Means-tested programs limit eligibility to individuals and families whose incomes and or assets fall below a pre-determined threshold (means test). They are generally financed by tax revenues and may take the form of entitlements (e.g., Medicaid, SNAP/Food Stamps) or have spending caps (e.g., State Child Health Insurance Program, housing subsidies, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
Income Support Policies for Low-Income Men and Noncustodial Fathers: Tax and Transfer Programs
- Ronald B. Mincy, Serena Klempin, and Heather Schmidt
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010
Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Medicaid Expansions on Take-Up and Crowd-Out
- John C. Ham, I. Serkan Ozbeklik, and Lara Shore-Sheppard
- Discussion Paper
- May 2010
The Benefits and Costs of the Section 8 Housing Subsidy Program: A Framework and First-Year Estimates
- Deven Carlson, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan, and Barbara Wolfe
- Discussion Paper
- May 2010
The “Great Recession” and redistribution: Federal antipoverty policies
- Gary Burtless
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2009
Income Poverty and Income Support for Minority and Immigrant Children in Rich Countries
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Karen Robson, Coady Wing, and Jonathan Gershuny
- Discussion Paper
- December 2009
Contracting Welfare-to-Work Services: Use and Usefulness
- Pierre Koning
- Discussion Paper
- November 2009
Experimental Estimates of the Barriers to Food Stamp Enrollment
- Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
- Discussion Paper
- September 2009
Measuring the “faith factor” in social service program outcomes
- Jennifer L. Noyes
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2009
Changing Poverty and Changing Antipoverty Policies
- Maria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger
- Discussion Paper
- April 2009
From Policy to Polity: Democracy, Paternalism, and the Incorporation of Disadvantaged Citizens
- Sarah K. Bruch, Myra Marx Ferree, and Joe Soss
- Discussion Paper
- January 2009