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Title: New Evidence of Welfare Migration

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Publication Year: 2003

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Abstract: Scholars are divided over whether welfare substantially affects inter-state migration by the poor. This paper identifies several respects in which previous work has not fully characterized the individual choice problem. It addresses these issues with a fully specified choice model that combines state-level fixed effects with quasi-experimental methodology to identify the effect of welfare benefits on migration. The model also controls for family ties that play a major role in migration of poor single mothers. The results indicate statistically significant and relatively substantial effects.

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Authors: Bailey, Michael A.

Conference Name: Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting

Publisher Location: Chicago

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Topics: Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare

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