T L Gais
Biographic Data
| ID | 4404575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T L Gais |
| GIVEN NAMES | T L |
| FAMILY NAME | Gais |
| SIGNATURE | GAIS T L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Stretched Net
This article examines social welfare spending on the eve of the recession to understand the likely effects of the economic downturn on the funding of state and local social welfare systems. It finds that state and local spending outside of medical assistance lost much of its real fiscal value since the last recession of 2001–02, especially when inflation-adjusted expenditures are compared to measures of need. Other trends include a growing concen…
Federalism and the Safety Net
Since the enactment of welfare reform legislation in 1996, the federal government and the states have emphasized putting the needy to work and reducing caseloads. Simultaneously, however, national policymakers delinked eligibility for cash assistance from eligibility for other safety-net benefits. Contrary to stated policy, though, this delinkage has led to declining participation in the case of Food Stamps and health-insurance programs for low-i…
Early Findings About the Newest New Federalism for Welfare
The article overviews initial findings from a multi-state study on state implementation of the 1996 welfare reforms. States are responding to a law that is somewhat contradictory: it grants the states greatly increased fiscal flexibility at the same time that it sets extensive and elaborate new behavioral requirements. Among the initial findings, one of the surprises is the degree to which the 1996 reform has promoted "second-order devolution" fr…
Early Findings About the Newest New Federalism for Welfare
The article overviews initial findings from a multi-state study on state implementation of the 1996 welfare reforms. States are responding to a law that is somewhat contradictory: it grants the states greatly increased fiscal flexibility at the same time that it sets extensive and elaborate new behavioral requirements. Among the initial findings, one of the surprises is the degree to which the 1996 reform has promoted "second-order devolution" fr…
Stretched Net
This article examines social welfare spending on the eve of the recession to understand the likely effects of the economic downturn on the funding of state and local social welfare systems. It finds that state and local spending outside of medical assistance lost much of its real fiscal value since the last recession of 2001–02, especially when inflation-adjusted expenditures are compared to measures of need. Other trends include a growing concen…
Federalism and the Safety Net
Since the enactment of welfare reform legislation in 1996, the federal government and the states have emphasized putting the needy to work and reducing caseloads. Simultaneously, however, national policymakers delinked eligibility for cash assistance from eligibility for other safety-net benefits. Contrary to stated policy, though, this delinkage has led to declining participation in the case of Food Stamps and health-insurance programs for low-i…
Early Findings About the Newest New Federalism for Welfare
The article overviews initial findings from a multi-state study on state implementation of the 1996 welfare reforms. States are responding to a law that is somewhat contradictory: it grants the states greatly increased fiscal flexibility at the same time that it sets extensive and elaborate new behavioral requirements. Among the initial findings, one of the surprises is the degree to which the 1996 reform has promoted "second-order devolution" fr…
Federalism and the Safety Net
Since the enactment of welfare reform legislation in 1996, the federal government and the states have emphasized putting the needy to work and reducing caseloads. Simultaneously, however, national policymakers delinked eligibility for cash assistance from eligibility for other safety-net benefits. Contrary to stated policy, though, this delinkage has led to declining participation in the case of Food Stamps and health-insurance programs for low-i…
Stretched Net
This article examines social welfare spending on the eve of the recession to understand the likely effects of the economic downturn on the funding of state and local social welfare systems. It finds that state and local spending outside of medical assistance lost much of its real fiscal value since the last recession of 2001–02, especially when inflation-adjusted expenditures are compared to measures of need. Other trends include a growing concen…
Political science (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Federalism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Social Welfare (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)