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Welfare reform: a comparative assessment of the french and U.S. experiences

by Gilbert, Neil
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Additional authors: Parent, Antoine -- ed.
Series: International Social Security Series . 10 Published by : International Social Security Association (AISS) (U.S.A) Physical details: xiii, 300 p. il. 24 cm. ISBN:0765808021.
Subject(s): Seguridad social -- Estados Unidos | Seguridad social -- Francia | Francia -- Política social -- 1995
Year: 2003 Item type: Libro
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Part 1 Poverty and Work in the United States and France. 1. Social Policy for the Working Poor: U.S. 3 Reform in a Cross-National Perspective / Gary Burtless. 2 Applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Concept of the "Working Poor" to France / Madior Fall and Jean-Michel Hourriez. Part 2 Development and Structure of Welfare Policies. 3. Welfare Policy in the United States: The Road from Income Maintenance to Workfare / Neil Gilbert. 4. Income Support Policy in France / Michel Dollé. 5. Workfare and Insertion: How the U.S. and French Models of Social Assistance Have Been Transformed / Sylvie Morel. Part 3 The Evaluations of U.S. Welfare Reforms and Their Implications. 6. Assessing Welfare Reform in the United States / Alan Weil. 7. Work, Welfare, and Economic Well-being after Welfare Reform: Do State Policies Make a Difference? / Jordan Matsudaira and Sheldon H. Danziger. 8. Issues in the Design and Evaluation of U.S. Welfare Reforms / Christel Gilles and Antoine Parent. Part 4 The Relationship between Economic Growth and Poverty. 9. Welfare Reform, Economic Growth and Poverty in the U.S. / Christel Gilles and Antoine Parent. 10. Growth and Poverty in France / Christel Gilles, Christian Loisy, and Antoine Parent. Part 5 Work-Oriented Reforms: How Well Do They Work? 11. Leaving Welfare Without Working: How Do Mothers Do It? And What are the Implications? / Douglas J. Besharov. 12. The Static vs. Dynamic Inactivity Trap on the Labor Market: Revisiting the "Making Work Pay" Issue / Thierry Laurent and Yannick L'Horty.

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