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The Effect of Reducing Welfare Access on Employment, Health, and Children's Long-Run Outcomes

Jeffrey Hicks, Gaëlle Simard-Duplain, David Green and William Warburton (billwarburton8@gmail.com)
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William Warburton: Enterprise Economic Consulting, https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-warburton-phd-1026a370/

No 23-05, Carleton Economic Papers from Carleton University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Welfare caseloads in North America halved following reforms in the 1990s and 2000s. We study how this shift affected families by linking Canadian welfare records to tax returns, medical spending, educational attainment, and crime data. We find substantial and heterogenous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. We find zero effects on aggregate health expenditures, but mothers saw reduced preventative care and increased mental health treatment, consistent with the transition to employment elevating time pressure and stress. We find no effect on teenagers' education and criminal charges as young adults but do find evidence of intergenerational welfare transmission.

JEL-codes: H23 H31 I14 I24 I38 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63 pages
Date: 2023-10-03
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