The results of this study largely confirm the results of the author's previous study (Kapsalis, 1996). In fact, one of the two regression models estimated here produced an identical coefficient for the effect of social assistance benefits on the employment rate of lone mothers -- i.e. each $1,000 of an increase in social assistance benefit rates (expressed in 1995 dollars) was found to lead to 1.9 percentage point decline in the employment rate of lone mothers with young children
grantor: University of TorontoThis dissertation investigates determinants of social assist...
Background Lone mothers and their children are known to suffer disproportionate levels of poor physi...
Previous research has illuminated the effects of the welfare reform in Canada post-1995. However, ve...
The results of this study largely confirm the results of the author's previous study (Kapsalis, 1996...
The results show that the increase in social assistance benefits has been a major factor behind the ...
Many countries have instituted social assistance (SA) or welfare system reforms with goals of increa...
The prevalence of low income for children, especially for children in lone-parent families, varies c...
In 2002 the Quebec government implemented the "Action Emploi" (AE) program aimed at making work pay ...
We use administrative data to provide a first look at the dynamics of social assistance use among lo...
This study attempts to answer the following basic question: why do some lone parents escape low inco...
This paper evaluates the impact of the 1995-1998 Ontario welfare reforms on the standard of living a...
Background: Lone parents experience poorer health and socioeconomic disadvantage compared to coupled...
Summary: Background: In the UK, lone parents must seek work as a condition of receiving welfare ben...
After the North American wave of “welfare reform” in the 1990s, much research has measured the succe...
Abstract: The generous Nordic model of welfare is commonly viewed as an exceptional success both in...
grantor: University of TorontoThis dissertation investigates determinants of social assist...
Background Lone mothers and their children are known to suffer disproportionate levels of poor physi...
Previous research has illuminated the effects of the welfare reform in Canada post-1995. However, ve...
The results of this study largely confirm the results of the author's previous study (Kapsalis, 1996...
The results show that the increase in social assistance benefits has been a major factor behind the ...
Many countries have instituted social assistance (SA) or welfare system reforms with goals of increa...
The prevalence of low income for children, especially for children in lone-parent families, varies c...
In 2002 the Quebec government implemented the "Action Emploi" (AE) program aimed at making work pay ...
We use administrative data to provide a first look at the dynamics of social assistance use among lo...
This study attempts to answer the following basic question: why do some lone parents escape low inco...
This paper evaluates the impact of the 1995-1998 Ontario welfare reforms on the standard of living a...
Background: Lone parents experience poorer health and socioeconomic disadvantage compared to coupled...
Summary: Background: In the UK, lone parents must seek work as a condition of receiving welfare ben...
After the North American wave of “welfare reform” in the 1990s, much research has measured the succe...
Abstract: The generous Nordic model of welfare is commonly viewed as an exceptional success both in...
grantor: University of TorontoThis dissertation investigates determinants of social assist...
Background Lone mothers and their children are known to suffer disproportionate levels of poor physi...
Previous research has illuminated the effects of the welfare reform in Canada post-1995. However, ve...