Fragile Families and Welfare Reform: An Introduction
Publication Year
2001
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In this paper we employ data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study in order to estimate a model of underground labor supply developed by Lemieux et al. (1994). We focus specifically on the underground labor supply of unmarried fathers, a group that is likely to have significant involvement in the underground economy. We also extend the empirical analysis of Lemieux et al. by taking into account exogenous state and local variation in marginal tax rates, as well as sociodemographic variables related to the likelihood of participation in the underground.
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Journal
Children and Youth Services Review
Volume
23
Issue
4-5
Pages
277-301