Welfare | Welfare Causes an Increase in Out-of-Wedlock Births
In the following viewpoint, Michael Tanner and David B. Kopel contend that welfare payments have removed a major incentive for poor women to avoid unmarried pregnancy by cushioning the economic hardship of out-of-wedlock childbearing. According to Tanner and Kopel, surveys of innercity teenage girls reveal carefree attitudes toward having babies out of wedlock, attributable to the availability of welfare. In addition, studies have demonstrated a link between an increase in welfare benefits and a corresponding increase in births to unmarried low-income women, as cited by the authors....
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Does Welfare Encourage Dependence?
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Chapter 2: Is Abuse of the Welfare System a Serious Problem?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Welfare Fraud Is Widespread
- Insufficient Welfare Benefits Encourage Fraud
- The Government Must Enforce Child Welfare Payments
- Noncustodial Fathers Should Not Be Required to Pay Child Support
- Refugees Deserve Welfare Assistance from the Government
- Refugees Should Be Discouraged from Accepting Welfare
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 3: Can Private Efforts Replace the Welfare System?
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Chapter 4: How Should Welfare Be Reformed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The Government Should Discourage Welfare Dependency
- Welfare Recipients Need More Government Assistance
- Work Requirements and Government Subsidies Will Reduce Poverty
- Work Requirements Harm Poor Mothers
- Welfare Policies Should Discourage Out-of-Wedlock Births
- Welfare Policies Should Not Promote Marriage
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
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