Immigrants and welfare : the impact of welfare reform on America's newcomers / Michael E. Fix, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fix, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Government policy--United States.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Government policy.

Immigrants--Services for.

United States.

Immigrants--Services for--United States.

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

x, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Washington, D.C. : Migration Policy Institute, [2009]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Immigrants and Welfare: Overview Michael E. Fix / Randy Capps, Neeraj Kaushal 1

Part I Political And Legal Context 37

Chapter 2 Limiting Welfare Benefits for Noncitizens: Emergence of Compromises / Ron Haskins 39

Chapter 3 Welfare Reform after a Decade: Integration, Exclusion, and Immigration Federalism Michael J. Wishnie 69

Part II Trends In Benefit Use And Reform's Impacts 91

Chapter 4 Immigrant Welfare Receipt: Implications for Immigrant Settlement and Integration / Jennifer Van Hook, Frank D. Bean 93

Chapter 5 Trends in Immigrants' Use of Public Assistance after Welfare Reform / Randy Capps, Michael E. Fix, Everett Henderson 123

Chapter 6 Changes in Immigrants' Use of Medicaid and Food Stamps: The Role of Eligibility and Other Factors / Leighton Ku 153

Chapter 7 Welfare-Leaving and Child Health and Behavior in Immigrant and Native Families / Ariel Kalil, Danielle A. Crosby 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780871543141

0871543141

OCLC:

417442649