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The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Children
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| Page Title | |||
| Acknowledgements | |||
| Executive Summary | |||
| Chapter 1: Introduction | |||
| 1.1 | How Might Indiana's Welfare Reform Program Affect Children? | ||
| 1.2 | Policy Differences Captured by the Random Assignment Design | ||
| 1.3 | Summary of Impacts on Adult Outcomes (Based on Administrative Records) | ||
| 1.4 | Overview of Remaining Chapters | ||
| Chapter 2: Research Methods | |||
| 2.1 | Sample for the Child Report | ||
| 2.2 | Response Rates and Adjustments for Non-Response | ||
| 2.3 | Baseline Characteristics of the Sample | ||
| 2.4 | Assessing Impacts of Indiana's Welfare Reform | ||
| Chapter 3: Impacts on Household Income and Material Well-Being | |||
| Summary of Key Findings | |||
| 3.1 | Impacts on Employment, TANF Receipt, and Income | ||
| 3.2 | Impacts on Material Hardship | ||
| 3.3 | Impacts on Family Structure | ||
| 3.4 | Impacts on Subgroups | ||
| 3.5 | Conclusion | ||
| Chapter 4: Impacts on Children | |||
| Summary of Key Findings | |||
| 4.1 | Impacts on Focal Children | ||
| 4.2 | Impacts on Adolescents | ||
| 4.3 | Impacts on Subgroups: Focal Children | ||
| 4.4 | Impacts on Subgroups: Adolescents | ||
| 4.5 | Conclusion | ||
| Chapter 5: Impacts on Children's Environments: The Home, Stability, Father Involvement, and Child Care | |||
| Summary of Key Findings | |||
| 5.1 | Impacts on the Home Environment and Parenting | ||
| 5.2 | Impacts on Maternal Mental Health and Domestic Abuse | ||
| 5.3 | Impacts on Household Stability and Nonresident Father Involvement | ||
| 5.4 | Impacts on Child Care | ||
| 5.5 | Impacts on Subgroups | ||
| References | |||
| List of Exhibits | |||
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