Effects of Welfare Participation on Marriage

Julien Teitler, Nancy Reichman, Lenna Nepomnyaschy and Irwin Garfinkel
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Julien Teitler: Columbia University
Nancy Reichman: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Lenna Nepomnyaschy: Columbia University
Irwin Garfinkel: Columbia University

No 933, Working Papers from Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing.

Abstract: Despite interest in the potential of the welfare system as a tool to affect marriage behaviors among low-income women, little is known about how welfare participation affects decisions to marry. We employ an event history approach to examine transitions to marriage over a five-year period among mothers who have had a non-marital birth. We find that welfare participation under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program (TANF) reduces the likelihood of transitioning to marriage (hazard ratio is .67, p

Date: 2006-04
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