The Effects of Negative Income Tax Programs on Marital Dissolution
回顾负所得税影响婚姻解体率的原因，建立随机模型，发现实验性负所得税增加了黑人和白人的婚姻解体率，但对墨西哥裔美国人无显著影响，并讨论了福利改革启示。
We review the reasons for expecting a negative income tax (NIT) to affect marital dissolution rates and present a stochastic model of marital dissolution. The analysis reveals that the experimental NIT programs increased the martial dissolution rates for blacks and whites but not Chicanos. The differences in the magnitude of the responses by NIT guarantee level suggest that there are nonpecuniary differences between the experimental programs and existing income-support programs. We compare the Seattle and Denver Income Maintenance Experiments findings with the findings from the other income maintenance experiments and discuss implications for welfare reform.