Behavioral Responses and Welfare Reform: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
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- Hartley, Robert Paul & Lamarche, Carlos, 2018. "Behavioral responses and welfare reform: Evidence from a randomized experiment," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 135-151.
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welfare reform; quantile regression; panel data; program participation;JEL classification:
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2017-08-13 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2017-08-13 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-PBE-2017-08-13 (Public Economics)
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