Wage level and its determinants for AFDC leavers: a case study of the US state of Missouri

Sunghee Choi ()

International Journal of Public Policy, 2013, vol. 9, issue 4/5/6, 335-355

Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the wage level of AFDC recipients after they had left AFDC. Consistent with previous studies, I find that the wage level of AFDC recipients in Missouri was too low to escape poverty, despite their wages having increased after AFDC. In addition, this paper examines recipients' socioeconomic characteristics as determinants of their wage level. The findings show that wage level is positively associated with higher education, living in a metro-area, positive earning experience, a smaller number of children, and the oldest age of children.

Keywords: Aid to Families with Dependent Children; socioeconomic status; SES; post-AFDC wage; AFDC length; wage levels; USA; United States; AFDC recipients; poverty; higher education; metropolitan areas; earnings; number of children; child age. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=56579 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijpubp:v:9:y:2013:i:4/5/6:p:335-355

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Public Policy from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().