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Title: Experience-Based Measures of Heterogeneity in the Welfare Caseload
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Moffitt, Robert A. |
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Experience-Based Measures of Heterogeneity in the Welfare Caseload In: Studies of Welfare Populations: Data Collection and Research Issues. M. Ver Ploeg et al., eds. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001. Also: http://books.nap.edu/books/0309076234/html/R1.html#pagetop Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Academy Press Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Job Skills; Welfare This chapter examines data on the women on the welfare rolls and test whether their labor market skills differ in these ways. Tests for whether total-time-on is correlated with labor market skills are conducted, as well as whether the number of spells and their length is related to labor market skill on top of the total time-on. The characteristics of long-termers, short-termers, and cyclers are examined to determine if their labor market skills are ordered in the ranking suggested by the simple theory just described, or not. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey over the 1979-96 period, covering monthly AFDC participation experiences, are used for the analysis. |
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Moffitt, Robert A. "Experience-Based Measures of Heterogeneity in the Welfare Caseload" In: Studies of Welfare Populations: Data Collection and Research Issues. M. Ver Ploeg et al., eds. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
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