WELFARE REFORM AND INFANT HEALTH: THE IMPACT OF MANDATORY MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT

On August 22, 1996, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), fundamentally changing the U.S. welfare program. The hallmark of this Welfare Reform was the requirement that adult recipients, predominantly single mothers, work to receive bene...

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Main Author: Bartholomew, Karla S.
Other Authors: James F. Blumstein
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2010
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu//available/etd-03312010-113214/