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Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States
Bitler, Marianne - 2016
In this paper, we comprehensively examine the effects of the Great Recession on child poverty, with particular … panel data model and data for 2000 to 2014, we estimate the relationship between the business cycle and child poverty, and … that the safety net provides protection; that is, the cyclicality of after-tax-and-transfer child poverty is significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455998
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Safety Nets and Social Welfare Expenditures in World Economic History
Fishback, Price Van Meter - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The safety nets in high-income countries before 1900 and in low-income countries today were based on savings and aid from extended family, friends, charities, churches, and small amounts from local governments. Mutual societies and eventually insurance companies offered insurance against lost...
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