Public Transfers: Safety Net or Inducement into Poverty?.

Sanders, Jimy M.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Public Transfers: Safety Net or Inducement into Poverty?

Sanders, Jimy M.

Social Forces, v68 n3 p813-34 Mar 1990

Uses time-series analyses to examine "culture-of-poverty" argument behind rising poverty levels. Discusses alternative views. Finds welfare benefits reduce poverty, modestly relate to increasing female headship, and strongly relate to rising unemployment among young minority males. Calls for more comprehensive model to explain poverty. (Author/TES)

Descriptors: Fatherless Family, Government Role, Minority Groups, Poverty, Poverty Programs, Socioeconomic Influences, Unemployment, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Services, Youth Employment

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