WELFARE AND THE FAMILY - THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: ALLEN, DW
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/298333
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: S201-S233
• 关键词: marriage; divorce

摘要

Canada has a universal social assistance program that is almost completely administered through the federal Canada Assistance Program. However, provinces determine the levels of assistance for various groups eligible for welfare. This article exploits the variation in payments and uses microdata to estimate the effect of changes in welfare benefits on welfare participation, single parenthood, births out of wedlock, divorce, and labor force participation among low-income women. In Canada, it would appear that welfare benefits influence these decisions.