Question 1

How much the poor have relative to some measure of a reasonable "minimally acceptable" income level can be best described as:

Accepted Answer

A)  relative income inequality. 
B)  the iron triangle of welfare programs. 
C)  absolute deprivation. 
D)  allocative inefficiency. 
A)  relative income inequality. 
B)  the iron triangle of welfare programs. 
C)  absolute deprivation. 
D)  allocative inefficiency.

Question 2

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996:

Accepted Answer

A)  removed time limits on welfare recipients. 
B)  removed work requirements on welfare recipients. 
C)  gave more flexibility to the states in choosing the structure of cash welfare payments. 
D)  replaced block grants from the federal government with matching grants. 
A)  removed time limits on welfare recipients. 
B)  removed work requirements on welfare recipients. 
C)  gave more flexibility to the states in choosing the structure of cash welfare payments. 
D)  replaced block grants from the federal government with matching grants.

Question 3

Suppose someone criticizes the federal measure of the poverty line by saying that the typical family spends less of its budget on food than families used to spend.This is an example of which of the following criticisms of the federal poverty line?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is based on an oversimplified definition of family size. 
B)  The bundle has changed. 
C)  Differences in the cost of living across areas are ignored. 
D)  It is inconsistent with international measures. 
A)  It is based on an oversimplified definition of family size. 
B)  The bundle has changed. 
C)  Differences in the cost of living across areas are ignored. 
D)  It is inconsistent with international measures.

Question 4

Suppose someone criticizes the federal measure of the poverty line by saying that it does not account for Medicaid receipts,but that it should account for them.This is an example of which of the following criticisms of the federal poverty line?

Accepted Answer

A)  The definition of income is incomplete. 
B)  The bundle has changed. 
C)  Differences in the cost of living across areas are ignored. 
D)  It is inconsistent with international measures. 
A)  The definition of income is incomplete. 
B)  The bundle has changed. 
C)  Differences in the cost of living across areas are ignored. 
D)  It is inconsistent with international measures.

Question 5

Suppose the way that your state links the receipt of welfare benefits to attending job-training sessions is being debated.A recent study has found that the job training has little to no effect on the earning prospects of your welfare recipients.One politician argues that,for this reason,the job-training requirement should be eliminated.Others aren't so sure.What do you think?

Accepted Answer

The job-training requirement may serve a

Question 6

Which is NOT a method of improving the outside option to welfare in order to reduce moral hazard problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  providing job skills training for welfare recipients 
B)  directly subsidizing the market wages 
C)  using ordeal mechanisms 
D)  fully enforcing the child support obligations of the fathers of children whose mothers are welfare recipients 
A)  providing job skills training for welfare recipients 
B)  directly subsidizing the market wages 
C)  using ordeal mechanisms 
D)  fully enforcing the child support obligations of the fathers of children whose mothers are welfare recipients

Question 7

Which of the following is an in-kind program pair?

Accepted Answer

A)  food stamps and Supplemental Security Income 
B)  Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
C)  TANF and Supplemental Security Income 
D)  public housing and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,Infants,and Children (WI
C)  
A)  food stamps and Supplemental Security Income 
B)  Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
C)  TANF and Supplemental Security Income 
D)  public housing and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,Infants,and Children (WI
C)

How much the poor have relative to some measure of a reasonable "minimally acceptable" income level can be best described as:

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996:

Suppose someone criticizes the federal measure of the poverty line by saying that the typical family spends less of its budget on food than families used to spend.This is an example of which of the following criticisms of the federal poverty line?

Suppose someone criticizes the federal measure of the poverty line by saying that it does not account for Medicaid receipts,but that it should account for them.This is an example of which of the following criticisms of the federal poverty line?

Which is NOT a method of improving the outside option to welfare in order to reduce moral hazard problems?

Which of the following is an in-kind program pair?

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Exam 17: Income Distribution and Welfare Programs

How much the poor have relative to some measure of a reasonable "minimally acceptable" income level can be best described as:

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996:

Suppose someone criticizes the federal measure of the poverty line by saying that the typical family spends less of its budget on food than families used to spend.This is an example of which of the following criticisms of the federal poverty line?

Suppose someone criticizes the federal measure of the poverty line by saying that it does not account for Medicaid receipts,but that it should account for them.This is an example of which of the following criticisms of the federal poverty line?

Which is NOT a method of improving the outside option to welfare in order to reduce moral hazard problems?

Which of the following is an in-kind program pair?

Why Study Public Finance

Theoretical Tools of Public Finance

Empirical Tools of Public Finance

Budget Analysis and Deficit Financing

Externalities- Problems and Solutions

Externalities in Action- Environmental and Health Externalities

Public Goods

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Political Economy

State and Local Government Expenditures

Education

Social Insurance- the New Function of Government

Social Security

Unemployment Insurance, disability Insurance, and Workers Compensation

Health Insurance I- Health Economics and Private Health Insurance

Health Insurance Ii- Medicare, medicaid, and Health Care Reform

Taxation- How It Works and What It Means

The Equity Implications of Taxation- Tax Incidence

Taxes on Labor Supply

Taxes on Savings

Taxes on Risk Taking and Wealth

Taxation of Business Income

Fundamental Tax Reform and Consumption Tax

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