Second‐Order Devolution and Administrative Exclusion in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6329956 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Sheely (0000-0002-1733-6059, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-69 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/psj.12002 |
| OpenAlex | W1804698440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 29 |
With the passage of welfare reform in 1996, state and local governments gained substantial authority to design and implement their own welfare programs. Proponents of devolution asserted that, under devolution, local governments would be better able to tailor program administration to meet local economic needs. However, opponents contended devolution could lead to local governments seeking to control costs by limiting access to welfare. Meanwhile, existing research suggests that economics will not play an important role in determining welfare provision. This article investigates these competing claims by assessing the relationship between economic conditions and administrative exclusion, which is making programs so hard to access that potential and current recipients decide to forgo benefits, in a state that gives counties significant authority over welfare provision. To do so, I assess whether county application denial, sanctioning, and case closure rates are influenced by changes in local economic characteristics. I find that, even during periods of substantial economic distress, county practices related to administrative exclusion are largely unresponsive to changes in unemployment, child poverty, and fiscal constraints. These findings call into question the responsiveness of the devolved social safety net for poor families
Business · Closure (psychology · Denial · Devolution (biology · Economic growth · Economics · Market economy · Order (exchange · Political science · Poverty · Public economics · Social exclusion · Social Welfare · Sociology · Unemployment · Welfare · Welfare reform · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Public Administration · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Finance
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Whose Need Matters
Inequality and Competition in State Redistributive Systems
The Effect of Fragmentation and Second-Order Devolution on Efficacy of Local Public Welfare Policy
Effective Policies for Single-Parent Families and Prospects for Policy Reforms in the United States
Constraints on Local Welfare Discretion in an Era of Second‐Order Devolution
The Local Revolution under Second‐Order Devolution
Performance Goal Achievement in Fiscal Federalism
Welfare Magnets
Why Americans Hate Welfare
Evaluating Welfare Reform in the United States
The Impact of Local Labor Market Conditions on Work and Welfare Decisions
Measuring State Tanf Policy Variations and Change After Reform
Which Tanf Applicants Are Diverted, and What Are Their Outcomes
Devolution, Discretion, and the Effect of Local Political Values on Tanf Sanctioning
Did Welfare Reform Cause the Caseload Decline
State Tanf Policies and Employment Outcomes among Welfare Leavers
Do Welfare Avoidance Grants Prevent Cash Assistance
Mapping the New Deal
Street-Level Bureaucrats and Intrastate Variation in the Implementation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Policies
Second-Order Devolution and the Implementation of Tanf in the U.S. States
Immigration and the Evolving American Welfare State
A Lot More to Do
No Race in Any Direction
To Devolve or Not To Devolve? Welfare Reform in the States
An Empirical Assessment of Devolution's Policy Impact
The Organization of Discipline
Administrative Exclusion
Policy Work
Time-Series–cross-Sectiondata
Setting the Terms of Relief
Politics and the New American Welfare States
Race, Bureaucratic Discretion, and the Implementation of Welfare Reform
The Real Value of Welfare
The Changing Color of Welfare? How Whites' Attitudes toward Latinos Influence Support for Welfare
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |