Economics of means-tested transfer programs in the United States /

"Few government programs in the United States are as controversial as those designed to help the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, the size and structure of the American safety net is an issue of constant debate. These two volumes update the earlier Means-Tested Transfer Programs in...

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Other Authors: Moffitt, Robert A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016
Chicago : [2016]
Chicago ; London : 2016
Chicago ; London : 2016-
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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Table of Contents:
  • Volume 1
  • The Medicaid program
  • The earned income tax credit
  • US food and nutrition programs
  • Temporary assistance for needy families
  • Volume 1
  • The Medicaid program / Thomas Buchmueller, John C. Ham, and Lara D. Shore-Sheppard
  • The earned income tax credit / Austin Nichols and Jesse Rothstein
  • US food and nutrition programs / Hilary Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
  • Temporary assistance for needy families / James P. Ziliak
  • Volume 2
  • The supplemental security income program
  • Low-income housing policy
  • Employment and training programs
  • Early childhood education
  • Volume 2
  • The supplemental security income program / Mark Duggan, Melissa S. Kearney, and Stephanie Rennane
  • Low-income housing policy / Robert Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Jens Ludwig
  • Employment and training programs / Burt S. Barnow and Jeffery Smith
  • Early childhood education / Sneha Elango, Jorge Luis Garcia, James J. Heckman, and Andres Hojman