Participation. Because welfare rules contain strong incentives for MPF, and because MPF is especially common among welfare … recipients, we also examine the relationship between welfare and MPF. Focusing on the pre-TANF period 1985 to 1996, when welfare …

Children (AFDC) reduced welfare dependency. Many contend that AFDC discouraged work, increased welfare dependency, and … undermined the institution of family. Partly in response to these criticisms, welfare was reformed through the Personal … Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996. PRWORA modified the primary objectives of welfare by placing more …

of Medicaid such as the introduction of the SCHIP program. Moreover, the effect of welfare reform (i.e. Personal … rolls raises real healthcare spending about $1,800 after two years. Finally, we find that welfare reform reduced annual …

In this paper, we develop a dynamic structural model of single mothers' work and welfare participation decisions while … children of NLSY 79. Using PIAT Math test score as a measure of attainment, we find that both single mothers' work and welfare … declines with initial ability. The higher the initial ability of a child, the lower the positive impact work and welfare have …

process in a welfare state, and of the rights of these communities to development equally on par with other communities. …

an initiative by an Irish opposition party leading to significant change in the welfare area. In addition, the reform …