The relative importance of economic and cultural factors in determining length of AFDC receipt

Kunz, James; Born, Catherine E.

doi:10.1093/swr/20.4.196

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“…Early studies of welfare dynamics looked at simple models of transition on and off the AFDC program and found that higher welfare benefits and poor economic alternatives increased welfare dependency (Hutchins, 1981;Plotnick, 1983). Findings from subsequent work, which included a richer set of demographic variables, covered a larger window of time, and sometimes accounted for state effects, differentiated between long-term and short-term recipients (Bane and Ellwood, 1983), and examined factors associated with long-term welfare use (Bane and Ellwood, 1994;Boisjoly, Harris, and Duncan, 1998;Fitzgerald, 1995;Gleason, Rangarajan, and Schochet, 1998;Hoynes and MaCurdy, 1994;Kunz and Born, 1996;O'Neill, Bassi, and Wolf, 1987;Petersen, 1995). Overall, these studies found that disadvantaged women (such as those never-married, younger, disabled, poorly educated, with more or younger children, low expected wage, etc.)…”

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The effect of child support on welfare exits and re‐entries

Huang

Kunz

Garfinkel

2002

J Policy Anal Manage

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Much of the literature on welfare dynamics has focused on the effects of recipient characteristics and state-level characteristics such as welfare benefits and economic conditions; there has been very little analysis on the effects of child support. This paper, using the 1979-1996 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, examines whether child support affects the likelihood of leaving and re-entering welfare. The results indicate that strong child support enforcement is important in helping young mothers exit and stay off welfare. Women with $1000 child support payments in the previous year were 18 percent more likely to exit welfare and 12 percent less likely to re-enter welfare. Compared with women in states that pursued child support least vigorously, women in states that had passed extensive child support enforcement legislation and that spent more money on child support enforcement were 79 percent more likely to exit welfare and about 60 percent less likely to re-enter welfare. © 2002 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

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The effect of child support on welfare exits and re‐entries

Huang

Kunz

Garfinkel

2002

J Policy Anal Manage

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“…These new policies have heightened interest in the factors that support or impede welfare-to-work transitions. Education, work experience, and other demographic characteristics are known to predict employment and earnings (Alter, 1996;Bane & Ellwood, 1994;Blank, 1989;Friedlander & Burtless, 1995;Gueron & Pauly, 1991;Harris, 1993;Kunz & Born, 1996;Moffit, 1992). The role of psychological distress has received little attention (Olson & Pavetti, 1996), although it can weaken an individual's ability to cope with new problems or plan alternative futures (Alter, 1996;Belle, 1990).…”

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Life Stressors, Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among First‐Time Welfare Recipients

Kalil

Born

Kunz

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American J of Comm Psychol

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This paper examines the associations among stressful life events, social support, and depressive symptoms in a sample of 580 first-time welfare recipients. Self-reported number of depressive symptoms was greater than in corresponding community samples. Stressors and social supports made independent main effect contributions to depressive symptoms in a multiple regression analysis. Women with transportation barriers to employment, those experiencing greater numbers of stressful life events, and those who were less satisfied with their housing situation reported greater numbers of depressive symptoms. In contrast, women who were more satisfied with their social support and those with higher attendance at religious services reported fewer depressive symptoms. Implications for welfare reform policy and programs are discussed.

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“…skills-based components (DeBord, Matthews, Canu, & Parris, 1997;Kunz & Born, 1996;Rangarajan, 1996Rangarajan, , 1998Woods & Paulsell, 1995) and of recognizing and building on participants' strengths to enhance social supports and motivation (DeBord et al, 1997;Neenan & Orthner, 1996;Southward & Baird, 1997).…”

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Facilitating Self-Esteem and Social Supports in a Family Life-Skills Program

Wichroski

Zunz

Forshay

2000

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A preliminary study of a statewide life-skills job-readiness program in which 116 female Temporary Assistance to Needy Families recipients participated found that significant gains made in curricular areas were positively correlated with self-esteem and social supports. The responses to a qualitative survey and ethnographic data revealed these women's strengths and the ways in which gender may have facilitated positive outcomes.Previous evaluations of welfare-to-work efforts have stressed the need for comprehensive programs that address the various needs of the primarily female participants. They have documented the importance of including preemployment, life

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The relative importance of economic and cultural factors in determining length of AFDC receipt

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

The effect of child support on welfare exits and re‐entries

The effect of child support on welfare exits and re‐entries

Life Stressors, Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among First‐Time Welfare Recipients

Facilitating Self-Esteem and Social Supports in a Family Life-Skills Program

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