Income-Tested Transfer Programs. The Case for and Against

Content: 
Income-Tested Transfer Programs, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Figures and Tables, Pages xi-xiv
Contributors, Pages xv-xvii
Inside Front Cover, Page xviii
Foreword, Pages xix-xx, EUGENE SMOLENSKY
1 - Introduction, Pages 1-17, IRWIN GARFINKEL
2 - Stigma in Income-Tested Programs, Pages 19-65, LEE RAINWATER
3 - Income Testing and Social Cohesion, Pages 67-95, JAMES COLEMAN
4 - Income Testing and Politics: A Theoretical Model, Pages 97-140, GORDON TULLOCK
5 - Social Policy Development in Europe and America: A Longer View on Selectivity and Income Testing, Pages 141-173, ARNOLD J. HEIDENHEIMER, JOHN LAYSON
6 - A Simulation Analysis of the Economic Efficiency and Distributional Effects of Alternative Program Structures: The Negative Income Tax versus the Credit Income Tax, Pages 175-214, DAVID BETSON, DAVID GREENBERG, RICHARD KASTEN
7 - Taxpayer Behavior and the Design of a Credit Income Tax, Pages 215-290, JONATHAN R. KESSELMAN
8 - Income Testing and Social Welfare: An Optimal Tax-Transfer Model, Pages 291-323, EFRAIM SADKA, IRWIN GARFINKEL, KEMPER MORELAND
9 - Income Testing of In-Kind Transfers, Pages 325-366, BRIAN ABEL-SMITH
10 - Financing Health Care, Pages 367-403, STEPHEN H. LONG, JOHN L. PALMER
11 - Single-Parent Households under Alternative Transfer and Tax Systems, Pages 405-447, HAROLD W. WATTS, GEORGE JAKUBSON, FELICITY SKIDMORE
12 - Income Testing in Income Support Programs for the Aged, Pages 449-493, DAVID BERRY, IRWIN GARFINKEL, RAYMOND MUNTS
13 - Conclusion, Pages 495-523, IRWIN GARFINKEL
References, Pages 525-539
Author Index, Pages 541-545
Subject Index, Pages 546-554
Institute for Research on Poverty Monograph Series, Pages ibc1-ibc2