Welfare Reform, Saving, and Vehicle Ownership: Do Asset Limits and Vehicle Exemptions Matter?

Autor/in	Sullivan, James X.
Titel	Welfare Reform, Saving, and Vehicle Ownership: Do Asset Limits and Vehicle Exemptions Matter?
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 41 (2006) 1, S.72-105 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Welfare Services; Ownership; One Parent Family; Mothers; Economically Disadvantaged; Welfare Recipients; Family Financial Resources; Motor Vehicles; Policy Analysis; Community Surveys; Family Attitudes; Inferences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Eigentum; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Mother; Mutter; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Politikfeldanalyse; Inference; Inferenz
Abstract	This paper examines whether AFDC/TANF asset tests affect the asset holdings of low-educated single mothers. Special emphasis is given to vehicle assets that make up a very significant share of total wealth for poor families. Consistent with other recent research, the author finds little evidence that asset limits have an effect on the amount of liquid assets that single mothers hold. However, I find evidence that vehicle exemptions do have an important effect on vehicle assets. Also, the results indicate that single mothers are not substituting vehicle equity for liquid assets in response to more relaxed restrictions on vehicles. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10