GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

Government and Economics

Annotated Bibliography

Albert, Vicky (2000) Reducing benefit of welfares: Consequences for adequacy of and eligibility for benefits. Social Work45. 4.

(During the 1980's and 1990's, the majority of states have permitted the levels of benefit of welfare to wear down with price increases. Inadequate consideration has been given by scholars and policy makers to the probable consequences of the1996's Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act on levels of benefit of welfare. This piece of writing offers various justifications for expected decreases in levels of benefit of welfare of the states. Effects of dropping levels of benefit of welfare are studied. The piece of writing demonstrates how little amendments in levels of benefit can change greatly the welfare eligibility. Social workers must campaign for raise in levels of benefit of welfare which, as a minimum, stay abreast of inflation. There are several likely problems linked with TANF, but mainly consideration has been focused on probable problems related to work needs and deadlines aspects of the law. This piece of writing argues one possible problem that might be ignored: The decrease of benefits for needy families having kids.)

Bitler, Marianne P; Gelbach, Jonah B; Hoynes, Hilary W; Zavodny, Madeline. (2004) The Impact of Welfare Reform On Marriage and Divorce*. Demography41. 2

(The aim of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was to stop the dependence of needy parents on governmental benefits, in some measure by encouraging marriage. The welfare system before this reform was commonly alleged to deject marriage for the reason that it offered benefits for the most part to single mothers. On the other hand, welfare reform might have in point of fact reduced the motivations to be married by providing women more monetary independence by means of the new stress of the program on work.

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References

Albert, Vicky (2000) Reducing benefit of welfares: Consequences for adequacy of and eligibility for benefits. Social Work45. 4.

Bitler, Marianne P; Gelbach, Jonah B; Hoynes, Hilary W; Zavodny, Madeline. (2004) The Impact of Welfare Reform On Marriage and Divorce*. Demography41. 2

Morgenstern, Jon; Blanchard, Kimberly A; McCrady, Barbara S; McVeigh, Katharine H; et al. (2006) Effectiveness of Intensive Case Management for Substance-Dependent Women Receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. American Journal of Public Health 96. 11 .

Peterson, Janice (2000) Welfare reform and inequality: The TANF and UI programs. Journal of Economic Issues34. 2

Wise, Paul H; Wampler, Nina S; Chavkin, Wendy; Romero, Diana. (2002) Chronic illness among poor children enrolled in the temporary assistance for needy families program. American Journal of Public Health.

Appendix

This piece of writing makes use of essential statistics data on marriages and divorces during 1989-2000 to inspect the function of welfare reform (state waivers and implementation of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) and other state-level variables on flows into and out of marriage. The outcomes point out that welfare reform has set in motion smaller amount of new divorces and smaller amount of new marriages, even though the latter outcome is receptive to specification and the choice ...