tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post2273328188066264355..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Robert Rector on US welfare reforms 20 years laterLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-17728273116542291712016-09-01T08:57:20.150+12:002016-09-01T08:57:20.150+12:00Hi Michael,
It's a very small sample. Around...Hi Michael, <br /><br />It's a very small sample. Around 200 from memory. The off-spring of the well-known Dunedin Multi-Disciplinary Study cohort were sampled at age 15. I would want to see equivalent data from a much larger sample or preferably, from the census.<br /><br />I looked at changing family structure in the following paper and gathered what was available about differing family types. The problem is the 'churn' is substantial. I have referred in the paper to SOFIE, the longest and largest longitudinal study available in NZ, which might reveal more if you could get your hands on the raw data. <br /><br />https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Child-Poverty-and-Family-Structure-FULL-REPORT-1.pdfLindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-81417686378650514312016-08-30T20:59:35.556+12:002016-08-30T20:59:35.556+12:00there was no real welfare reform in the US in the ...there was no real welfare reform in the US in the 90s under Clinton or anyone else.<br /><br />Recently, in Kansas and a couple of other US states --- with GOP Governors and legislatures --- there has been real reform: like 3 month lifetime limits on food stamps, eliminating all other forms of welfare, ending Obamacare and Medicare for bludgers --- they're getting great results.<br /><br />But the only real welfare reform is immediately abolishment: dole, super, government school, government hospitals. <br /><br />Cabinet can make an Order in Council and shut the lot down overnight. That's all it would take.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-61440391517567728002016-08-30T08:59:55.992+12:002016-08-30T08:59:55.992+12:00not related to this post, but do you have any comm...not related to this post, but do you have any comments/thoughts on the study in today's paper purporting to show that only 6% of 15 year olds have lived with both biological parents for their whole life (and only 25% are apparently living with both at age 15). The numbers seem implausibly low, but are there other reads on this?Michael Reddellnoreply@blogger.com