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Title: Ethnicity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Dependency
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Borjas, George J. Sueyoshi, Glenn T. |
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Ethnicity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Dependency NBER Working Paper No. 6175, National Bureau of Economic Research, September 1997. Also: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W6175 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Keyword(s): Ethnic Groups/Ethnicity; Ethnic Studies; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Welfare There exist sizeable differences in the incidence ant duration of welfare spells across ethnic groups, and these differences tend to persist across generations. Using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth, we find that children raised in welfare households are themselves more likely to become welfare recipients for longer durations. We also show that growing up in an ethnic environment characterized by welfare dependency has a significant effect on both the incidence and duration of welfare spells. About 80 percent of the difference in welfare participation rates between two ethnic groups in the parental generation is transmitted to the children. ull-text available on-line: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W6175 |
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Borjas, George J. and Glenn T. Sueyoshi. "Ethnicity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Dependency." NBER Working Paper No. 6175, National Bureau of Economic Research, September 1997. |