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The impact of welfare reform for families with children: Evidence from New York: A report of the New York city social indicators center,Columbia university school of social work
Authors:Jane Waldfogel  Patrick Villeneuve  Irwin Garfinkel
Affiliation:1. Assistant Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs , Columbia University School of Social Work , 622 West 113th Street, New York, NY, 10025;2. Doctoral student, Columbia University School of Social Work , 622 West 113th Street, New York, NY, 10025;3. Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems and Director of the New York City Social Indicators Center , Columbia University School of Social Work , 622 West 113th Street, New York, NY, 10025
Abstract:Abstract

This paper uses data from the Current Population Survey and administrative data from New York to simulate the poverty impact of the recent federal and state welfare reforms. We find that the federal welfare reforms would in the absence of additional state or local aid raise the poverty rate of families with children and the poverty gap (the amount needed to raise poor families’ incomes up to the poverty line). Although New York state and local welfare programs will offset much of this impact, we find that even with state and local aid, 16,000 families with children will move into poverty and 63,000 families with children, most of them already poor, will move into severe poverty, while the aggregate poverty gap will increase by nearly 25%.
Keywords:Poverty  welfare  welfare reform
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