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Welfare Reform Attitudes and Single Mothers’ Employment after 20 Years

Posted on August 21, 2016 in Online Symposia


Welfare Reform Attitudes and Single Mothers’ Employment after 20 Years A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Philip Cohen, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland. August 22, 2016 The welfare reform bill that emerged in 1996, after a back-and-forth struggle between President Bill Clinton and the Congress (both houses of which […]

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Topics of Expertise: TANF & Public Assistance / Work & Family
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It’s April 15: Do You Know Where Your Income Tax Dollars Are Going?

Posted on April 15, 2008 in Brief Reports
Experts: Andrew Cherlin

Americans tend to think we are better off than families in most other industrial countries because we pay lower income taxes. But when we factor in the higher amount Americans pay for health care, child care, and education, the comparison is not always in our favor. Where do American families’ tax dollars go and what […]

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Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Health & Illness / Health Care / Labor & Workforce / TANF & Public Assistance / Work & Family
dollars, maternity leave, paternal leave, tax, tax incentives, welfare Read More

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