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Use of Public Transfer Programs and Privat Aid by Farm Workers
Author(s) -
Moretti Enrico,
Perloff Jeffrey M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/0019-8676.00151
Subject(s) - immigration , welfare , public assistance , public welfare , public health insurance , business , demographic economics , social welfare , economic growth , health insurance , political science , economics , law , health care , economic policy
Legal status affects the use of public welfare and insurance and private assistance programs by families of farm workers. Families of unauthorized immigrants are more likely to use public medical assistance and less likely to use other public transfer programs than authorized immigrants and citizens. Unauthorized immigrants with young children in the United States are slightly more likely to use welfare, and welfare recipients are slightly more likely to have young children here.