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I. Introduction Public assistance programs in the United States continue to be the focus of much controversy and concern. Stereotypical views of welfare recipients claim that they do everything possible, [...]

This article examines the extent to which Mexican immigrants to the United States benefit from state and national welfare programs, and whether immigrants participate in public assistance programs for the [...]

I. Introduction In the past several decades, divorce has become a common, if much-lamented, feature of American family life. The divorce rate began its ascent in the early 1960s and [...]

A welfare reform demonstration program designed to reduce Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recidivism through increased employment and training services resulted in significantly higher short-term caseload growth. Demonstration sites attracted proportionally more households onto assistance early in the demonstration than did comparison sites. These entrants tended to have more extensive previous employment histories. This result suggests that the demonstration attracted individuals who previously qualified for AFDC but did not apply for benefits and/or individuals who reduced their employment to qualify for AFDC. Exits from AFDC also were delayed under the demonstration, suggesting that the more intensive services provided through the demonstration required more time to complete. Finally, certain groups--nonwhites and those with language problems, for example--apparently avoided the demonstration by not migrating into demonstration sites or by migrating out of demonstration sites. These results have important implications for the likely costs of state welfare reform efforts under the Family Support Act of 1988., I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, several states have undertaken welfare-reform demonstrations that provide a richer set of education, job training, or support services to assist female household heads break the [...]

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 [...]