Welfare and the Well-being of Children

Overview

This book represents the first systematic evaluation of the evidence regarding the effects of welfare programs on the children themselves. In-kind programs 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.
Welfare and the Well-Being of Children provides an analysis of eight of the largest U.S. welfare programs affecting children. These programs include Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the Food Stamp Program, Medicaid, housing assistance, supplemental feeding programs such as WIC and School Lunch, Head Start and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Despite the fact that these programs were designed to serve children, most discussions of welfare reforms focus on the incentives that the welfare system creates for parents.

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Author Information

Bio of Janet M. Currie

Janet M. Currie is Charles E. Davidson Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Professor of Economics at Columbia University. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an affiliate of the University of Michigan's Poverty Center. Her work evaluates the extent to which federal programs for poor children and families can be viewed as successful social investments. She is the mother of two young children

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Imprint

Taylor & Francis

Filesize

1.10 MB

Number of Pages

188

eBook ISBN

0203987578