RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Welfare Reform and Children's Living Arrangements
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1
OP 27
DO 10.3368/jhr.XLI.1.1
VO XLI
IS 1
A1 Marianne P. Bitler
A1 Jonah B. Gelbach
A1 Hilary W. Hoynes
YR 2006
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLI/1/1.abstract
AB Little is known about welfare reform's effects on family structure and children's living arrangements, an important focus for reformers. Using March CPS data, we find that state welfare waivers are associated with children being less likely to live with unmarried parents, more likely to live with married parents, and more likely to live with neither parent. Children living with neither parent are living with grandparents or other relatives, or rarely, in foster care. The estimates vary somewhat by children's race and ethnicity. Due to the limited variation in TANF's implementation timing across states, we focus on the waiver results.