2002/03/01 by Paul M. Ong · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Health Professions · #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #Retirement, Disability, and Employment #Employment and Welfare Studies
paper · doi:10.1002/pam.10025
openalex publication_date 2002/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract This study examines the role of car ownership in facilitating employment among recipients under the current welfare‐to‐work law. Because of a potential problem with simultaneity, the analysis uses predicted car ownership constructed from two instrumental variables, insurance premiums and population density for car ownership. The data come from a 1999–2000 survey of TANF recipients in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The empirical results show a significant independent contribution of car ownership on employment. The presence of an predicted ownership is associated with a 9 percentage point increase in the odds of being employed. Moreover, the results indicate that lowering insurance premiums by 100 can increase the odds of employment by 4 percentage points. © 2002 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.