Bitler, Marianne; Hoynes, Hilary W. - 2010
families with children. Importantly, along with other changes, the reform imposed lifetime time limits for receipt of welfare … de facto ending the entitlement nature of cash welfare for poor families with children in the United States. Despite dire … which began in December 2007. In particular, we examine how the cyclicality of the response of program caseloads and family …