RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Time Limits and Welfare Use
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 405
OP 424
DO 10.3368/jhr.XXXIX.2.405
VO XXXIX
IS 2
A1 Jeffrey Grogger
YR 2004
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/2/405.abstract
AB Time limits represent a substantial departure from previous welfare policy. Theory suggests that their effects should vary according to the age of the youngest child of the family. I test this prediction using data from the Current Population Survey and find that time limits indeed have larger effects on families with younger children. I further estimate that anticipatory responses to time limits have decreased welfare use by 6 to 7 percent, accounting for 12 to 13 percent of the decline in welfare use during the late 1990s.