Volume 8, (Supplement) 1973
Durbin, Elizabeth. 1973. "Work and Welfare: The Case of Aid to Families with Dependent Children." Journal of Human Resources 8(S):103-125.
Concentrating on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (ADC), the paper first explores the theoretical implications of the complex economic relationships between family stability, the demand for welfare, and the labor supply of men and women. Then, using 1960 Census data for New York City, regression equations are developed to test empirically: (1) the relationship between the proportion of female-headed households and ADC incidence; (2) the effect of ADC incidence on male and female labor force participation rates. Finally, the results are discussed and conclusions drawn regarding the important policy dilemmas and alternatives which welfare programs pose.
The author is Assistant Professor of Economics at New York University. The author is indebted to Professor Jacob Mincer of Columbia University and William Johnson of RAND Washington for help in developing the theoretical and regression models as part of her Ph.D. dissertation at Columbia University. The dissertation findings are summarized in this paper. Funds from New York City's Human Resources Administration and Economic Development Administration and the Ford Foundation made the study possible.
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