privatization. Radical policy changes were legislated in India and so far 13 States have reorganized their power sector; in Orissa …

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 …

Heterogeneous welfare reform policies and timing of those policies among Canadian provinces reveal new information … about the roles of different policy tools in accounting for declines in welfare participation. Work requirements, diversion … welfare participation declines from 1994 to 2005, more than eligibility requirements and benefit levels explain. Conservative …

Marriage and its relation to choices of fertility, work, and welfare receipt have been widely studied, yet little … between state welfare policies and the cohabitation choice. The analysis moves beyond the typical measure of welfare … generosity--the monthly benefit level--to include two sets of state welfare regulations that affect how cohabitors' contributions …

goods and services and leads to decrease in consumers’ welfare. Moreover, the distinctive feature of the competition among …

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