Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform Sheldon H. Danziger, Editor First Chapter | Table of Contents 345 pp. 1999 $48.00 cloth 978-0-88099-200-8 $22.00 paper 978-0-88099-199-5 Welfare reform is widely touted as the reason welfare caseloads have declined rapidly in the late 1990s. Apparently, say a group of researchers, reforms contributed to this decline, but so did the booming economy. If this is true, what will happen to caseloads should the economy enter a recession, and what will states do to confront rising welfare costs? The relationship between welfare caseloads and the economy is one of the key issues addressed in this book. A group of the nation's leading researchers examines the effects of welfare reform prior to and after enactment of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, and what they find is a mixed picture. "Serious students of welfare change will want to read this excellent study." –CHOICE Magazine |