Means-tested transfer programs in the United States:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2003
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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Item Description:Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research and held in Cambridge, Mass. on May 11-12, 2000
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Medicaid - Jonathan Gruber -- - Supplemental security income program - Mary C. Daly and Richard V. Burkhauser -- - Earned income tax credit - V. Joseph Hotz and John Carl Scholz -- - U.S. food and nutrition programs - Janet Currie -- - Temporary assistance for needy families program - Robert A. Moffitt -- - Housing programs for low-income households - Edgar O. Olsen -- - Child care subsidy programs - David M. Blau -- - Employment and training programs - Robert J. LaLonde -- - Child support - Robert I. Lerman and Elaine Sorenson
Few United States government programs are as controversial as those designed to aid the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, aid to needy families is surrounded by debate?on what benefits should be offered, what forms they should take, and how they should be administered. The past few decades, in fact, have seen this debate lead to broad transformations of aid programs themselves, with Aid to Families with Dependent Children replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, the Earned Income Tax Credit growing from a minor program to one of the most important for low-income families
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 644 p.)
ISBN:0226533573
9780226533575

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