RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Importing the Poor
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 57
OP 76
DO 10.3368/jhr.XL.1.57
VO XL
IS 1
A1 Terra McKinnish
YR 2005
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XL/1/57.abstract
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.