The effect of administrative burden on state safety‐net participation: Evidence from food assistance, cash assistance, and Medicaid.
Administrative burden in social welfare programs is increasingly recognized as a barrier to eligible individuals' access to their legally entitled benefits. Using composite indices of administrative rules for three major safety‐net programs (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Supplemental Nutri...
| Publicado en: | Public Administration Review Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 367 - 385 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2023
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