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An analysis of eight of the largest US welfare programmes affecting children. Programmes discussed include: Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the Food Stamp Program, WIC and School Lunch, Head Start and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
List of contents
Introduction Part 1: An Overview of Methods, Measures, and Programs 1. Methods for Evaluating Welfare Programs A: Experiments B: Instrumental Variables, “Natural Experiments”, and Selection Corrections C: Fixed Effects and Random Effects Models D: Summary 2. Measures of Child Well-Being 1A. Measures of Health Status B: Test Scores and Scholastic Achievement C: Long-Run Measures of Social Competence 3D: Other Measures 3. The Programs A: An Overview of Spending on Programs that Benefit Children B: Trends in Caseloads and Expenditures C: Do Welfare Programs Raise Children Out of Poverty? D: Spending on Children Compared to Spending on the Elderly E: Summary Part 2: Evaluation of Individual Programs 4. AFDC A: Effects of AFDC on Young Children B: Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Welfare Dependency C: AFDC Effects on Teen Pregnancy and Child Bearing D: Summary 5. Medicaid A: Insurance Coverage and the Utilization of Care B: The Link Between Utilization of Medical Care and Child Health C: Summary 6. The Food Stamp Program A: Effects on Nutrition B: Effects on Food Expenditures C: Summary 7. WIC and School Nutrition Programs A: WIC B: School Nutrition Programs C: Other Child Nutrition Programs D: Summary 8. Head Start A: Short-Term Effects of Head Start B: Longer-Term Effects of Head Start C: Discussion D: Summary 9. Housing Assistance A: Adequate Housing for All? B: The Effects of Neighborhoods C: The Role of Housing Assistance Programs: The Construction of Public Housing Vs. Vouchers D: Summary 10. The Earned Income Tax Credit A: Parallels Between the EITC and the NIT B: Effects of the NIT C: Summary
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Janet M. Currie University of California, Los Angeles, USA, Finis Welch Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
Summary
An analysis of eight of the largest US welfare programmes affecting children. Programmes discussed include: Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the Food Stamp Program, WIC and School Lunch, Head Start and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
