TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of car access on employment outcomes for welfare recipients
AU - Gurley, Tami
AU - Bruce, Donald
N1 - Funding Information:
✩ This project is funded under an agreement with the Tennessee Department of Human Services. The views encompassed in this research do not necessarily reflect the views of the Tennessee Department of Human Services. * Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: trichar9@utk.edu (T. Gurley), dbruce@utk.edu (D. Bruce).
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - We use four waves of a longitudinal survey of current and former welfare recipients in Tennessee to examine the effects of car access on employment, weekly hours of work, and hourly wages. Contributions include a focus on car access instead of ownership, treatment of urban and rural differences, and controls for the simultaneity of car access and employment outcomes. Results indicate that car access generally increases the probability of being employed and leaving welfare. Car access also leads to more hours of work for welfare recipients with a work requirement and enables participants to find better-paying jobs.
AB - We use four waves of a longitudinal survey of current and former welfare recipients in Tennessee to examine the effects of car access on employment, weekly hours of work, and hourly wages. Contributions include a focus on car access instead of ownership, treatment of urban and rural differences, and controls for the simultaneity of car access and employment outcomes. Results indicate that car access generally increases the probability of being employed and leaving welfare. Car access also leads to more hours of work for welfare recipients with a work requirement and enables participants to find better-paying jobs.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jue.2005.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jue.2005.05.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:26444576409
SN - 0094-1190
VL - 58
SP - 250
EP - 272
JO - Journal of Urban Economics
JF - Journal of Urban Economics
IS - 2
ER -