Adolescents' formal employment and school enrollment
Effects of state welfare policies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11685162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ling-Xin Hao (0000-0002-4694-0917, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Lingxin Hao, Nan Marie Astone (Johns Hopkins University), Andrew J Cherlin (0000-0002-2100-1964, Johns Hopkins University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 697-721 |
| Publication date | 2004-08-25 |
| 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.20043 |
| OpenAlex | W1990017432 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
Variations in state welfare policies in the reform era may affect adolescents through two mechanisms: A competing labor market hypothesis posits that stringent state welfare policies may reduce adolescent employment; and a signaling hypothesis posits that stringent welfare policies may promote enrollment. To test these hypotheses, we use a dynamic joint model of adolescents' school enrollment and formal employment, separating state welfare policies from non‐welfare state policies, state labor market conditions, and unobserved state characteristics. Longitudinal data from the NLSY97 on adolescents aged 14 to 18 and various state data sources over the period 1994–1999 support the competing labor market effect but not the signaling effect. In particular, lower‐income dropouts suffer more severely from fewer labor market opportunities when state welfare policies are more stringent, which indicates that welfare reform may compromise work opportunities for lower‐income dropouts. © 2004 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Affect (linguistics · Compromise · Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare reform · Welfare state · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2011 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |