Unemployment insurance: strengthening the relationship between theory and policy
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Economic theory is used to understand challenges likely to be faced by the United States governmentEs unemployment insurance program in future. Statistical information is provided about different social welfare programs of the United States government.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Perspectives
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0895-3309
Year: 2006
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Trends in interracial marriage over the 20th century
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The continuation of racial segregation in the United States, despite the decline in the disparity between the wages and life expectancy of whites and African Americans, is discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Perspectives
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0895-3309
Year: 2007
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The growth in the social security disability rolls: a fiscal crisis unfolding
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Causes of increase in number of receiving Disability Insurance benefits in recent past are discussed. Methods of managing resultant fiscal crises in the United States are described.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Perspectives
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0895-3309
Year: 2006
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