The American Welfare System and Family Structure: An Historical Perspective

Autor/in	Moehling, Carolyn M.
Titel	The American Welfare System and Family Structure: An Historical Perspective
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 42 (2007) 1, S.117-155 (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Social Attitudes; Family Structure; Welfare Services; Correlation; Social Influences; Public Policy; Racial Differences; One Parent Family; United States History; Mothers; State Aid; African Americans; Whites; Educational Attainment; State Legislation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Korrelation; Sozialer Einfluss; Öffentliche Ordnung; Rassenunterschied; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Mother; Mutter; Afroamerikaner; White; Weißer; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Landesrecht
Abstract	Cross-sectional studies find a positive relationship between a state's welfare benefits and single motherhood. But is this evidence of a "welfare effect" or rather of cross state differences in social attitudes that influence both policy and behavior? This paper demonstrates that the spatial variation in welfare policy long preceded the spatial correlation of policy and behavior, undermining the social norm hypothesis. But the findings also raise doubts about the role that welfare policy played in the changes in family structure over the century. The correlation between welfare benefits and family structure only appears in 1970, and then only for whites. (Contains 27 footnotes, 6 tables, and 6 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10