Administrative Burdens and Economic Insecurity Among Black, Latino, and White Families
This study investigates how administrative burdens influence differential receipt of income transfers after a family member loses a job. Using the panel component of the Current Population Survey from 1990 through 2019, we find that administrative burdens have increased in the Temporary Assistance f...
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| description | This study investigates how administrative burdens influence differential receipt of income transfers after a family member loses a job. Using the panel component of the Current Population Survey from 1990 through 2019, we find that administrative burdens have increased in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Unemployment Insurance programs but declined for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. These administrative burden effects generally contribute to lower income replacement rates for Black and Latino families experiencing job loss relative to White families, though results are sensitive to adjustments for benefit underreporting. Moreover, states with higher shares of White residents have smaller administrative burden effects, on average. Reducing administrative burdens in income transfer programs would likely reduce racial-ethnic inequalities in economic insecurity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b97861152654bda8fda0dd69c208a7d2023-08-21T15:50:31ZengRussell Sage FoundationRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences2377-82532377-82612023-09-01955675https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.5.03Administrative Burdens and Economic Insecurity Among Black, Latino, and White FamiliesZachary Parolin0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4065-3711Christina J. Cross1Rourke O’Brien2Bocconi UniversityHarvard UniversityYale UniversityThis study investigates how administrative burdens influence differential receipt of income transfers after a family member loses a job. Using the panel component of the Current Population Survey from 1990 through 2019, we find that administrative burdens have increased in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Unemployment Insurance programs but declined for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. These administrative burden effects generally contribute to lower income replacement rates for Black and Latino families experiencing job loss relative to White families, though results are sensitive to adjustments for benefit underreporting. Moreover, states with higher shares of White residents have smaller administrative burden effects, on average. Reducing administrative burdens in income transfer programs would likely reduce racial-ethnic inequalities in economic insecurity.administrative burdenswelfare stateinequalitypoverty |
| spellingShingle | Zachary Parolin Christina J. Cross Rourke O’Brien Administrative Burdens and Economic Insecurity Among Black, Latino, and White Families RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences administrative burdens welfare state inequality poverty |
| title | Administrative Burdens and Economic Insecurity Among Black, Latino, and White Families |
| title_full | Administrative Burdens and Economic Insecurity Among Black, Latino, and White Families |
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