Janet M Currie: 2 books
The Invisible Safety Net
Protecting the Nation's Poor Children and Families
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2008
In one of the most provocative books ever published on America's social welfare system, economist Janet Currie argues that the modern social safety net is under attack.
Unlike most books about antipoverty programs, Currie trains her focus not on cash welfare, which accounts for a small and...
by Janet M. Currie
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2005
An analysis of eight of the largest US welfare programmes affecting children. These programmes include Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the Food Stamp Program. Medicaid, housing assistance, supplemental feeding programmes such as WIC and School Lunch, Head Start and the Earned Income Tax Credit....