A New Idea for Welfare Reform

Keane, M

A New Idea for Welfare Reform

Keane, M

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Publisher:: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review, 1995, 19 (2), pp. 2 - 28
Issue Date:: 1995-01

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dc.contributor.author	Keane, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	1995-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review, 1995, 19 (2), pp. 2 - 28	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0271-5287	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13954
dc.description.abstract	This article analyzes several proposals to build work incentives into the U.S. welfare system. It concludes that the most cost effective way to do that is to offer a work subsidy to all low-income single parentsin other words, to simply pay them for working in the labor market. This conclusion is based on a model of the labor force participation behavior of low-income single mothers that the author developed with Robert Moffitt. Among the proposals evaluated in the article, besides the work subsidy, are proposals to reduce the rate that welfare benefits are reduced when welfare recipients work, to provide wage subsidies to low-wage workers, to expand the earned income tax credit, and to subsidize the fixed costs of working.	en_US
dc.publisher	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis	en_US
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dc.title	A New Idea for Welfare Reform	en_US
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Abstract:

This article analyzes several proposals to build work incentives into the U.S. welfare system. It concludes that the most cost effective way to do that is to offer a work subsidy to all low-income single parentsin other words, to simply pay them for working in the labor market. This conclusion is based on a model of the labor force participation behavior of low-income single mothers that the author developed with Robert Moffitt. Among the proposals evaluated in the article, besides the work subsidy, are proposals to reduce the rate that welfare benefits are reduced when welfare recipients work, to provide wage subsidies to low-wage workers, to expand the earned income tax credit, and to subsidize the fixed costs of working.

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