Sibling and Intergenerational Correlations in Welfare Program Participation

Gary Solon, Mary Corcoran, Roger Gordon and Deborah Laren

No 2334, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Many previous studies have used sibling correlations to measure the effect of family background on earnings, income? and occupational status. This paper uses data on a sample of sisters to explore the importance of family background as a determinant of welfare program participation. The results show a strikingly high degree of sibling resemblance in welfare receipt. For example, a woman's estimated probability of having participated in welfare programs is .20 if her sister has not participated, but is -.66 if her sister has participated.

Date: 1987-08
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Published as Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 23, No. 3, Summer 1988, pp. 388-396.

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