Reassessing the "Race to the Bottom" in State Welfare Policy

On the assumption that poor people migrate to obtain better welfare benefits, the magnet hypothesis predicts that a state's poverty rate increases when its welfare benefit rises faster than benefits in surrounding states. The benefit competition hypothesis proposes that states lower welfare ben...

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Main Author: Berry, William D. (Author)
Contributors: Fording, Richard C. (Contributor) ; Hanson, Russell L. (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2004
In:Year: 2004
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