Bitler, Marianne; Hoynes, Hilary W. - 2010
"The passage of the 1996 welfare reform bill led to sweeping changes to the central U.S. cash safety net program for … families with children. Importantly, along with other changes, the reform imposed lifetime time limits for receipt of welfare … well-being has been altered by the implementation of welfare reform. We find that use of food stamps and non-cash safety …