EUI Working Paper: SPS, Volumes 4-10European University Institute, 1993 - Europe |
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For example , California provided welfare recipients in 1990 with benefits nearly six times as large as those provided by Alabama . The maximum welfare benefit paid to a California family of three was $ 694 a month , compared with $ 118 ...
For example , California provided welfare recipients in 1990 with benefits nearly six times as large as those provided by Alabama . The maximum welfare benefit paid to a California family of three was $ 694 a month , compared with $ 118 ...
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Instead , the statistics show that benefits varied as much in 1990 as they did in 1940. Such disparities give rise to the phenomenon of " welfare magnets " states with comparatively high benefits that attract the poor .
Instead , the statistics show that benefits varied as much in 1990 as they did in 1940. Such disparities give rise to the phenomenon of " welfare magnets " states with comparatively high benefits that attract the poor .
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Even in the United States , where the federal government pays three - fourths of the cost of welfare assistance , the states set the benefit levels . States differ in their assessment of what a family needs to meet a reasonable standard ...
Even in the United States , where the federal government pays three - fourths of the cost of welfare assistance , the states set the benefit levels . States differ in their assessment of what a family needs to meet a reasonable standard ...
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