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Advanced SearchThe Balance Sheets of Low-Income Households: What We Know about Their Assets and Liabilities
By: Adam Carasso and Signe-Mary McKernan The Urban Institute
The Effects of Welfare and IDA Program Rules on Asset Holdings of Low-Income Families
Contents Key Findings Conclusions Savings and assets can cushion families against sudden income losses and can bolster long-term economic gains. These savings, however, can make a low-income family ineligible for benefits from means-tested programs when they encounter economic difficulties.
Assessing Asset Data on Low-Income Households: Current Availability and Options for Improvement
Contents Data Sets Identified and Criteria for Assessment Primary Data Sources for Holdings of Low-Resource Households' Assets Survey of Income and Program Participation Panel Study of Income Dynamics Survey of Consumer Finances
Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households: Introduction to the Series
Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households Principal Investigators: Signe-Mary McKernan and Michael Sherraden The Urban Institute Project began September 2007
Report to Congress
Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2007 - Executive Summary
The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence. The 2007 Indicators of Welfare Dependence, the tenth annual report, provides welfare dependence indicators through 2004, reflecting changes that have taken place since ena
Report to Congress
Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2007
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This report was written by Gil Crouse, Sarah Douglas, and Susan Hauan of the Office of Human Services Policy under the direction of Melissa Pardue, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits: Acknowledgments and Introduction
Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)Contract: 233-02-0086; Task Order 23
Economic Patterns of Single Mothers Following Their Poverty Exits
This report examines the employment patterns and income progression of single mothers and their families for two years after they exit poverty. The study found that 30 percent of single mothers were poor but then left poverty. Work effort was high among single mothers who left poverty: on average they worked for three-quarters of the subsequent two years following their poverty exit.