PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Terra McKinnish
TI  - Importing the Poor
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.XL.1.57
DP  - 2005 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 57--76
VI  - XL
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XL/1/57.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XL/1/57.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2005 Jan 01; XL
AB  - I test for welfare-induced migration by comparing AFDC participation in border counties to interior counties within states. If migration costs are lower for border-county residents, border counties on the high-benefit side of a state border should have higher welfare participation relative to interior counties of the same state. Border counties on the low-benefit side should have lower welfare participation relative to interior counties of the same state. The results obtained using county-level data from 1970–90 indicate that having a neighbor with benefits that are $100 lower increases AFDC expenditures in border counties by 4.0–6.8 percent relative to interior counties.