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The Relationship Between Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Locations, Changing Welfare Policies, and the Employment of Single Mothers

Year: 2023

Type: preprint

Abstract: We use individual-level monthly data and a difference-in-difference approach to analyze the relationship between changing welfare policies, the employment of single mothers, and living in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. We find that welfare reform is playing a major role in raising the employment rates of single mothers and the gains are approximately as high in non-metropolitan areas as in metropolitan areas.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

DOI: 10.57912/23889042

Authors: McKernan, Signe-Mary, Lerman, Robert, Pindus, Nancy, Valente, Jesse

Institution: Urban Institute

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth, No poverty, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1565664333

Cites: 14

Cited by: 33

Related to: 10