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Research reveals increased population in New York City family shelters from 1986-1993 occurred for several reasons, such as reduced placements into subsidized housing, an increased number of families in Tier II shelters, and a fall in welfare benefits. Topics include a history of the New York City family shelter system, and implications of the study.

Summary and Introduction The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA), is the income source of last resort for the low-income aged, blind, and disabled. [...]

The factors that influence the length of time people avail of housing assistance should be identified because the present policy focuses on promptly helping physically able individuals attain self-sufficiency. Knowing who gets housing assistance for short periods can help determine the right residential composition of housing projects and targeting meager training budgets through the self-sufficiency programs of HUD. It is because of this that a study was conducted focusing on the duration of housing assistance spells. Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation was used to develop a hazard model. Findings indicate that several individuals will continue receiving assistance for relatively long periods although some leave housing assistance after short spells. Results also show that there is no duration dependence in housing assistance spells.

The Kaldor compensation test can sometimes inconsistent in the sense that it leads to contradictory or cyclical recommendations in some situations. However, the consistency of this test has a close relationship with the rationalizability of choices from given utility possibilities sets. Given this observation, it is suggested that social decisions can be made using a social welfare ordering in the first place if the Kaldor test is consistent. Thus, the consistent application of the Kaldor test depends on the acceptance of the information assumptions in some social welfare ordering.

A study was conducted to examine public service level and the utility of wealthy families as they are affected by the growth in number of poor families in a community dominated by wealthy families. A model for analyzing these issues was developed, in which it was asssumed that local public service level was funded by a property tax and determined by majority voting. The model suggested that the expansion of a predominantly wealthy neighborhood to include more poor families may lead to fiscal deterioration. This situation, in turn, may result in the increase in 'price' of public service and in the maximization of the wealthy resident's utility.

A recent study looks at the economic well-being of women and children following an exit from AFDC The goal of many previous national welfare reform efforts has been to help [...]

Research is presented describing the study of teenage births and the influence of economic benefits on the choices made by teenagers whether to have children or not.

A grant from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke Committee on Faculty Development and special funds from the Office of the Chancellor funded this research. The findings were presented [...]

A model is developed that helps estimate the effects of welfare benefit levels, salaries, and tax rates on domicile choices made in female-headed households. It is assumed in the empirical model that women simultaneously select both residence location and whether or not to be in the welfare system, based on how much income they expect to gain and the possible number of work hours available. These hours and income expectations vary in turn on the wage, tax rate, and welfare benefits available. It is revealed that both wage rates and regional welfare levels have a significant influence on this population's location decisions. A typical female-headed household that has little outside income is as much as 12% more likely over a four-year span to leave an area in which welfare payments and wages are both low as it would be to make the same decision in a place where wages and welfare are higher.

Harvard economist C. Fritz Foley analyzes the patterns in crime in 12 large U.S. cities where more than 10 percent of the population receives food stamps. In doing so, Foley [...]

Research is presented concerning the effects of immigration on welfare in an economy where employers and unions participate in wage bargaining. The effects of immigration on a small and large scale are discussed.