Economics of Means–Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume I: Volume 1 ((NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports) - Hardcover

Moffitt, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 022637047X ISBN 13: 9780226370477

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2016

Synopsis

Few government programs in the United States are as controversial as those designed to help the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, the size and structure of the American safety net is an issue of constant debate. These two volumes update the earlier Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States with a discussion of the many changes in means-tested government programs and the results of new research over the past decade. While some programs that that experienced falling outlays in the years prior to the previous volume have remained at low levels of expenditure, many others have grown, including Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and subsidized housing programs. For each program, the contributors describe its origins and goals, summarize its history and current rules, and discuss recipients' characteristics and the types of benefits they receive. This is an invaluable reference for researchers and policy makers that features detailed analyses of many of the most important transfer programs in the United States.

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Review:

"Four papers, revised from work presented at a December 2014 conference held at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, survey the history, policy issues, rules, caseloads, and research on major US safety-net programs."--Journal of Economic Literature

About the Author:

Robert A. Moffitt is the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University with a joint appointment at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He is a research associate of the NBER.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 022637047X
• ISBN 13: 9780226370477
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464