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Marianne Bitler

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS. Professor, Department of Economics. Research focuses on the effects of government safety net programs on disadvantaged groups, economic demography, health economics, public economics, and the economics of education.

Social Safety Net

Responsiveness of the Safety Net During Downturns: Lessons from the Great Recession

October 28, 2019

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During economic downturns the social safety net can play a critical role for families as well as for the economy more broadly. Social programs can protect vulnerable families by making it easier for them to continue to meet basic needs. The social safety net can also act as a fiscal stimulus — increasing

Social Policy

Medicaid and Block Grants: Lessons from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

February 24, 2017

The Issue:

Republican budget plans and President Trump’s campaign pledges have proposed converting Medicaid to a block grant. This type of transformation in the way a safety net program is financed between the Federal Government and the states has been done before. The 1996 welfare reform replaced the Aid to Families ...
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Block Grants
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