Rural southern residents and the incentive to work
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"There has been much interest in the past few years in welfare reform. This interest is a result of the rising criticisms of the many relief measures which comprise the welfare, or public assistance, program. Two of these criticisms are that public assistance has too many recipients and that it encourages dependency. The Senate Committee on Finance, in stating that "...we should end a program which rewards idleness and discourages personal initiative of those who can provide for themselves," is resounding the public value placed on economic independence. The problem of creating a class of people permanently economically dependent on welfare is not localized to the United States. "In Europe...the unsolved problem for public policy has been to make certain that programs provide security to all in need...in a dignified, equitable, and efficient manner that preserves incentives to work. This dissertation examines the criticism that the welfare programs encourage dependency. It may be of value both to those engaged in the adoinistering of welfare and to those involved in welfare reform."--Page 1.
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