Journal article
Does Welfare Participation Affect Women's Wages?
Social science quarterly, Vol.86(s1), pp.1123-1145
12/2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2005.00339.x
Abstract
Objectives. This study examines how welfare participation and employment affect women's wages.
Methods. We use longitudinal data from the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation and fixed‐effects regression models to test our hypotheses.
Results. Our results indicate that time spent on welfare while unemployed results in a wage penalty that is similar to the penalty associated with nonwelfare work breaks. Time spent on welfare while employed has no effect on wages, unlike the strong positive impact of nonwelfare work periods.
Conclusions. Working while on welfare does appear to prevent further wage deterioration, but does not lead to substantial wage growth.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Does Welfare Participation Affect Women's Wages?
- Creators
- Mary C NoonanColleen M Heflin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social science quarterly, Vol.86(s1), pp.1123-1145
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2005.00339.x
- ISSN
- 0038-4941
- eISSN
- 1540-6237
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Inc; Malden, USA
- Number of pages
- 23
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2005
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984002579102771
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