Trade-Offs between the Book-End Generations: The Role of Social Capital in Social Welfare Provision

• In Event: Gender & Race in Public Policy

Brief Overview

There are policy trade-offs between older and younger beneficiaries where greater social welfare provision toward the elderly results in fewer benefits for children and vice-versa, but social capital mitigates these generational policy trade-offs.

Author

• Markie R McBrayer, University of Idaho