. 5264, National Bureau of Economic Research, September 1995. |