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Download full textDanziger, Sheldon – 2001
This paper argues that the U.S.'s experience during the economic boom of the 1990s, together with its choices concerning social welfare policies, imply that child poverty in the United States will be much higher than that in most European countries. It hypothesizes that Americans reveal their preferences about the extent of poverty they are…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Family Income, Foreign Countries
Direct linkDanziger, Sheldon; Heflin, Colleen M.; Corcoran, Mary E.; Oltmans, Elizabeth; Wang, Hui-Chen – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2002
The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act requires welfare recipients to look for work and has made it more difficult for nonworking recipients to remain on the welfare rolls. In addition, the economic boom of the 1990s and changes in federal and state policies have raised the net income gain associated with moving…
Descriptors: Income, Poverty, Mothers, Welfare Recipients
Peer reviewedDanziger, Sandra; Corcoran, Mary; Danziger, Sheldon; Heflin, Colleen M. – Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2000
A study of women who went off welfare between 1997 and 1998 (n=753, 693) showed that those with the most work involvement over the year had higher levels of financial and subjective well-being. Regardless of work involvement, substantial numbers reported serious economic difficulties and financial strain. Many still needed income supplements and…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Females, Financial Support, Poverty
