Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States
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U.S. government programs to aid the poor have long been controversial, with much debate centering on how much assistance should be offered and what forms it should take. This volume provides an overview of how such programs work.
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A substantial fraction of households eligible for government benefit programs do not enroll.
“A substantial fraction of households who are eligible for a government benefit program do not enroll in the program.”
From Universal Basic Incomes versus Targeted Transfers: Anti-Poverty Programs in Developing Countries (2018) · cites this paper as Moffitt (2003)
The Summaries of the Chapters (p. 9) report a declining Medicaid participation rate among eligible children, which supports the existence of eligible nonparticipants. Our copy does not establish that a substantial fraction of eligible households fail to enroll across government benefit programs. (LLM, conf=0.74)
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- Authors
- Moffitt, R. A.
- Corresponding author
- Moffitt, Robert A.
- ORCID
- Moffitt, Robert A.
- Venue
- University of Chicago Press eBooks
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2003
- OpenAlex
- W1568161444
- Cited by
- 424
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 27.56
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- University of Chicago Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- NBER Books (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Keywords
- welfare support, social assistance policy, program design, United States
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