, including welfare participation, labor market involvement, earnings, income and poverty, and family formation. While no single … family earnings. The result was a rise in total family income and a decline in poverty. The gains from the 1996 reforms were …

This paper investigates the impacts of macroeconomic activity and policy on the poverty population. It is shown that … both the poverty count and the income share of the lowest quintile of income recipients move significantly with the … structure. Special attention is given to changes in the poverty rate over the past decade and to prospective changes in the …

political debate surrounding poverty. Policy changes included a radical shift in welfare policy, a sizable expansion in supports … plummeted, work rose dramatically among single parents, and poverty was reduced. At the same time, there are indications that …

This paper explores the relationship between the macroeconomy and the poverty rate. The first section provides evidence … that poverty was far less responsive to macroeconomic growth in the 1980s than it had been in earlier decades. The section … result is that economic growth has been a far less effective anti-poverty tool over the past decade …

This paper documents the striking difference in U. S. and Canadian poverty trends from 1970 to 1986. While U.S. poverty … has shown no consistent trend since 1970, Canadian poverty decreased by 60%. This paper examines why U. S. and Canadian … poverty trends differed during two periods: 1970-1979 and 1979-1986. During the 1970s, we find that the principle reason for …