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Subject(s)

• Income maintenance programs—United States—Congresses [Browse]
• Public welfare—United States—Congresses [Browse]

Related name

• Moffitt, Robert A. [Browse]
• National Bureau of Economic Research [Browse]

Series

• National Bureau of Economic Research conference report. [More in this series]
• A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Summary note

"This volume provides an overview of how such programs actually work, offering a wealth of information on the nation's nine largest "means-tested" programs - that is, those in which some test of income forms the basis for participation. For each program, contributors describe origins and goals, summarize policy histories and current rules, and discuss the recipients' characteristics as well as the different types of benefits they receive. Each chapter then provides an overview of scholarly research on each program, bringing together the results of the field's most rigorous statistical examinations." "The result is a portrayal of the evolution and current state of means-tested programs, one that charts a number of shifts in emphasis - the decline of cash assistance, for instance, and increasing emphasis on work. This portrait of the nation's safety net will be an invaluable reference for anyone interested in American social policy."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes

Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research and held in Cambridge, Mass. on May 11-12, 2000.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Introduction / Robert A. Moffitt
• 1. Medicaid / Jonathan Gruber
• 2. The Supplemental Security Income Program / Mary C. Daly and Richard V. Burkhauser
• 3. The Earned Income Tax Credit / V. Joseph Hotz and John Karl Scholz
• 4. U.S. Food and Nutrition Programs / Janet Currie
• 5. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program / Robert A. Moffitt
• 6. Housing Programs for Low-Income Households / Edgar O. Olsen
• 7. Child Care Subsidy Programs / David M. Blau
• 8. Employment and Training Programs / Robert J. LaLonde
• 9. Child Support: Interactions between Private and Public Transfers / Robert I. Lerman and Elaine Sorensen.

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ISBN

0226533565 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002043563

OCLC

51983335

RCP

C - O

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