PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christopher A. Swann
TI  - Welfare Reform When Recipients Are Forward-Looking
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.XL.1.31
DP  - 2005 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 31--56
VI  - XL
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XL/1/31.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XL/1/31.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2005 Jan 01; XL
AB  - In 1996 the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program was replaced with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. This paper considers the effects of two specific components of TANF, time limits and work requirements, on employment, marriage, and welfare participation. I use a discrete-choice dynamic programming model and obtain parameter estimates using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Policy simulations show that a five-year lifetime time limit results in a 60 percent reduction in welfare use and that a substantial part of this reduction occurs because recipients are forward-looking.