The road to economic self-sufficiency: Job quality and job transition patterns after welfare reform

Rucker C. Johnson and Mary E. Corcoran
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Rucker C. Johnson: University of Michigan, Postal: University of Michigan
Mary E. Corcoran: University of Michigan, Postal: University of Michigan

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2003, vol. 22, issue 4, 615-639

Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationships of schooling, the skill content of work experience, and different types of employment patterns with less-skilled women's job quality outcomes. Survey data from employers and longitudinal data from former and current welfare recipients are used for the period 1997 to early 2002. The analysis of job quality is broadened beyond employment rates and wages measured at a point in time by including non-wage attributes of compensation and aspects of jobs that affect future earnings potential. This study shows the extent to which lack of employment stability, job skills, and occupation-specific experience impedes welfare recipients' abilities to obtain a “good job” or to transition into one from a “bad job.” The business cycle downturn has significantly negatively affected the job quality and job transition patterns of former and current recipients. © 2003 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1002/pam.10158

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