David M Betson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1051792 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David M Betson |
| GIVEN NAMES | David M |
| FAMILY NAME | Betson |
| SIGNATURE | BETSON D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Notre Dame |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Why So Many Children Are Poor
According to the official U.S. measure of poverty, in 1995 the child poverty rate in this country was nearly 21%, compared with an adult poverty rate of 11%. This article explores why, according to the official measure, there are so many poor children. Working from the premise that children are poor because they live with poor adults, the reasons for adult poverty are reviewed. Both economic forces and demographic trends have contributed to growi…
America's Misunderstood Welfare State
Trade-Offs Implicit in Child-Support Guidelines
Recent U.S. federal legislation required states to establish mandatory judicial guidelines for the setting of child-support awards. An equivalence-based approach is used to compare three formulae (two in use, one proposed) to three theoretical benchmarks, to clarify unavoidable trade-offs in the choice of a guideline. Generally, the formulae in use leave children worse off economically than would the benchmark formulae. Since the economic well-be…
A Simulation Analysis of the Economic Efficiency and Distributional Effects of Alternative Program Structures
Why So Many Children Are Poor
According to the official U.S. measure of poverty, in 1995 the child poverty rate in this country was nearly 21%, compared with an adult poverty rate of 11%. This article explores why, according to the official measure, there are so many poor children. Working from the premise that children are poor because they live with poor adults, the reasons for adult poverty are reviewed. Both economic forces and demographic trends have contributed to growi…
Trade-Offs Implicit in Child-Support Guidelines
Recent U.S. federal legislation required states to establish mandatory judicial guidelines for the setting of child-support awards. An equivalence-based approach is used to compare three formulae (two in use, one proposed) to three theoretical benchmarks, to clarify unavoidable trade-offs in the choice of a guideline. Generally, the formulae in use leave children worse off economically than would the benchmark formulae. Since the economic well-be…
A Simulation Analysis of the Economic Efficiency and Distributional Effects of Alternative Program Structures
Trade-Offs Implicit in Child-Support Guidelines
Recent U.S. federal legislation required states to establish mandatory judicial guidelines for the setting of child-support awards. An equivalence-based approach is used to compare three formulae (two in use, one proposed) to three theoretical benchmarks, to clarify unavoidable trade-offs in the choice of a guideline. Generally, the formulae in use leave children worse off economically than would the benchmark formulae. Since the economic well-be…
America's Misunderstood Welfare State
Why So Many Children Are Poor
According to the official U.S. measure of poverty, in 1995 the child poverty rate in this country was nearly 21%, compared with an adult poverty rate of 11%. This article explores why, according to the official measure, there are so many poor children. Working from the premise that children are poor because they live with poor adults, the reasons for adult poverty are reviewed. Both economic forces and demographic trends have contributed to growi…
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Earnings (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Child poverty (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Demography (1 work)