| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 331 pages) : illustrations |
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A Rand Corporation Research Study Ser.
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A Rand Corporation Research Study Ser.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316) and index. |
| Contents |
Background -- An economic model -- Methodological issues -- Welfare use and welfare payments -- Employment, labor supply, and earnings -- Income and poverty -- Family structure -- Child outcomes -- Theory, evidence, and policy trade-offs. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
During the 1990s the United States undertook the greatest social policy reform since the Social Security Act of 1935. In Welfare Reform: Effects of a Decade of Change, Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn Karoly assemble evidence from numerous studies, including nearly three dozen social experiments, 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. The evidence they collect reveals the trade-offs that policymakers face in achieving the conflicting goals of promoting work, reducing dependency, and alleviating need among the poor. Finally, the authors identify numerous areas where important gaps remain in our understanding of the effects of welfare reform. The book will be a crucial resource for policy economists, social policy specialists, other professionals concerned with welfare policy, and students. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- United States.
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Welfare recipients -- United States.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Karoly, Lynn A., 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Grogger, Jeff. Welfare reform. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2005046125 (OCoLC)59223777 |
| ISBN |
9780674037960 electronic bk. |
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0674037960 electronic bk. |
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0674018915 (alk. paper) |
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9780674018914 (alk. paper) |
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