Antipoverty Effects of Public Income Transfers on Children.

Ozawa, Martha N.

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ERIC Number: EJ508800

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Antipoverty Effects of Public Income Transfers on Children.

Ozawa, Martha N.

Children and Youth Services Review, v17 n1-2 p43-59 1995

Uses government data to analyze the distributive effects of non-means-tested cash and non-cash public transfer programs in reducing poverty among children. Data were analyzed for white, black, and Hispanic children, and for the elderly. Suggests these transfers are important sources of income for disadvantaged children, among whom black and Hispanic children are overrepresented. (AA)

Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Children, Older Adults, Policy Formation, Poverty, Public Policy, Social Change, Social Problems, Welfare Reform, Welfare Services

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special double issue: "Child Poverty, Public Practices, and Welfare Reform."