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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778187003321

Autore

Grogger Jeff

Titolo

Welfare reform [[electronic resource] ] : effects of a decade of change / / Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn A. Karoly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-03796-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

A RAND Corporation Study

Altri autori (Persone)

KarolyLynn A. <1961->

Disciplina

361.6/8

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States

Welfare recipients - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Chapter one. Introduction -- Chapter two. Background -- Chapter three. An Economic Model -- Chapter four. Methodological Issues -- Chapter five. Welfare Use and Welfare Payments -- Chapter six. Employment, Labor Supply, and Earnings -- Chapter seven. Income and Poverty -- Chapter eight. Family Structure / Klerman, Jacob Alex -- Chapter nine. Child Outcomes -- Chapter ten. Theory, Evidence, and Policy Trade-offs -- Appendix A. Sources for Experimental Study Results -- Appendix B. Methodology for Summary Figures in Chapter 10 -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Welfare Reform, Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn Karoly assemble evidence from numerous studies to assess how welfare reform has affected behavior. To broaden our understanding of this wide-ranging policy reform, the authors evaluate the evidence in relation to an economic model of behavior.