Welfare Reform and the Intergenerational Transmission of Dependence

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Hartley, Robert Paul; Lamarche, Carlos; Ziliak, James P.
• 署名单位: Columbia University; University of Kentucky
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/717893
• 发表日期: 2022
• 关键词: life-cycle; income mobility; response error; PARTICIPATION; AFDC; misclassification; incentives; migration; PROGRAMS; outcomes

摘要

We investigate the effect of welfare reform on intergenerational welfare participation, using mother-daughter pairs in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We find that a mother's Aid to Families with Dependent Children/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (AFDC/TANF) participation increased her daughter's odds of adult participation in that program by roughly 25 percentage points or more, but that welfare reform attenuated this transmission by at least 50%. However, there is no diminution of transmission after welfare reform when we consider the wider safety net or other outcomes. Daughters who grew up with mothers on AFDC/TANF were no better off after reform, with substitution toward other welfare programs over generations.