TY  - JOUR
AU  - Solon,Gary
AU  - Corcoran,Mary
AU  - Gordon,Roger H.
AU  - Laren,Deborah
TI  - Sibling and Intergenerational Correlations in Welfare Program Participation
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 2334
PY  - 1987
Y2  - August 1987
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2334
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2334.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Gary Solon
Department of Economics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1038
Tel: 517/353-9933
Fax: 517/432-1068
E-Mail: solon@msu.edu

Mary Corcoran

Roger H. Gordon
Department of Economics 0508
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0508
La Jolla, CA 92093
Tel: 858/534-4828
Fax: 858/534-7040
E-Mail: rogordon@ucsd.edu
AB  - Many previous studies have used sibling correlations to measure the effect of family background on earnings, income? and occupational status. This paper uses data on a sample of sisters to explore the importance of family background as a determinant of welfare program participation. The results show a strikingly high degree of sibling resemblance in welfare receipt. For example, a woman's estimated probability of having participated in welfare programs is .20 if her sister has not participated, but is -.66 if her sister has participated.
ER  -