The effect of educational attainment on welfare dependence: Evidence from Canada

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Barrett, GF
• 署名单位: University of New South Wales Sydney
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00098-5
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 209-232
• 关键词: welfare dynamics; education; Heterogeneity

摘要

The impact of educational attainment on the duration of welfare spells is analysed using a unique data set derived from the administration of the social assistance program in Canada over the period 1986-1993. The empirical analysis includes controls for demographic characteristics, program parameters, labour market conditions and unobserved individual characteristics. It is found that that educational attainment has a much greater impact on the welfare exit rate for women than for men. Additionally, the welfare exit rate for women is more sensitive to family status and program benefits, but less sensitive to the unemployment rare, relative to that for men. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.