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Factors that influence workfare program participants

Focusing on South Korea's Self-Sufficiency Program

School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, 3815 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6179, USA, kimtk{at}sp2.upenn.edu

Karen A. Zurlo

School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, 3815 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6179, USA

English

We empirically analyzed a representative workfare program in South Korea, the Self-Sufficiency Program (SSP), using multinomial logistic regression. Our findings demonstrated that family income sources, program participation length and health status are important factors affecting the self-sufficiency of program participants. Based on these results, we recommend improvements in the current SSP.

French

Nous avons fait l’analyse empirique d’un programme de sécurité du revenu de Corée du Sud, le Self-Sufficiency Program (programme d’autosuffisance), en utilisant le modè le de régression logistique multinomial. Les résultats indiquent que la provenance des revenus de la famille, la durée de participation au programme et l’état de santé sont d’importants facteurs qui ont un impact sur l’autosuffisance des participants au programme. À la lumière de ces résultats, nous suggérons des correctifs à apporter à l’actuel programme d’autosuffisance.

Spanish

Analizamos empíricamente un programa representativo de bienestar en el trabajo en Corea del Sur, el Self-Sufficiency Program (Programa de Autosuficiencia) (SSP), utilizando la regresión logística multinomial. Nuestros hallazgos demuestran que las fuentes de ingreso familiar, la duración del programa de participación, y el estatus de salud son factores importantes que afectan la auto-suficiencia de los participantes en el programa. Con base en los resultados, recomendamos el mejoramiento del actual SSP.

Key Words: multinomial logistic regression • Self-Sufficiency Program (SSP) • welfare reform • workfare

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International Social Work, Vol. 50, No. 6, 796-808 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807081917


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