Saturday, May 2 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Brule A

Session 174:
Policy Impacts in Social and Economic Well-Being

Chair: Deborah S. DeGraff, Bowdoin College
Discussant: Sherrie Kossoudji, University of Michigan
Discussant: Seth G. Sanders, University of Maryland

  1. State Investments in Successful Transitions to AdulthoodKevin Leicht, University of Iowa ; Elisabeta Minca, Brown University ; Dennis Hogan, Brown University

  2. Partial Benefits in the Social Security Disability Insurance Program: A Policy Alternative to Foster Work among the DisabledNa Yin, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)

  3. The Happiness of Single Mothers after Welfare ReformJohn D. Ifcher, Santa Clara University

  4. Employment Barriers, Welfare Time-Limit Exemptions and Material Hardship among Long-Term Welfare Recipients in CaliforniaJane Mauldon, University of California, Berkeley ; Rebecca A. London, Stanford University ; Jon Stiles, University of California, Berkeley

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