The Effect of the AFDC Guarantee on Family Income

本研究探讨了收入支助的影响， 对有受抚养子女的家庭的援助形式， 单亲家庭儿童的贫困。 的 主要研究者利用大量纵向数据 （收入动态小组研究），收集了 21年来，为了验证慷慨的假设， 福利损害了接受者的职业道德， 从而有助于下层阶级的发展， 美国的 由于AFDC担保（金额 支付给没有其他收入来源的单亲家庭 收入）随时间的推移而因州和州内而异， 研究可以调查更高的AFDC保证是否 改善或延续贫困，以及 两种结果都有可能 这项研究的结果 可以提供关于最佳水平的信息， 福利待遇。 它还可以揭示一个问题， 政策制定者的一个重要关切是， 从长远来看，福利水平可能会伤害而不是帮助穷人。 运行.

This study addresses the effect of income support, in the form of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), on the poverty of children in single-parent families. The Principal Investigator draws on a large, longitudinal data set (the Panel Study of Income Dynamics), collected over twenty-one years, to test the hypothesis that generous welfare benefits undermine the work ethic of recipients and thereby contribute to the growth of an underclass in the United States. Since the AFDC guarantee (the amount of money paid to single-parent families with no other source of income) varies by state and within states over time, this research can investigate whether higher AFDC guarantees ameliorate or perpetuate poverty, and the conditions under which either outcome is likely. The findings from this study can contribute information as to the optimal level for welfare benefits. It can also shed light on an issue of vital concern among policy makers, that higher welfare benefit levels may hurt rather than help the poor in the long run.