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About this book
Income Tested Transfer Programs: The Case for and Against covers the proceedings of the 1979 conference of leading scientists, sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty. The contributors consider the contribution of social science knowledge and analysis in settling the arguments in the debate about the merits of income testing in transfer programs. This text is divided into 13 chapters and begins with an overview of the history, stigmatization processes, and social cohesion of the program. The succeeding chapters define the terms "income-tested and "non-income-tested, as well as the historical importance of the income-testing issue. The discussion then shifts to the development of both income-tested and non-income tested programs in the United States. These topics are followed by surveys of the income support system and the issues in the income-testing debate. The remaining chapters provide evidence that most Americans have too much income testing in the overall income maintenance system. These chapters also present a reform agenda designed to reduce the role of income testing. This book will be of value to social scientists, social welfare workers, and researchers.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Income-Tested Transfer Programs: The Case for and Against
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Stigma in Income-Tested Programs
- Chapter 3. Income Testing and Social Cohesion
- Chapter 4. Income Testing and Politics: A Theoretical Model
- Chapter 5. Social Policy Development in Europe and America: A Longer View on Selectivity and Income Testing
- 6. A Simulation Analysis of the Economic Efficiency and Distributional Effects of Alternative Program Structures: The Negative Income Tax versus the Credit Income Tax
- Chapter 7. Taxpayer Behavior and the Design of a Credit Income Tax
- Chapter 8. Income Testing and Social Welfare: An Optimal Tax-Transfer Model
- Chapter 9. Income Testing of In-Kind Transfers
- Chapter 10. Financing Health Care
- Chapter 11. Single-Parent Households under Alternative Transfer and Tax Systems
- Chapter 12. Income Testing in Income Support Programs for the Aged
- Chapter 13. Conclusion
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index