Welfare, Wages & Migration: An Analysis of Locational Choice by Female-headed Households |
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12 regions 24 alternatives AFDC levels aggregate assumed calculated CATHERWOOD LIBRARY Central region change from base coefficients column conditional probability demographic effects differences differentials economic expectations economic opportunities economic variables equation expected hours expected income factors female-headed households high wage high welfare HoursNW Hoursw household demographic impact IncNW income and hours increases the probability individual is observed k₁ k₂ likelihood function location decisions location in 1975 low wage migration rates model of location national average nonwelfare opportunities opportunities across regions outmigration P=1 O otherwise parameters past location percent Pr NWelf Pr(kit probability of choosing probability of remaining probability of staying Race receiving welfare Region=1 O otherwise regional choice sample Section significant simulations specific standard errors Table tax rates Texas unconditional model utility function vector wage and welfare wage changes wage equalization wage levels Welf welfare and nonwelfare welfare and wage welfare benefit levels welfare income welfare levels welfare/nonwelfare York