Turnover in the AFDC Population: An Event History Analysis

摘要: The control group of families with female heads, from the Denver Income Maintenance Experiment, is utilized in this analysis AFDC turnover. This study uses event history techniques, a methodology that more appropriate for exploring welfare dynamics than logit approach earlier work. Increases age and wage have significant, negative effects on rate entering AFDC. A higher guarantee raises significantly. Age significant effects, opposite signs, exit rate. Other variables are not systematically related to estimates applied projected changes lengths time spent off caseloads due explanatory variables.