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Welfare reform : effects of a decade of change / Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn A. Karoly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grogger, Jeff.
- Series:
- A RAND Corporation Study
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Welfare recipients--United States.
- Welfare recipients.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674037960
- 0674037960
- OCLC:
- 830510899
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