The impact of welfare reform for families with children

Evidence from New York: A report of the New York city social indicators center, Columbia university school of social work

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ID11215348
AuthorsJane Waldfogel (0000-0002-9213-182X, Columbia University, corresponding author), Patrick Villeneuve, Paul J Villeneuve (0000-0001-7786-7997, Columbia University), Irwin Garfinkel (Columbia University)
Year2000
Volume26
Issue4
Pages1-27
Publication date2000-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Service Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0148-8376 • E-ISSN: 1540-7314
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01488370009511334
OpenAlexW2015979581
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This paper uses data from the Current Population Survey and administrative data from New York to simulate the poverty impact of the recent federal and state welfare reforms. We find that the federal welfare reforms would in the absence of additional state or local aid raise the poverty rate of families with children and the poverty gap (the amount needed to raise poor families' incomes up to the poverty line). Although New York state and local welfare programs will offset much of this impact, we find that even with state and local aid, 16,000 families with children will move into poverty and 63,000 families with children, most of them already poor, will move into severe poverty, while the aggregate poverty gap will increase by nearly 25%. Keywords: Povertywelfarewelfare reform

Center (category theory · Columbia university · Economic growth · Economics · Media studies · Political science · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Work (physics · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology · Social Work

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