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Autore |
Grogger Jeff |
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Titolo |
Welfare reform : effects of a decade of change / / Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn A. Karoly |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2005 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public welfare - United States |
Welfare recipients - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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