Tinkering with TANF: The Effects of Federal Intervention on Unemployment and Education

• In Event: Social Welfare in the American States

Brief Overview

This paper examines the effect of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 on important outcomes related to TANF. This study reports suggestive evidence that the critics of greater federal control had legitimate reason for concern.

Authors

• Jaclyn Bunch, University of South Alabama

• Scott Sinclair Liebertz, University of South Alabama