Poverty and Welfare Dependency
The Case of Los Angeles County in the 1980s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4141125 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W Lee (0000-0001-9367-4255, Kyeong-Nam Development Institute, Chang-Won, Kyeong-Nam, Korea 641-041, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 443-458 |
| Publication date | 1997-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a290443 |
| OpenAlex | W2045443764 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
A time-series regression analysis of Aid to Families with Dependent Children caseload movements in Los Angeles during the pre-Reagan and post-Reagan time period points to local demographic change as a main cause of rapid caseload expansion. Growing numbers of female-headed households swelled the total number of potential recipients. Meanwhile, a stagnant labor market for low-skilled workers, and the rising cost of living in the locality, further stimulated caseload increases. Results indicate that the extension of restrictive welfare policies will not so much reduce service dependency, as increase extreme poverty and generate longer term welfare dependency in a major urban area
Demographic economics · Dependency ratio · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Extreme poverty · Locality · Poverty · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare dependency · Demography · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
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| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |