| Articles and Short Publications by Douglas J. Besharov |
| Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies |
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Two Cheers for American Welfare Reform
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| Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
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Welfare reform has done fairly well for a historic change in policy, but not good enough for us to be even close to satisfied.
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The New Kindergarten
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| Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 |
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Universal pre-K is caught in the midst of middle-class and interest-group politics. As usual, the most disadvantaged children may lose out.
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Social Welfare Conservatism
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| Posted: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 |
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Six principles should be considered for a sensitive and conservative approach to social policy.
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The Right Kind of Hand Up
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| Posted: Monday, November 19, 2007 |
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Six principles should be considered for a sensitive and conservative approach to social policy.
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The Rio Grande Rises
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| Posted: Monday, October 1, 2007 |
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As a group, Hispanics are enjoying substantial economic progress.
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Poverty Update
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| Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2007 |
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Today's official poverty rate is hardly lower than the 1968 rate, but a closer look at forty years of poverty data tells a more mixed story.
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Costs Per Child for Early Childhood Education and Care
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| Posted: Thursday, September 6, 2007 |
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How much does early childhood education really cost?
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Beyond the Safety Net
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| Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2007 |
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We have made progress in the forty years since the War on Poverty, but we must address more issues to help the African-American community.
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Two Cheers for Welfare Reform
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| Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 |
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Welfare reform has achieved progress, but much remains to be done.
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Child Care Data in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
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| Posted: Friday, June 9, 2006 |
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What is the future of the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation?
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| Research Areas |
| Education (vocational, high-school counseling, Affirmative Action, and student aid) |
| Poverty (trends, causes, and remedies) |
| Welfare reform (job training and program evaluation) |
| Families (marriage, divorce, same-sex marriage, and nonmarital births) |
| Child abuse/child welfare (foster care and delinquency) |
| Preschool and child care (Head Start) |
| Race and ethnicity (Affirmative Action and black middle class) |
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| Welfare Reform Academy |
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| Contact Information |
Douglas J. Besharov
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5904
Fax: 202-862-5802
E-mail: DBesharov@aei.org
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Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform
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| This book explores how low-income children and their families are faring in the wake of welfare reform. [Read More] |
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