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Welfare and the Well-Being of Children (Fundamentals of Pure and Applied Economics)

By Currie

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
3718656248, 9783718656240, 9780203987575
Open Library ID
OL20731442M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4173570 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
184\187
Topic
Economy
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

An analysis of eight of the largest US welfare programmes affecting children. These programmes include Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the Food Stamp Program. Medicaid, housing assistance, supplemental feeding programmes such as WIC and School Lunch, Head Start and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Despite the fact that these programmes were designed to serve children, most discussion of welfare reforms focuses on the incentives that the welfare system creates for parents. This analysis represents an evaluation of the evidence regarding the effects of welfare programmes on the children themselves. Programmes such as Medicaid and Head Start have a larger effect on measures of child well-being than cash transfer programs such as AFDC. This suggests an economic rationale for the recent trend towards providing a larger proportion of assistance in-kind.

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