| Description |
viii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Revised versions of papers presented at a conference held in Williamsburg, Va., in Dec. 1984, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin--Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty and the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [359]-387. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Public spending for the poor : trends, prospects, and economic limits / Gary Burtless -- Antipoverty policy : effects on the poor and the nonpoor / Sheldon H. Danziger, Robert H. Haveman, and Robert D. Plotnick -- Poverty in America : is welfare the answer or the problem? / David T. Ellwood and Lawrence H. Summers -- Health care for the poor : the past twenty years / Paul Starr -- Effect of direct job creation and training programs on low-skilled workers / Laurie J. Bassi and Orley Ashenfelter -- Education and training programs and poverty / Nathan Glazer. |
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Macroeconomics, income distribution, and poverty / Rebecca M. Blank and Alan S. Blinder -- Household composition and poverty / Mary Jo Bane -- Poverty and family structure : the widening gap between evidence and public policy issues / William Julius Wilson and Kathryn M. Neckerman -- Legal rights and welfare change, 1960-1980 / Michael R. Sosin -- Social policies, civil rights, and poverty / Charles V. Hamilton and Dona C. Hamilton -- Political foundations of antipoverty policy / Hugh Heclo -- Main themes / Edward M. Gramlich -- Poverty research agenda for the next decade / Daniel H. Weinberg. |
| Subject |
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- Congresses.
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| Local Subject |
Poor people -- United States -- Congresses.
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| Indexed Term |
United States Poverty relief Policies of government, 1960-1985 |
| Subject |
Poor -- United States -- Congresses.
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Public welfare -- United States -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Danziger, Sheldon.
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Weinberg, Daniel H.
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University of Wisconsin--Madison. Institute for Research on Poverty.
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United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
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| ISBN |
0674300858 alkaline paper |
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