Research has shown that several criteria underlie people's opinions about the welfare deservingness of benefit recipients. However, it remains unknown which factors are associated with the emphasis that people place on such criteria. Using a 2006 Dutch national survey on the welfare deservingness of disability pension recipients, we study the…

While individuals from outside Alaska are recruited at premium pay, attracted with various monetary incentives, the Alaska Native experiences an extremely high rate of population increase which constitutes a virtually wasted labor reservoir. This study is intended as a benchmark approach against which the rate of progress of the Alaska Native…

The American Indian population is in a period of transition. It is young, growing, and becoming more urban. There were some improvements in income, housing, education, and health in the 1960-70 decade, but Indians remain the most disadvantaged of the minority ethnic groups in the United States. By most of the above measures, Indians, especially…