IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/uwp/jhriss/v19y1984i4p489-511.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Migration and Income Redistribution Responsibilities

Author

Listed:
  • Edward M. Gramlich
  • Deborah S. Laren

Abstract

The importance of migration of AFDC beneficiaries as a determinant of state benefit levels is examined in this paper. A pooled cross-section time-series model fit to state data over the seventies indicates that benefit levels in other states have a positive influence on own-state benefits and a negative influence on recipients. This evidence is supported by that from a transition matrix, which shows that while very few AFDC households make an interstate move in a year, when they do move they are much more likely to go to a high-benefit state than to a low-benefit state. Both pieces of evidence argue for more centralization of income redistribution responsibilities in the United States.

Suggested Citation

  • Edward M. Gramlich & Deborah S. Laren, 1984. "Migration and Income Redistribution Responsibilities," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 19(4), pages 489-511.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:19:y:1984:i:4:p:489-511
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/145944
    Download Restriction: A subscripton is required to access pdf files. Pay per article is available.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    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:uwp:jhriss:v:19:y:1984:i:4:p:489-511. 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: the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://jhr.uwpress.org/ .

    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.