to discuss welfare effects of two policy instruments: a pure public good and a publicly provided private good. This … when they are jointly used. The publicly provided private good is proved to be welfare enhancing when it is used as the …

The five papers in this symposium advance the vital task of disaggregating the impacts of welfare reform. Four report … and ethnicity. The fifth reports few differences across race and ethnic groups. As our experience with TANF-style welfare …

The papers included in this [welfare] symposium provide excellent examples of this growing body of research. The most … important issues addressed by these papers are whether the effects of welfare reform are similar in urban and rural areas and … across racial and ethnic groups, whether welfare reform affects children, and whether adult and child well-being vary …

we consider the effects on public good provision and on welfare of the following tax reforms: (i) a producer …

and social welfare. The consumer welfare criterion suggests that in the market equilibrium individuals purchase too much … insurance against the risk of drug expenses. In contrast, the social welfare criterion suggests that individuals should purchase …