Devolution in the U.S. Welfare Reform: Divergence and Degradation in State Benefits
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- Luis Ayala & Elena Barcena-Martin & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, 2021. "Devolution in the U.S. Welfare Reform: Divergence and Degradation in State Benefits," Working Papers 587, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
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Keywords
Adequacy rates; Devolution; Re-ranking; TANF benefits; β-Convergence; σ-Divergence;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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