Solon, Gary
[VerfasserIn]
;
Laren, Deborah
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Corcoran, Mary
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Gordon, Roger H.
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]National Bureau of Economic Research
Sibling and Intergenerational Correlations in Welfare Program Participation
Erschienen:
Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research, August 1987
Erschienen in:NBER working paper series ; no. w2334
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Englisch
DOI:
10.3386/w2334
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Many previous studies have used sibling correlations to measure the effect of family background on earnings, income? and occupational status. This paper uses data on a sample of sisters to explore the importance of family background as a determinant of welfare program participation. The results show a strikingly high degree of sibling resemblance in welfare receipt. For example, a woman's estimated probability of having participated in welfare programs is .20 if her sister has not participated, but is -.66 if her sister has participated