Welfare and the Well-Being of Children

Janet M. Currie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2004
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-3-7186-5624-0 (ISBN)

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An analysis of eight of the largest US welfare programmes affecting children. Programmes discussed include: Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the Food Stamp Program, WIC and School Lunch, Head Start and the Earned Income Tax Credit.

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.

Part 1: an overview of methods, measures, and programmes - methods for evaluating welfare programmes; measures of child well-being; the programmes. Part 2: evaluation of individual programmes - AFDC; Medicaid; the Food Stamp Programme; effects on food expenses; WIC and school nutrition programmes; Head Start; housing assistance; the earned income tax credit.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.11.2004
Zusatzinfo	Farb., s/w. Abb.
Verlagsort	Chur
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	249 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	3-7186-5624-8 / 3718656248
ISBN-13	978-3-7186-5624-0 / 9783718656240
Zustand	Neuware