How are children and families faring a decade after welfare reform? Evidence from five non-experimental panel studies

Slack, Kristen S.; Magnuson, Katherine; Berger, Lawrence M.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.12.001

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“…These data attempt to evaluate the specific program context and conditions associated with changes in the well-being of mothers and children. Among the most prominent studies are the WES in Michigan, the Three-City Study (Chase-Lansdale et al 2003, Cherlin et al 2007, MDRC's Welfare and Urban Change study (Scott et al 2004), the Illinois Families Study (Slack, Magnuson & Berger 2007), and the TANF Milwaukee Applicant Study (Dworsky & Courtney 2007). Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study have also been analyzed to examine welfare reform outcomes (Osborne & Knab 2007).…”

Section: Social Science Research On the Effects Of Welfare Reform: Mementioning

confidence: 99%

“…A special issue of the journal Children and Youth Services Review (Slack et al 2007) was devoted to an examination of child well-being in the years after welfare reform. The articles analyze five different nonexperimental panel studies conducted in Massachusetts, Illinois, Texas, Michigan, and Wisconsin and in all the states included in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.…”

Section: The Effects Of the 1996 Welfare Reform On Child Outcomesmentioning

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The Decline of Cash Welfare and Implications for Social Policy and Poverty

Danziger

2010

Annu. Rev. Sociol.

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This article highlights the scope of cash welfare as a poverty program and the policy context that led to the legislative distinctions between pre-and post-1996. Trends in welfare, employment, and poverty for single-mother families are presented, as are hypotheses that guide studies of the effects of welfare reform. Social science and policy research on how the reforms have affected economic outcomes, how reform has been implemented, and how it affects children are highlighted. I next summarize research on child care subsidies, an example of an effective family support that was part of welfare reform. I also highlight lessons from studies of recipient perspectives and those focused on how leavers get by without welfare. I identify gaps in understanding the reduced role of cash welfare for low-income families and offer continuing policy and research questions for addressing poverty in the current economic crisis and recovery.

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Section: Social Science Research On the Effects Of Welfare Reform: Mementioning

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Section: The Effects Of the 1996 Welfare Reform On Child Outcomesmentioning

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The Decline of Cash Welfare and Implications for Social Policy and Poverty

Danziger

2010

Annu. Rev. Sociol.

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“…Much of the research in the United States to date has examined means-tested programs, such as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) (Anthony, Vu, and Austin 2008;Joo 2011;Loprest 1999;Slack, Magnuson, and Berger 2007;Wu 2008); the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program (Daly and Burkhauser 2003;Davies, Rupp, and Wittenburg 2009;Duggan and Kearney 2007); Food Stamps (Rank and Hirschl 2009); and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) (Kamerman and Kahn 2001;Mendenhall 2006).…”

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Social insurance and children: The relationship between Social Security, economic well-being, and family context among child recipients

Tamborini

Cupito

2012

Journal of Children and Poverty

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The relationship between social insurance, which provides families protection against certain risks, and child economic security is understudied. Using the 2004 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) matched to Social Security Administration benefit records, this article investigates the economic welfare effects of the child component of the US Social Security program. We examine how the poverty rate of child beneficiaries would change, absent Social Security income, and how heavily the family incomes of these children rely on it, by family characteristics. Our findings reveal that Social Security plays an important role in mitigating economic insecurity among children deprived of a wage-earning parent through disability, death, or retirement. Family structure, earnings, and employment status are identified as key factors moderating the effect of Social Security on child recipients' financial circumstance.

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