CHILDREN AND FAMILIES--AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

收入支持政策和福利项目的目标 依赖是发展对各种因素的全面理解 管理福利依赖，并使用这些结果来评估 当前福利改革方案对就业和福利的可能影响 经历。它将审查三组问题：(1)什么是 导致福利依赖的经历的性质？(2)什么 工作在帮助家庭摆脱对福利的依赖方面起到了什么作用？ 以及(3)劳动力市场机会和 公共援助在福利方面的慷慨程度？要回答这些问题 我们将实施多状态转移概率模型的问题 这能够描述福利参与过长的特征 生命中的一段时间。经验模型将整合许多 个人行为的维度，不仅包括他们的活动 与福利参与和就业有关，但也涉及他们的行动 决定生育率、婚姻和家庭工作时间的选择。这个 该项目将使用来自国家纵向调查的纵向数据 青年调查(NLSY)、收入和计划参与度调查(SIPP)和 收入动态小组研究(PSID)。

The objective of the project on Income Support Policies and Welfare Dependency is to develop a comprehensive understanding of factors governing welfare dependency, and to use these results to assess the likely impact of current welfare reform options on employment and welfare experiences. It will examine three sets of questions: (1) What is the nature of the experiences contributing to welfare dependency? (2) What role does work play in helping families escape from welfare dependency? and (3) What is the influence of labor-market opportunities and the generosity of public assistance on welfare experiences? To answer these questions we will implement a multi-state transition probability model that is capable of characterizing welfare participation over extended segments of the lifetime. The empirical model will integrate many dimensions of individuals' behavior, including not only their activities relating to welfare participation and employment, but also their actions determining fertility, marriage, and family hours-of-work choices. The project will use longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID).