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Sibling and Intergenerational Correlations in Welfare Program Participation / Gary Solon, Mary Corcoran, Roger H. Gordon, Deborah Laren.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Solon, Gary.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w2334.
- NBER working paper series no. w2334
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1987.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 1987.
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