RT Journal Article
T1 Devolution in the U.S. welfare reform: divergence and degradation in state benefits.
A1 Ayala Cañón, Luis
A1 Bárcena-Martín, Elena María
A1 Martínez Vázquez, Jorge
K1 Delegación de poderes (Derecho administrativo)
K1 Asistencia social - Estados Unidos
K1 Servicios sociales - Estados Unidos
AB The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act(PRWORA) in 1996 devolved responsibility for the design of welfare programs fromthe federal to state governments in the U.S. The strategies implemented to achievesome of the main goals of the reform might have had the effects of reducing theprotection received by the most vulnerable households and increasing differences inbenefit levels across states. We estimate these effects using Temporary Assistance forNeedy Families data covering the two decades after the PRWORA’s enactment. Wefind that inequality levels across states increased and that a general process ofdegradation in the adequacy of these cash benefits took place ensuing devolution ofwelfare reform in the U.S.
PB Springer Nature
YR 2022
FD 2022-03-18
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31316
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31316
LA eng
NO Ayala Cañon, L., Bárcena Martín, E., Martínez Vázquez, J.  Devolution in the U.S. welfare reform: divergence and degradation in state benefits Journal of Economic Inequality, 20: 701-726
NO Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026