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Cyberproblems
- Read "How Will We Know If Welfare Reform is Successful?"
and follow relevant links from that page.
Has welfare reform been successful (so far)? Support your answer with
evidence.
- How many poor families were there in the most recent year? Go to the U.S.
Census Bureau's Poverty page and
follow the relevant links. You will have to do some searching. What was the
average income deficit for poor families? Will multiplying your answer to the
first question by your answer to the second question give the amount of money
needed to eliminate poverty among families in the United States? Explain your
answer.
- The Luxembourg Income Study collects income
data from selected countries around the world. Link to the LIS Inequality
Indices. Using the most recent data from each
country, rank the countries from most to least equal.
- Follow the links under Welfare and Welfare Reform below. How was
welfare reformed in 1996? Do you think reform of the system was
warranted and were the changes made appropriate?
Welfare and Welfare Reform
Welfare and
Families - links to articles about the effect of welfare reform on families
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