IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/coecpo/v19y2001i3p299-312.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Predicting The Effects Of Changes In Welfare Payments On The Probabilities Of Receiving Alternate Sources Of Income: The Case Of Homeless Persons In Los Angeles

Author

Listed:
  • Stephen J. Conroy*

Abstract

This article investigates the role that changes in welfare payments are likely to have on the earnings behavior of homeless persons. Using a cross‐sectional random sample of 1,489 homeless persons in Los Angeles, the author analyzes the marginal effect of reducing public transfers on (a) the probability of earning and (b) the level of income from various traditional and nontraditional sources. This procedure allows the author to control for a number of important factors (including background, human capital, and social network variables) that may also influence the probability of earning income. Findings suggest that reducing government benefit income by $100 increases the probability of receiving income from traditional and nontraditional sources by 1.37% and 2.18% respectively. Among the latter are selling items on the streets and “other” (nonspecified) sources. It is concluded that welfare reform measures may in fact create additional societal costs as former welfare recipients turn to alternative forms of income.

Suggested Citation

  • Stephen J. Conroy*, 2001. "Predicting The Effects Of Changes In Welfare Payments On The Probabilities Of Receiving Alternate Sources Of Income: The Case Of Homeless Persons In Los Angeles," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 19(3), pages 299-312, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:19:y:2001:i:3:p:299-312
    DOI: 10.1093/cep/19.3.299
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/cep/19.3.299
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1093/cep/19.3.299?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Shinichiro Iwata & Koji Karato, 2007. "Homeless Networks: Testing Peer and Homed Networks Against Location Choice," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-522, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:19:y:2001:i:3:p:299-312. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/weaaaea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.