Do Social-Welfare Policies Reduce Poverty? A Cross-National Assessment.
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| Title: | Do Social-Welfare Policies Reduce Poverty? A Cross-National Assessment. |
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| Authors: | Kenworthy, Lane |
| Source: | Social Forces. Mar99, Vol. 77 Issue 3, p1119-1139. 21p. 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: | Poverty, Public welfare policy, Welfare state, Poor people, Government programs, Developed countries |
| Abstract: | Most social scientists, policymakers, and citizens who support the welfare state do so in part because they believe social-welfare programs help to reduce the incidence of poverty. Yet a growing number of critics assert that such programs in fact fail to decrease poverty, because too small a share of transfers actually reaches the poor, or because such programs create a welfare/poverty trap, or because they weaken the economy. This study assesses the effects of social-welfare policy extensiveness on poverty rates across fifteen affluent industrialized nations over the period 1960-91, using both absolute and relative measures of poverty. The results strongly support the conventional view that social-welfare programs reduce poverty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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