How an Earnings Supplement Can Affect the Marital Behaviour of welfare Recipients: Evidence from the Self-Sufficiency Project.

This paper uses data from the experimental evaluation of SSP to examine the effect on marriage of an alternative to the mainstream cash welfare system, an alternative that is contingent on work and removes the usual welfare marriage disincentive on marital behaviour among single-parent welfare recipients

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Harknett, K. ; Gennetian, L.A.
Institutions:	Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Government of Canada
Subject:	EMPLOYMENT \| FAMILY \| INCOME \| MARIAGE

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Series:	Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources Development.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	43 pages
Classification:	J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; I30 - Welfare and Poverty. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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