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Rural and Urban Differences in Welfare Exits: Minnesota Evidence 1986–1996

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  • DONALD P. HIRASUNA
  • THOMAS F. STINSON

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ABSTRACT This article examines differences between rural and urban counties in the duration of welfare spells. We report evidence that suggests that parents from farming‐dependent counties and rural counties are more likely to have shorter spells on welfare. The evidence appears consistent with the literature on rural low‐income families in that there may be a concentration of low‐wage jobs in rural counties. The difference between rural and urban areas is relevant to welfare policy as it pertains to caseload numbers, parents more likely to reach the sixty‐month time limit, and parents more likely to trigger time‐based policies, such as employment search. The study uses administrative data of Aid to Families With Dependent Children recipients from the state of Minnesota between 1986 and 1996. The methodology includes constructing descriptive statistics, calculating Kaplan‐Meier estimates, and performing a Cox regression analysis with robustness checks across all three methods.

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  • Donald P. Hirasuna & Thomas F. Stinson, 2005. "Rural and Urban Differences in Welfare Exits: Minnesota Evidence 1986–1996," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(3), pages 395-427, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:growch:v:36:y:2005:i:3:p:395-427
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2005.00283.x
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    1. Hirasuna, Donald P. & Stinson, Thomas F., 2004. "Urban And Rural Differences In Utilization Of State Earned Income Tax Credit Programs: Minnesota'S Experience," Working Papers 18912, Oregon State University, Rural Poverty Research Center (RPRC).
    2. Frank Howell, 2000. "Prospects for 'Job Matching' in the Welfare-to-Work Transition: Labor Market Capacity for Sustaining the Absorption of Mississippi's TANF Recipients," JCPR Working Papers 202, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
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    1. Vanessa Hunn & Claudia Heath, 2011. "Path Analysis of Welfare Use: Depression as a Mediating Factor," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 32(2), pages 341-355, June.

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