Welfare reform : effects of a decade of change /

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During the 1990s the United States undertook the greatest social policy reform since the Social Security Act of 1935. In Welfare Reform: Effects of a Decade of Change, Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn Karoly assemble evidence from numerous studies, including nearly three dozen social experiments, to assess...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grogger, Jeff
Other Authors: Karoly, Lynn A., 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Series:Rand Corporation Research Study Ser.
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States.
Welfare recipients > United States.
Aide sociale > États-Unis.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Public welfare.
Welfare recipients.
Reform
Wohlfahrtsstaat
Sociale voorzieningen.
Uitkeringen.
Uitkeringsgerechtigden.
Overheidsbeleid.
Herzieningen.
Effectenonderzoek.
United States.
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Background
  • An economic model
  • Methodological issues
  • Welfare use and welfare payments
  • Employment, labor supply, and earnings
  • Income and poverty
  • Family structure
  • Child outcomes
  • Theory, evidence, and policy trade-offs.

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