The Great Recession and the Social Safety Net
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5742402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Moffitt (0000-0002-3627-3057, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Robert A Moffitt |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 650 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 143-166 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716213499532 |
| PMID | 27065356 |
| OpenAlex | W2096507089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 55 |
| References cited | 12 |
The social safety net responded in significant and favorable ways during the Great Recession. Aggregate per capita expenditures in safety net programs grew significantly, with particularly strong growth in the SNAP, EITC, UI, and Medicaid programs. The increase in transfers was widely shared across demographic groups, including families with and without children, and single-parent and two-parent families. Transfers grew as well among families with more employed members and with fewer employed members. In the low-income population, however, the increase in transfer amounts was not strongly progressive across income classes, with transfers to those just below or above the poverty line increasing slightly, compared to those at the bottom of the income distribution. This was mainly because of the EITC program, which provides greater benefits to those with higher family earnings. The expansions of SNAP and UI benefitted those at the bottom of the income distribution to a greater extent
Economics · Great recession · Keynesian economics · Political science · Recession · Safety net · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Comparison of Unemployment-Related Health Insurance Coverage Changes in Medicaid Expansion vs Nonexpansion States During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The U.S. Safety Net and Work Incentives
Trends in the Economic Wellbeing of Unmarried-Parent Families with Children
Family Flexibility in Response to Economic Conditions
Age variations in cohort differences in the United States
The Poverty Reduction of Social Security and Means-Tested Transfers
State Variation in Tanf Expenditures
Ryan White HIV/Aids Part B and Aids Drug Assistance Programs during Covid-19
The Short-Term Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Single Mothers’ Income Sources and Economic Wellbeing
Housing Assistance, Poverty, and Material Hardships
Public Education Funding Cuts and Enrollment Shift to Private Schools
The Deserving Poor, the Family, and the U.S. Welfare System
Ethnoracial differences in income and safety net patterns among low‐income postpartum families before and during the Great Recession
State‐level social safety nets for families coping with job loss
In-Work Benefits
The Oregon Earned Income Credit’s Impact on Child Poverty
Intertemporal Poverty among Older Americans
Benefits Cliffs, Disincentive Deserts, and Economic Mobility
The Great Recession Index
Is there a relationship between welfare-state policies and suicide rates? Evidence from the U.S. states, 2000–2015
In the wake of a crisis
The Importance of Increasing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
How Do Public Benefits Affect the Material Hardship of Underemployed and Unemployed Single Mothers? Lessons From the Great Recession
Local Job Losses and Child Maltreatment
No Place Called Home
Poverty Reduction through Federal and State Policy Mechanisms
Intra-year employment instability and economic well-being among urban households
Income inequality and child maltreatment risk during economic recession
Young child poverty in the United States
Exiting or retaining owner-occupied housing in the United States 1999–2009
An evaluation of welfare and child welfare system integration on rates of child maltreatment in Colorado
Does SNAP serve as a safety net for mothers facing an economic shock? An analysis of Black and White unwed mothers' responses to paternal imprisonment
Welfare, work, and single mothers
The effects of multiple welfare program participatifon on educational expenditures and time use
Below the Tip of the Iceberg
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Use Among Active-Duty Military Personnel, Veterans, and Reservists
The Great Recession and Economic Resilience
The effect of paid maternity leave on low‐income families' welfare use in the US
Immigrants' Employment Stability Over the Great Recession and Its Aftermath
The Changing Safety Net for Low-Income Parents and Their Children
Bundling Public and Charitable Supports to Cope with the Effects of the Great Recession
Recent Trends in the Material Well-Being of the Working Class in America
Heterogeneity and Giving
Shrinking Budgets and Expanding Bodies
The New Realities of Working-Class Jobs
The Evolution of Federal Child Welfare Policy through the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018
The Poverty Reduction of Social Security and Means-Tested Transfers
Child access to the nutritional safety net during and after the Great Recession
The Policy Road to Socialism
Working Differently or Not at All
Effects of the Great Recession
Distributional Effects of the Great Recession
Fifty Years Later
Work Hours Volatility and Child Poverty
Single mother families and employment, race, and poverty in changing economic times
| Unique citing works | 55 |
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| Citations per year | 4,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |