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Author: Hungerford, Thomas L.
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1. Hungerford, Thomas L.
Full-Time and Part-Time Work Among Young Women
Working Paper, U.S. General Accounting Office and The American University, December 1996
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: General Accounting Office (GAO) (pre July 2004)
Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Education; Local Labor Market; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID); Part-Time Work; Wages, Young Women; Welfare; Work Experience

Recently, Congress passed and President Clinton signed a welfare reform bill that includes, among other things, a 5-year limit on AFDC receipt. One assumption behind the time limit is former AFDC recipients will find work and become self-sufficient. Many former AFDC recipients, however, work part-time. This paper examines part-time work among young women. The results suggest that part-time work generally is not a stepping stone to full-time work and self-sufficiency. Furthermore, part-time work experience has at best a negligible effect and at worst a negative effect on wages.
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Hungerford, Thomas L. "Full-Time and Part-Time Work Among Young Women." Working Paper, U.S. General Accounting Office and The American University, December 1996.