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Evaluating Welfare Reform in the United States
Blank, Rebecca M. - 2002
This paper reviews the economics literature on welfare reform over the 1990s. A brief summary of the policy changes …
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Public Assistance : Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit
McInnis, Nicardo S.; Michelmore, Katherine; Pilkauskas, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper examines the intergenerational effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on poverty and public assistance use. Using data from the PSID, we find that increased exposure to the EITC in childhood reduces the use of public assistance in adulthood (WIC and other public assistance)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322816
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Hungry for Success? : SNAP Timing, High-Stakes Exam Performance, and College Attendance
Bond, Timothy N.; Carr, Jillian B.; Packham, Analisa; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Monthly government transfer programs create cycles of consumption that track the timing of benefit receipt. In this paper, we exploit state-level variation in the staggered timing of nutritional assistance benefit issuance across households to analyze how this monthly cyclicality in food...
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Immigrants, Welfare Reform, and the U.S. Safety Net
Bitler, Marianne - 2011
Beginning with the 1996 federal welfare reform law many of the central safety net programs in the U.S. eliminated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460990
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Stigma in Welfare Programs
Celhay, Pablo A.; Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Stigma of welfare participation is important for policy and survey design, because it deters program take-up and increases misreporting. Stigma is also relevant to the literature on social image concerns, yet empirical evidence is scant because stigma is difficult to empirically identify. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334524
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The Effect of Means-Tested Transfers on Work : Evidence from Quasi-Randomly Assigned SNAP Caseworkers
Cook, Jason; East, Chloe N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We are the first to document that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) caseworker behavior impacts program receipt, likely due to differing levels of helpfulness in navigating the complicated application process. We use the conditional random assignment of caseworkers as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322695
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In-Kind Welfare Benefits and Reincarceration Risk : Evidence from Medicaid
Burns, Marguerite; Dague, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Most of the 600,000 adults returning to the community from state and federal prisons annually in the U.S. carry substantial debt, have low income and low education, and limited formal employment prior to entering prison. Upon reentry, they face financial hardship, high rates of morbidity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322781
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Welfare Reform and Health
Bitler, Marianne - 2004
We investigate the relationship between welfare reform and health insurance, health care utilization, and self … comparison groups). We find that welfare reform is associated with reductions in health insurance coverage and specific measures … no statistically significant effects of reform on health status. Overall, effects are somewhat larger for Hispanics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468144
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Welfare Reform and Changes in the Economic Well-Being of Children
Bennett, Neil G. - 2002
reform has been shared equally among families of varying educational background. We analyze data from the March Current … do not have a high school degree are significantly worse off in the TANF era, relative to the era prior to welfare reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469304
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The Dynamic Effects of an Earnings Subsidy for Long-Term Welfare Recipients : Evidence from the SSP Applicant Experiment
Card, David - 2006
In the SSP Applicant Experiment, a random sample of new welfare entrants was informed that if they remained on welfare for a year they would become eligible for a generous earnings subsidy. Those who satisfied the waiting period and then left welfare and began working full time within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465888