Biomedical subjects

K P Dickinson

Publications and source records attributed to K P Dickinson.

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PubMed1985

Child support and welfare dependence: a multinomial logit analysis.

The relation between welfare dependency and receipt of child support is investigated with data from a special supplement to the Current Population Survey. The impact of receiving child support on a family's welfare status is estimated and the types of families for which child support enforcement policies may have the greatest impact are identified. Overall, the results indicate that receipt of child support has a modest impact on reducing welfare dependency. However, the results also indicate that if child support obligations can be established and enforced shortly after a marital dissolution takes place, the likelihood that a family will later become a welfare recipient is significantly reduced.

Aid to Families with Dependent Children↗

PubMed1981

Supported work for ex-addicts: an exploration of endogenous tastes.

The expected impact of Supported Work on former drug addicts' employment, crime, and drug use are derived from two models: the human capital model and a model of endogenous tastes. Empirically, Supported Work is found to increase the earnings of at least some ex-addicts, primarily due to increases in hours worked rather than wage rates. The program also reduced ex-addicts' crime, producing the greatest impact on the robbery and drug-related crimes and changing relationship between crime and employment. The program did not affect ex-addicts' recidivism to drugs. The pattern effects only partially supports the human capital model, and there is also some support for the model of endogenous tastes.

Employment↗