Understanding Public Support for Time Limits and Other Welfare Reforms |
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| Authors: | Joseph A Pereira Gregg G Van Ryzin |
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| Institution: | Joseph A. Pereira;is associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College of the City University of New York. He has written on Yorkers' beliefs about who should be entitled to public assistance, Blacks and Latinos and urban higher education, and racial and ethnic intergroup relations in York City. Gregg C. Van Ryzin;is assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College of the City University of New York. His research interests are in the areas of housing and community development policy, evaluation research methods, and citizen satisfaction with public services. |
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| Abstract: | This article presents results of a reanalysis of data from a survey of New York residents regarding that state's welfare system and proposed welfare reform. The data danger from most previous studies of public opinion about welfare because questions were asked about a range of specific welfare reform options, such as various time limits, eligibility restrictions, and work requirements, that are key features of the new federal welfare law. Specifically, the analysis explores the extent to which public support for these reforms can be explained by self interest factors, political qualification, and beliefs regarding the poor, social rights, and the welfare system. White these variables have been found to be important in prior research, they provide a somewhat less consistent explanation of support for specific features of the new welfare system in the United States. |
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