TY - BOOK AU - Moffitt,Robert ED - National Bureau of Economic Research. TI - Means-tested transfer programs in the United States T2 - A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report SN - 9780226533575 (electronic bk.) AV - HC110.I5 M378 2003eb U1 - 362.5/82 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Income maintenance programs KW - United States KW - Congresses KW - Public welfare KW - Sécurité du revenu KW - États-Unis KW - Congrès KW - Aide sociale KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Poverty & Homelessness KW - bisacsh KW - Inkomensbeleid KW - gtt KW - Sociale zekerheid KW - ხალხის კეთილდღეობა აშშ KW - კონფერენციები და სიმპოზიუმები KW - Electronic books N1 - Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research and held in Cambridge, Mass. on May 11-12, 2000; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Medicaid; Jonathan Gruber --; Supplemental security income program; Mary C. Daly and Richard V. Burkhauser --; Earned income tax credit; V. Joseph Hotz and John Carl Scholz --; U.S. food and nutrition programs; Janet Currie --; Temporary assistance for needy families program; Robert A. Moffitt --; Housing programs for low-income households; Edgar O. Olsen --; Child care subsidy programs; David M. Blau --; Employment and training programs; Robert J. LaLonde --; Child support; Robert I. Lerman and Elaine Sorenson N2 - Few United States government programs are as controversial as those designed to aid the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, aid to needy families is surrounded by debate?on what benefits should be offered, what forms they should take, and how they should be administered. The past few decades, in fact, have seen this debate lead to broad transformations of aid programs themselves, with Aid to Families with Dependent Children replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, the Earned Income Tax Credit growing from a minor program to one of the most important for low-income families UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=212668 ER -