Ben-Shalom, Yonatan; Moffitt, Robert A.; Scholz, John Karl - 2011 - rev., May, 2011
We assess the effectiveness of means-tested and social insurance programs in the United States. We show that per capita expenditures on these programs as a whole have grown over time but expenditures on some programs have declined. The benefit system in the U.S. has a major impact on poverty...
