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Residential and Regional Distribution of Benefits Under the Allowance for Basic Living Expenses (ABLE) Welfare Reform Proposal

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  • Carlin, Thomas A.
  • Hendricks, Gary
  • Christian, Faye F.

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A broad-based welfare reform program, proposed in 1974 by the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, is compared to the current Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Food Stamp programs. The proposal is termed ABLE (Allowance for Basic Living Expenses). The study finds that the primary impact of ABLE would be to increase substantially the number of welfare-eligible families without changing the distribution of eligible families among regions or urban and rural areas. However, there would be a substantial reduction in benefits to eligible families in the Northeast and to a lesser extent in the North Central region and the West. Eligible southern families would gain substantially. Metropolitan areas would lose benefits under ABLE, but rural areas, except in the Northeast, would gain.

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  • Carlin, Thomas A. & Hendricks, Gary & Christian, Faye F., 1977. "Residential and Regional Distribution of Benefits Under the Allowance for Basic Living Expenses (ABLE) Welfare Reform Proposal," Agricultural Economic Reports 307661, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307661
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307661
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    1. Carlin, Thomas A., 1976. "Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit: A Simulation of Tax Year 1976," Agricultural Economic Reports 307582, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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    1. Pryor, Shirley, 1979. "Regional and Residential Impacts of the Proposed Better Jobs and Income Program," Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports 143673, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Saupe, William E., 1980. "Information Needs Relating to Small-Farm Programs and Policies," Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports 329217, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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