This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by White, S. B. Articles by Geddes, L. A. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

The Impact of Employer Characteristics and Workforce Commitment on Earnings of Former Welfare Recipients

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Lori A. Geddes

Eastern Washington University

Former welfare recipients have fared differentially in the 1990s. Some are now earning self-supporting incomes, whereas others remain in poverty despite work efforts. Still others have no recorded work involvement. In this article, the authors attempt to learn why. The vast majority of research studies to date on the employment and earnings outcomes of former welfare recipients have focused exclusively on the characteristics of the women recipients. This study is an exception: It focuses on the characteristics of the employers who chose to hire these former recipients. It asks two questions: One concerns the overall importance of employer characteristics in determining employment and earnings outcomes. The second explores the relative roles of various employer characteristics in determining earnings outcomes. The article also examines the effect on earnings of women’s commitment to work. This is the first comprehensive longitudinal examination of these topics.

Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 4, 326-341 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/089124202237197


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?