Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper no. 1099-96 Determinants of Welfare Entry and Exit by Young Women Marieka Klawitter Public Affairs University of Washington Robert Plotnick Public Affairs and Social Work University of Washington Mark Edwards Department of Sociology University of Washington July 1996 An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Research Conference, Washington, D.C., November 1995. This study was partly supported by a grant from the University of Washington Royalty Research Fund. We thank Robert Moffitt for helpful comments on an earlier draft. IRP publications (discussion papers, special reports, and the newsletter Focus) are now available electronically. The IRP Web Site can be accessed at the following address: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp.