CHILD POVERTY AND THE AMELIORATIVE EFFECTS OF PUBLIC-ASSISTANCE

Authors
JENSEN L EGGEBEEN DJ LICHTER DT
Citation
L. Jensen et al., CHILD POVERTY AND THE AMELIORATIVE EFFECTS OF PUBLIC-ASSISTANCE, Social science quarterly, 74(3), 1993, pp. 542-559
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Social science quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384941
Volume
74
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
542 - 559
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4941(1993)74:3<542:CPATAE>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
This paper analyzes U.S. Census Bureau data from 1970, 1980, and 1990 to document trends in the utilization and ameliorative effects of publ ic assistance among poor children. The data show (1) a marked increase since 1970 in the percentage of poor children receiving public assist ance; (2) a sharp rise in poor children's reliance on public assistanc e vis-a-vis parental earnings; and (3) stagnation or even deterioratio n in the ameliorative effects of public assistance on child poverty du ring the 1980s.