Is there a welfare trap? : Duration dependence in social assistance recipiency among young Finns
Ilmakunnas, Ilari (2022-07-29)
Ilmakunnas, Ilari
Sage
29.07.2022
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2023081898487
Acta Sociologica : 2
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2023081898487
Acta Sociologica : 2
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The probability of social assistance exit decreasing over time is called negative duration dependence. This study analyses duration dependence among young adults in Finland and aims to show how social assistance receipt per se affects the likelihood of exiting social assistance. It also examines whether parental recipiency is associated with duration dependence. This study uses full monthly history of social assistance receipt between ages 19 and 29. The analyses are based on Finnish register data and conducted using discrete-time event-history models. The findings indicate that controlling for all time-invariant characteristics significantly reduces but does not completely remove duration dependence among young adults. They also show that those whose parents received social assistance are less likely to exit social assistance. In models controlling for all time-invariant characteristics, parental social assistance receipt is also linked with stronger duration dependence.
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