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dc.contributor.authorBen-Shalom, Yonatanen
dc.contributor.authorMoffitt, Roberten
dc.contributor.authorScholz, John Karlen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-11-
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-27T15:18:16Z-
dc.date.available2011-09-27T15:18:16Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/49863-
dc.description.abstractWe assess the effectiveness of means-tested and social insurance programs in the United States. We show that per capita expenditures on these programs as a whole have grown over time but expenditures on some programs have declined. The benefit system in the U.S. has a major impact on poverty rates, reducing the percent poor in 2004 from 29 percent to 13.5 percent, estimates which are robust to different measures of the poverty line. We find that, while there are significant behavioral side effects of many programs, their aggregate impact is very small and does not affect the magnitude of the aggregate poverty impact of the system. The system reduces poverty the most for the disabled and the elderly and least for several groups among the non-elderly and non-disabled. Over time, we find that expenditures have shifted toward the disabled and the elderly, and away from those with the lowest incomes and toward those with higher incomes, with the consequence that post-transfer rates of deep poverty for some groups have increased. We conclude that the U.S. benefit system is paternalistic and tilted toward the support of the employed and toward groups with special needs and perceived deservingness.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe Johns Hopkins University, Department of Economics |cBaltimore, MDen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x579 [rev.]en
dc.subject.jelH5en
dc.subject.jelD3en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordTransfer Programsen
dc.subject.keywordPovertyen
dc.subject.keywordInequalityen
dc.subject.keywordLabor Supplyen
dc.subject.stwArmutspolitiken
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwAlte Menschenen
dc.subject.stwBehinderte Arbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsangeboten
dc.subject.stwSoziale Ungleichheiten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleAn assessment of the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs in the United States-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn657590711en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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