Welfare and the Family: The Canadian Experience
利用加拿大各省福利金差异和微观数据，估计福利待遇变化对低收入女性福利参与、单亲、非婚生育、离婚和劳动参与的影响。
Canada has a universal social assistance program that is almost completely administered through the federal Canada Assistance Program. However, provinces determine the levels of assistance for various groups eligible for welfare. This article exploits the variation in payments and uses microdata to estimate the effect of changes in welfare benefits on welfare participation, single parenthood, births out of wedlock, divorce, and labor force participation among low-income women. In Canada, it would appear that welfare benefits influence these decisions.