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Direct linkBlau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Waldfogel, Jane – Journal of Human Resources, 2004
This paper uses data from the 1970, 1980, and 1990 Censuses to investigate the impact of welfare benefits across Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) on the incidence of single motherhood and headship for young women. A contribution of the paper is the inclusion of both MSA fixed effects and MSA-specific time trends to account for fixed and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Welfare Services, Mothers, Fatherless Family
