Welfare and the Multifaceted Decision to Move
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3131652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael A Bailey (0000-0003-1575-2494, Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-135 |
| Publication date | 2005-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055405051531 |
| OpenAlex | W2114922130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 15 |
Whether poor single mothers move in response to welfare benefits has important implications for social policy in a federal system. Many scholars claim that welfare does not affect migration. These claims are not definitive, however, because the models underlying them rely on problematic assumptions and do not adequately control for nonwelfare determinants of migration. I address these shortcomings with an improved statistical model of individual-level migration. The results indicate that welfare does affect residential choice. Although the effects of welfare are much smaller than the effects of family ties, they are real and have the potential to cause nontrivial changes in welfare populations and welfare expenditures
Affect (linguistics · Control (management · Economics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Political science · Public economics · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare system · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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The Illusion of Technique
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |