Quasi‐Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Expanding Cash Welfare
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11682005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Freedman (0000-0003-4732-8540, corresponding author), Yoonjung Kim (0000-0002-2240-3703) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 859-890 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-8739 • E-ISSN: 1520-6688 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/pam.22388 |
| OpenAlex | W4221089917 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 42 |
We study the labor supply and consumption responses to cash assistance delivered through the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program in the United States. Exploiting a sharp increase in cash benefit generosity for low‐income single‐parent families in New Hampshire due to a legislative revision to payment calculations, we implement difference‐in‐differences and triple‐differences to estimate the impacts of greater benefits on work behavior as well as on food expenditures and food security. Our results suggest that more generous cash assistance reduces labor supply among likely TANF‐eligible individuals. At the same time, greater cash benefits increase household food spending and reduce the incidence of food insecurity. Our findings speak to individual and family responses to expanded cash assistance in an era in which cash welfare is at historically low levels, is time limited, and imposes work requirements
Business · Cash · Cash transfers · Consumption (sociology · Demographic economics · Economics · Food insecurity · Food security · Generosity · Labour economics · Legislature · Payment · Public economics · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program · Welfare · Work (physics · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Finance
Household Food Security in the United States in 2013
Food insecurity and public assistance
How Does Household Spending Respond to an Epidemic? Consumption during the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic
How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?
Evaluating Welfare Reform in the United States
What Mean Impacts Miss
Welfare, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers
Consumption Responses to In-Kind Transfers
Inference in Differences-in-Differences with Few Treated Groups and Heteroskedasticity
Inference with Difference-in-Differences and Other Panel Data
Inference with “Difference in Differences” with a Small Number of Policy Changes
SNAP Schedules and Domestic Violence
Elderly immigrants' labor supply response to supplemental security income
From Welfare to Work
Paid Family Leave, Fathers' Leave-Taking, and Leave-Sharing in Dual-Earner Households
Moral Hazard versus Liquidity and Optimal Unemployment Insurance
The Effect of Welfare Payments on the Marriage and Fertility Behavior of Unwed Mothers
Unemployment Insurance as Insurance for Workers
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |