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Welfare Policy and the Employment Rate of Afdc Mothers

Year: 1974

Type: article

Abstract: The paper analyzes the effect of economic incentives in the AFDC program on the employment of AFDC mothers. Multiple regression analysis is applied to cross-sectional aggregate state program data for 1967. Our estimates indicate that the level of guarantees, tax rates and set-asides affect AFDC employment rates in the direction predicted by economic theory. Short of a drastic reduction in guarantees, however, manipulation of any of these program parameters is not likely to induce most AFDC mothers to work.

Source: National Tax Journal

DOI: 10.1086/ntj41861948

Authors: IRWIN GARFINKEL, LARRY L. ORR

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

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

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3138187763

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Cites: 2

Cited by: 30

Related to: 10