Labor Supply and Social Welfare Benefits in the United States
Author: Robert J. Lampman
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 66
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Author: Robert J. Lampman
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 66
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert J. Lampman
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 19
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Etats-Unis. National commission on employment and unemployment statistics
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Donald Tomaskovic-devey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-05-28
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 1000307875
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book was born of the author’s surprise and excitement at the sheer volume of academic work on poverty and social welfare being reported at sociological conferences around the United States in 1985 and 1986. Teachers may wish to use this book in advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses to introduce students to current debates about po
Author: Philip Harvey
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-07-14
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1400860563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBasing his proposal on plans developed by New Deal social welfare administrators, Harvey analyzes the feasibility and desirability of using public sector job creation to secure a right to employment. He shows that such a policy would provide more effective relief from the problems of poverty and unemployment than do existing arrangements while permitting a major expansion in the production of public goods and services without increasing tax burdens. The economic side-effects and administrative problems associated with the policy are carefully explored and found manageable. Finally, the book concludes with an assessment of the political interests that stand in the way of policy initiatives like the one proposed. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author: P.M. Sommers
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-04-09
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9400973896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the second in a series of books growing out of the annual Mid dlebury College Conference on Economic Issues. The second confer ence, held in April 1980, focused on goals and realities of welfare reform. The objectives of the conference were threefold: (1) evaluation of the antipoverty effort so far; (2) discussion of welfare reform alternatives; and (3) prediction of how new initiatives would change work behavior and productivity. During the time this country has been engaged in a "war on poverty," two massive efforts to reform welfare, Richard M. Nixon's Family As sistance Plan (FAP) and Jimmy Carter's Program for Better Jobs and Income (PBJI), were proposed. Both defined national benefit levels and featured a negative income tax. Both measures were defeated in Congress. More modest efforts at reform have, however, changed the economic landscape. Because of the rapid growth in cash and in-kind transfer programs, income poverty is no longer the serious problem that it was in 1964. In fact, looking at the proliferation of programs and the substantial surge in participation rates, some politicians have even advocated a period of government retrenchment. In 1971, the governor of California vii viii INTRODUCTION proposed (and implemented) a major welfare reform in an attempt to stem the rapid growth of welfare caseloads that began in his state in 1967-68. He argued that savings from administrative improvements could be used to raise benefits for the "truly needy.
Author: Robert J. Lampman
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 66
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bruce D. Meyer
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 80
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring 1984-96, welfare and tax policy changed dramatically. The Earned Income Tax Credit was expanded, welfare benefits were cut, welfare time limits were added and cases were terminated, Medicaid for the working poor was expanded, training programs were redirected, and subsidized or free child care was expanded. Many of the program changes were intended to encourage low income women to work. During this same time period there were unprecedented increases in the employment and hours of single mothers, particularly those with young children. In this paper, we first document these large changes in policies and employment. We then examine if the policy changes are the reason for the large increases in single mothers' labor supply. We find evidence that a large share of the increase in work by single mothers can be attributed to the EITC, with smaller shares for welfare benefit reductions, welfare waivers, changes in training programs, and child care expansions. We also find that most of these policies increased hours worked. Our results indicate that financial incentives through the tax and welfare systems have substantial effects on single mothers' labor supply decisions.
Author: United States. National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 50
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Timothy J. Bartik
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 70
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the effect of welfare reform on labour supply focusing on the period following passage of the Personal Responsibiblity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Includes projections to 2005.