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Welfare to Work in the U.S.: A Model for Other Developed Nations?

Haveman, Robert; Wolfe, Barbara - In: International Tax and Public Finance 7 (2000) 1, pp. 95-114

The 1996 U.S. welfare reform legislation established the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. TANF … inherent in U.S. social welfare policy prior to TANF (emphasizing its serious labor supply disincentives), catalogue the wide … variety of economic changes implicit in TANF, and describe the policies undertaken by the state of Wisconsin, a leader in …

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Welfare, Intergenerational Cohabitation Penalties, and Single Mothers’ Employment

Pingle, Jonathan - In: Review of Economics of the Household 3 (2005) 2, pp. 123-144

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 changed welfare programs by increasing state income maintenance programs’ emphasis on employment. Following reform, several states paid reduced welfare benefits to single mothers who resided in their parents’ homes,...

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Food Stamp and WIC Take-Up and the Relationship between Take-Up and TANF Recidivism Among Illinois TANF Leavers

Reidy, Mairead; Chin, Meejung; Yang, Duck-Hye; Goerge, … - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - 2005

correlated with TANF recidivism. We restrict our analysis to a group of TANF leavers with children under age 5 (ages 0-4)—a group … that is likely eligible for both programs at TANF exit. We begin by using simple descriptive statistics to identify …. This paper begins to fill this gap. To do so, we follow a series of new TANF entry cohorts from the time of entry between …

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Changing Participation in Food Assistance Programs Among Low-Income Children After Welfare Reform

Todd, Jessica E.; Newman, Constance; Ver Ploeg, Michele - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010

to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). This study investigates … participation in, and benefits received from, AFDC/TANF and food assistance programs, before and after the legislation, for children … AFDC/TANF or food assistance programs grew from 35 percent to 52 percent. However, the net result of these changes is that …

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Optimal taxation in an endogenous fertility model with non-cooperative behavior

Obara, Takuya; Ogawa, Yoshitomo - In: Review of Economics of the Household 22 (2024) 1, pp. 173-197

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Paid parental leave reforms and mothers' employment in Austria, France and Hungary

Makay, Zsuzsanna - In: Comparative population studies : CPoS ; open acess … 48 (2023), pp. 425-456

This study focuses on changes in the length of paid parental leave in Austria, France and Hungary between the 1960s and the first decade of the 2000s. Its aim is to analyse to what extent extensions and reductions of the duration of paid parental leave affect mothers' labour market entry after...

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Welfare Reform, Saving, and Vehicle Ownership: Do Asset Limits and Vehicle Exemptions Matter?

Sullivan, James X. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005

This paper examines whether AFDC/TANF asset tests affect the asset holdings of low-educated single mothers, exploiting …

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Regional Welfare Programs and Labor Force Participation

Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Kilkenny, Maureen - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2003

Needy Families (TANF) does not significantly reduce household labor supply. The finding of significant differences across …

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Families, Taxes and the Welfare System

Simpson, Nicole B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In this paper, I will describe in detail both the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit in the U.S., including their origins, their structure, and the effects they have on the labor market and family formation. I will then discuss the macroeconomic implications of U.S. welfare...

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Business development and marketing within communities of social service clients

Mandiberg, James M.; Warner, Richard - In: Journal of Business Research 65 (2012) 12, pp. 1736-1742

benefits or who qualify for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits have incomes below the poverty line. Social …

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