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Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper no. 1081-96 Welfare Recipiency and Welfare Recidivism: An Analysis of the NLSY Data
, 1996
"... helpful comments, as well as seminar participants at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the May ..."
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helpful comments, as well as seminar participants at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the May
Understanding Social Preferences with Simple Tests
, 2001
"... Departures from self-interest in economic experiments have recently inspired models of “social preferences”. We design a range of simple experimental games that test these theories more directly than existing experiments. Our experiments show that subjects are more concerned with increasing social w ..."
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welfare—sacrificing to increase the payoffs for all recipients, especially lowpayoff recipients—than with reducing differences in payoffs (as supposed in recent models). Subjects are also motivated by reciprocity: They withdraw willingness to sacrifice to achieve a fair outcome when others are themselves
Group Loyalty and the Taste for Redistribution
- Journal of Political Economy
, 2001
"... Interpersonal preferences—preferences that depend on the characteristics of others—are typically hard to infer from observable individual behavior. As an alternative approach, this paper uses survey data to investigate interpersonal preferences. I show that self-reported attitudes toward welfare spe ..."
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spending are determined not only by financial self-interest but also by interpersonal preferences. These interpersonal preferences are characterized by a negative exposure effect— individuals decrease their support for welfare as the welfare recipiency rate in their community rises—and racial group loyalty
Welfare Recipients
"... Welfare reform efforts have been based on crucial assumption: single mothers moving-,ff of AFDC and into the work force will be able to find affordable c..ld care. Two parallel studies of child care supply and its distribution across rich and poor communities inform the debate over child-care availa ..."
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Welfare reform efforts have been based on crucial assumption: single mothers moving-,ff of AFDC and into the work force will be able to find affordable c..ld care. Two parallel studies of child care supply and its distribution across rich and poor communities inform the debate over child
Recipients
"... The 4 reports contained in this document present the results of a pilot study of differential coping behavior among siblings. The IRGOP researchers proposed to investigate the factors related to why some children achieve well in school and thereby take the first step in moving out of poverty. Four a ..."
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, New York, were interviewed. The paper by Nellie. Brodis explores child-rearing practices which may cause dissimilar school achievement among welfare and non-welfare children, Michael Rogoff's paper describes in detail the measurement of academic achievement used for this IRGOP study. Rose Anne
Recipients
"... The third in a series of workshops on child care for low-income families (July 24, 1995) conceptualized directions for future research. The effect of child care on children's development was discussed in terms of: (1) child care as an intervention in the lives of low-income children; (2) the im ..."
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that is relevant to current policy issues. Child care and economic self-sufficiency in the contexts of welfare reform and work and family issues was discussed. The child care policy environment in terms of how and by whom child care funds are allocated and how those decisions affect child care for low
Employers and Welfare Recipients: The Effects of Welfare Reform
- Public Policy Institute of California
, 2001
"... Employers and welfare recipients: the effects of welfare reform in ..."
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Employers and welfare recipients: the effects of welfare reform in
*Welfare Recipients IDENTIFIERS *Welfare Reform
, 1998
"... This newsletter double issue is totally devoted to this report. The report presents an overview of recent policy changes related to job training and education for welfare recipients. It also presents the findings of research on several types of job training programs, discusses the data on the econom ..."
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This newsletter double issue is totally devoted to this report. The report presents an overview of recent policy changes related to job training and education for welfare recipients. It also presents the findings of research on several types of job training programs, discusses the data
The Working Poor and Welfare Recipiency by
, 1995
"... Many people do not seem to take advantage of the welfare system. Of the working poor who qualify for welfare, two thirds of those eligible for food stamps and one-third of those eligible for AFDC do not receive these benefits. Those who qualified for assistance were in their prime working years--bet ..."
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Many people do not seem to take advantage of the welfare system. Of the working poor who qualify for welfare, two thirds of those eligible for food stamps and one-third of those eligible for AFDC do not receive these benefits. Those who qualified for assistance were in their prime working years
Recipients; Welfare Services
"... This document reports on the resettlement of Hmong refugees in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: what their employment experiences have been, which resettlement efforts have been successful, and how current resettlement efforts could be altered to improve the Hmong's long-term adjustment. The re ..."
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, economic base, employment climate, welfare, housing, refugee services, and community reaction to the Among. Section II gives brief information on the size and history of the Hmong population in the Twin Cities, which was estimated at approximately 8,252 in 1982. Section III discusses employment, welfare
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