Economics For Today
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Author: Tucker
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12, Problem 8SQ
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The unrestricted cash payment program of the government.
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The largest single program in the U.S. welfare state is:
a. Food stamp program
b. Temporary Aid Needy Families (TANF)
c. Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
d. Social Security
What is the poverty trap?
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A)The situation where government assistance can result in a low or zero net gain for working.
B)The situation where a person becomes unemployed and cannot find another job.
C)The situation where a person becomes disabled and cannot work.
D)The poverty trap occurs when a person is poor, and structural discrimination prevents that person from escaping poverty.
Job training and retraining have long been part of poverty-fighting programs. But do they work?
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