Several recent changes in the Food Stamp Program have been directed toward households without children, including new work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) and easier application and recertification procedures for the disabled and the elderly. Despite their...

This paper empirically analyzes family demands for market and nonmarket child care services and the impact of these demands on the work effort of married women. The paper first develops a general model of child care and labor force participation. The model predicts that higher wages increase the...

This paper estimates economic models of the determinants of state benefit levels in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program using 1969–1992 data. These models have been extensively researched; however, the existing literature has produced an unacceptably wide range of...