Download This PaperUnited States Economic Expansion and Social Policy During the 1990's: Implications for Poor Americans
21 Pages Posted: 23 Jan 2008
Date Written: January 21, 2008
Abstract
This paper examines the impact of policies and programs implemented by the United States federal government during the 1990's on poor Americans. The primary objective of this review is to determine how poverty reduction policies and programs, along with the significant economic expansion of the United States economy during the 1990's impacted the economic predicament of people living below the poverty line.
Keywords: economic expansion, economic growth, poverty, AFDC, TANF, welfare reform, unemployment, PRWORA, EITC, poverty line
JEL Classification: A00, D60, H50, H70, I30, J10, J30, J20
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McFayden, Elgie, United States Economic Expansion and Social Policy During the 1990's: Implications for Poor Americans (January 21, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1086488 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1086488
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