Abstract
The U.S. income transfer system provides less coverage for married, spouse-present families than for single-parent families. One reason for this is the limited scope of coverage for such families within the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The AFDC program has two components, Family Group (FG) and Unemployed Father (UF). The UF component, created in 1961, serves husband-and-wife families in adverse economic circumstances. In contrast, the FG component, dating from the beginning of AFDC in 1936, primarily aids single- parent families. UF tends to furnish less coverage than does FG because UF families must satisfy certain eligibility requirements (discussed below) beyond those of FG.
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Hosek, J.R. (1982). The AFDC-Unemployed Fathers Program. In: Sommers, P.M. (eds) Welfare Reform in America. Middlebury Conference Series on Economic Issues. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7389-3_8
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