Welfare Reform's Chilling Effects on Noncitizens: Changes in Noncitizen Welfare Recipiency or Shifts in Citizenship Status?
In the mid-1990s, welfare usage declined disproportionately among noncitizens, prompting some policy analysts to argue that the 1996 Welfare Reform Act (PRWORA) had a "chilling" effect on welfare receipt among eligible non-citizens. However, naturalization among noncitizen welfare recipients could account for the disproportionate decline. This article evaluates the role of naturalizations in producing the so-called chilling effect. Copyright (c) 2003 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.
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2003
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Authors: | Hook, Jennifer Van |
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Social Science Quarterly. - Southwestern Social Science Association, ISSN 0038-4941. - Vol. 84.2003, 3, p. 613-631
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