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An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States.
Ben-Shalom, Yonatan; Moffitt, Robert A.; Scholz, John Karl - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011
This paper assesses the effectiveness of means-tested and social insurance programs in the United States. The U.S. benefit system has a major impact on poverty rates, reducing the percentage of the poor in 2004 from 29 to 13.5 percent. The system reduces poverty the most for persons with...
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How Do Working-Age People with Disabilities Spend Their Time? New Evidence from the American Time Use Survey
Anand, Priyanka; Ben-Shalom, Yonatan - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
new six-question sequence on disability and the traditional work-limitation question—spend more time on health … limitation and responded “yes†to any of the questions in the six-question disability sequence spend, on average …
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How Do Working-Age People With Disabilities Spend Their Time? New Evidence From the American Time Use Survey
Anand, Priyanka; Ben-Shalom, Yonatan - In: Demography 51 (2014) 6, pp. 1977-1998
—defined using both the new six-question sequence on disability and the traditional work-limitation question—spend more time on … both reported a work limitation and responded “yes” to any of the questions in the six-question disability sequence spend … women who report a disability work fewer hours per day than men and women without disabilities. The largest difference is …
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