Welfare Effects on the Marital Decisions of Never-Married Mothers
利用美国青年纵向调查数据，检验福利金高低对未婚母亲结婚概率的影响，发现对非黑人群体影响有限，但对黑人群体反而提高结婚率。
The economic theory of marriage suggests that more generous welfare benefits should serve to reduce the probability of marriage among mothers who have given birth out of wedlock. This relationship is explored using data on never-married mothers in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Only very limited evidence indicates that higher welfare payments lower the probability of marriage for nonblack never-married mothers. For black never-married mothers, the results suggest that higher benefits are associated with higher marriage rates.