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Determinants of the Work-Welfare Choice in AFDC

Mildred Rein

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This essay examines three areas which may determine whether mothers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) will choose work, welfare, or work and welfare. These are labor-force determinants (work history and education and skill); monetary determinants (welfare- benefit levels and income disregards); and cultural determinants (male-female conflict, subculture, and the meaning of income). Statistical surveys, empirical studies, and theoretical formulations are used to ascertain the impact of each area on the work-welfare choice. Implications for welfare reform are drawn from the data.

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Key concepts: Welfare, Work (physics), Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Economics, Labour economics, Welfare reform, Demographic economics, Meaning (existential)