Car Ownership and Welfare-to-Work

Autor/in	Ong, Paul M.
Titel	Car Ownership and Welfare-to-Work
Quelle	In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21 (2002) 2, S.239-252 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-8739
DOI	10.1002/pam.10025
Schlagwörter	Ownership; Motor Vehicles; Employment Level; Metropolitan Areas; Insurance; Family Income; Welfare Recipients; Correlation; Employment Patterns; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Eigentum; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Beschäftigungsgrad; Ballungsraum; Familieneinkommen; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Korrelation; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study examines the role of car ownership in facilitating employment among recipients under the current welfare-to-work law. Because of a potential problem with simultaneity, the analysis uses predicted car ownership constructed from two instrumental variables, insurance premiums and population density for car ownership. The data come from a 1999-2000 survey of TANF recipients in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The empirical results show a significant independent contribution of car ownership on employment. The presence of an predicted ownership is associated with a 9 percentage point increase in the odds of being employed. Moreover, the results indicate that lowering insurance premiums by $100 can increase the odds of employment by 4 percentage points. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (Author).
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