Exam 38: Poverty and Welfare

Since the year 1959, the poverty rate has

In 2014, the poverty rate among children under age 18 was approximately

Which of the following is false?

Which of the following programs are in cash?

If the poverty line is set too high, the official poverty rate will be

Which of the following is a goal of a welfare system?

Which of the following groups has the lowest poverty rate?

The majority of the poor are

Because of an increase in the work-force participation rate for women, the availability of uncompensated child care (free care by aunts, sisters, and grandmothers)has become less available to poor women so as a consequence the fact that child care must now be paid for suggests that the

The fact that the poverty line does not account for day care costs suggests that it is set too

Which of the following is a goal of a welfare system?

Which of the following groups is under-represented in the poverty statistics relative to their overall U.S. population?

The incentives built into nearly all welfare programs

The 1996 Welfare reform laws had the impact of

In 2014 the fraction of families living in poverty that were headed by single mothers of children under age 18 is

Which of the following is true about poor populations?

The EITC differs from other programs in that

Because the AFDC program reduced benefits by almost $1 for every $1 earned, a single parent of two small children requiring day care would have to

Which of the following is the most costly program for the poor?

Some economists believe that poverty can be good for the economy, since