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Welfare Dependency and Its Causes: Determinants of the Duration of Welfare Spells

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Working Paper Number SEHSD-WP1989-11 or SIPP-WP-85

Welfare programs serve an important role in providing both short and long term assistance to low-income families and individuals. The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, for example, the basic cash assistance program for low-income families with children, aids about 11 million people each month. The impacts of AFDC recipiency on work incentives and family composition have been studied in depth by a broad range of policy employees.

Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021
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