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).
Recent Developments in Antipoverty Policies in the United States
- James P. Ziliak
- Discussion Paper
- September 2011
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States
- Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz
- Discussion Paper
- June 2011
The effects of the 2009 ARRA on poverty in Wisconsin
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Y. Marks, and Katherine Thornton
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2010
Have Welfare-to-Work Programs Improved Over Time In Putting Welfare Recipients To Work?
- David H. Greenberg and Philip K. Robins
- Discussion Paper
- November 2010
Wealth and Welfare States: What Is the Real Story?
- Irwin Garfinkel and Timothy Smeeding
- Discussion Paper
- October 2010
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