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%T Do generous social-assistance programs lead to dependence? A comparative study of lone-parent families in Germany and the United States %A Duncan, Greg %A Voges, Wolfgang %P 33 %V 11/93 %D 1993 %= 2012-03-07T11:38:00Z %~ Universität Bremen, Zentrum für Sozialpolitik %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-287027 %X "Despite receiving much more generous benefits, German lone-parent social-assistance recipients receive benefits for no longer periods of time, on average, than do U.S. lone-parent recipients. We find several reasons for this. Social assistance is used more often in Germany as very short-term bridge funding prior to the beginning of receipt of social-insurance benefits such as unemployment compensation. German lone-parent recipients have older children-a characteristic that leads to shorter spells. Repeat spells are considerably more common in the United States. Our findings point out a number of problems with analyses of social-assistance dynamics based on individual spells." (author's abstract) %C DEU %C Bremen %G en %9 Arbeitspapier %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info