Exam 11: Poverty: Old and New Approaches to a Persistent Problem

Which of the following is a policy designed primarily to help the working poor?

In general, workfare has been found to:

Most of the benefits of TANF:

Which of the following statements is not correct?

The majority of the poor earn low wages due to discrimination.

The benefit reduction rate is the rate at which a recipient's benefits decline as income increases.

The earnings differential is the greatest between white males and:

Evidence indicates that the unexplained differences in pay between white males and other workers is:

Evaluate the following statement. "Poor people are basically unmotivated. If people really want to succeed, the United States offers plenty of opportunities to advance."

Supplemental Security Income provides:

Suppose the basic benefit is $360 and the benefit reduction rate is 90 percent. What is the break-even net income?

The poverty rates for people living in black and Hispanic households fell both absolutely and relative to the poverty rate in white, non-Hispanic families in the 1990s.

Suppose the basic benefit is $500, the benefit reduction rate is 60 percent, and net income is $200. What is the amount of the benefit?

The official poverty threshold is the annual cost of a nutritionally adequate diet multiplied by two.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF):

Under a minimum wage program, low-wage workers receive a subsidy for each hour worked.

The government adjusts the poverty threshold each year for changes in the Consumer Price Index.

According to the federal government's official measure, the U.S. poverty rate was at 9 percent in 2007

Medicaid is the largest of the public assistance programs.

The poverty rate for the elderly has declined significantly over the past 35 years, falling below the all-ages poverty rate by 1982.