The Journal of economic perspectives, 2000, Vol.14 (1), p.187-198
2000
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Anti-Poverty Policy for Families in the Next Century: From Welfare to Work -- and Worries
- Ist Teil von
- The Journal of economic perspectives, 2000, Vol.14 (1), p.187-198
- Ort / Verlag
- Nashville, Tenn: American Economic Association
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2000
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- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- This paper reveals that recent changes in social policy have included both sharp cutbacks in welfare for non-working families and dramatic increases in supports for low income working families. It explores the reasons for these changes, and documents how they have radically changed work incentives for some persons, notable single mothers. The result has been a large increase in work by low wage single parents. The paper concludes by examining several potential dangers of this new direction and explores the challenges that remain for the next century.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0895-3309eISSN: 1944-7965DOI: 10.1257/jep.14.1.187Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_38865037
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Child care, Childrens health insurance programs, Divorce, Earned income tax credit, Economic recessions, Employment, Expenditures, Families & family life, Family, Family income, Family policy, Labor market, Low income groups, Medicaid, Mothers, Net income, Parents, Parents & parenting, Poverty, Poverty alleviation, Public assistance programs, Single mothers, Single parents, Social policy, Symposium: Forecasts for the Future of Economy, Wages, Welfare, Welfare economics, Welfare reform