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| Todd, Jessica E.; Newman, Constance; Ver Ploeg, Michele. |
| In 1996, the safety net for poor households with children fundamentally changed when Federal legislation replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). This study investigates participation in, and benefits received from, AFDC/TANF and food assistance programs, before and after the legislation, for children in low-income households (income below 300 percent of the Federal poverty line). The results show that, between 1990 and 2004, the share of children receiving food stamp benefits declined, most notably among children in the poorest households (income below 50 percent of the Federal poverty line). The share of children receiving benefits from the school meals programs and the Special... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food Stamp Program; SNAP; Food assistance; Welfare reform; WIC; School meals; National School Lunch Program; School Breakfast Program; TANF; AFDC; Multiple program use; Survey of Income and Program Participation; Public Economics. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58613 |
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| Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Kilkenny, Maureen. |
| Welfare program dependency and expenditures rise during recessions, while income tax revenues from working people fall. Thus, now that states are responsible for their own welfare programs, they need to know how responsive their citizens are to workplace and safety net opportunities. This paper investigates household welfare program and labor force participation behavior. A choice-theoretic model is developed and estimated for each of the four census regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) using cross-sectional data on households, labor markets, and policies. We show that household responses to welfare program parameters do differ regionally. But we find that labor supply does not depend on welfare program participation or program payoffs.... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Labor force participation; Regional welfare program participation; State welfare policies; TANF; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18385 |
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