Public Assistance Use among Young Adults: Variations by Parental Nativity
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu14912340195947312021-08-03T07:01:10Z Public Assistance Use among Young Adults: Variations by Parental Nativity Anderson, Lydia R. Demography Sociology Immigration Welfare Public Assistance Young Adults The economic effect of immigration on the United States economy and its cost to American citizens has long been of public policy concern. Particularly, there is concern about immigrants taking advantage of the United States welfare system, which in part led to the nativity-based restrictions in the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act in 1996. However, much of the research on the welfare receipt of the children of immigrants is based on data collected during the 1990s or is based on select geographic samples, and therefore does not represent the newest waves of immigrants and their children. Using data from the 2012-2016 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, this study presents the current public assistance use of a nationally representative sample of young adult (25-29) children of immigrants and the children of natives. Additionally, using data from the 2001 American Community Survey, this study utilizes a mean grouping estimation strategy to examine the intergenerational relationship between parent program participation and young adult program participation and socioeconomic achievement. This study finds that among those living at or below 185% of the federal poverty line, the young adult children of immigrants have lower levels of cash assistance, food stamp, and Medicaid receipt than the young adult children of natives. In particular, the young adult children of Central American immigrants are less likely to utilize public assistance programs than the young adult children of natives. The results also suggest that there is no intergenerational transmission of public assistance use between a cohort of immigrant parents and a cohort of the young adult children of immigrants, but that immigrant parents may use public assistance programs as a way to invest in their children’s educational attainment. 2017-04-27 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1491234019594731 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1491234019594731 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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