The welfare debate inspired by the Carter administration's proposed Program for Better Jobs and Income is discussed, and major issues in the debate are analyzed. Topics include comprehensive versus incremental reform, the place of a jobs program in welfare reform, work incentives, welfare benefits and coverage, the Federal-State relationship, abolition of the food stamp program, and the cost of welfare reform. jnl-mod. 1396 Weinberger, Paul E. Perspectives on Social Welfare: An Introductory Anthology. New York, NY, Macmillan, 1969. 458 pp. San Diego State College, An overview of the social welfare field is presented with particular emphasis on poverty and dependency. Selections cover the scope and evolution of social welfare, the social work approach to social problems, theoretical perspec 1398 Welfare Reform: Why? (AEI Round Table Discussions) Washington, DC, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1976. 41 pp. In a round table discussion held May 20, 1976, jointly sponsored by the American ican Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution and moderated by Robert H. Bork, U.S. Solicitor General, the need for welfare reform and the merits of various reform proposals are discussed. Panelists were Wilbur J. Cohen, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Paul W. MacAvoy, and Abraham A. Ribicoff. Topics included problems in welfare costs, administration, financing, limited vs. comprehensive change, the pros and cons of the negative income tax, and the political acceptance of welfare reform. jnl-mod. 1399 Wohlenberg, Ernest H. A Regional Approach to Public Attitudes and Public Assistance. Social Service Review, Indiana University, The role of public opinion in perpetuating differences among the various States in such statutory provisions as standards of eligibility and levels of benefits in welfare programs is investigated, using Gallup Poll data, welfare program characteristics, and the political posture of elected officials. Regression analysis at the census region level reveals relationships among indicators of public opinion and certain measures of welfare policy and administration such as benefit levels, restrictiveness of eligibility standards, and overall program effectiveness. jnl-mod. 1400 Worcester, Dean A., Jr. Beyond Welfare and Full Employment: The Economics of Optimal Employment without Inflation. Lexington, MA, D.C. Heath, 1972. University of Washington, In an examination of the possibility of optimal employment without inflation, it is suggested that macroeconomic problems of unemployment and inflation are the result of contracting in labor markets where the costs that employers must pay for manpower and the net gains received by potential workers from employment are systematically distorted. The present welfare system is considered to be the major disorienting factor in labor markets. A plan is proposed whereby the present welfare system can be changed so as to reduce unemployment and feelings of alienation, and to provide more stable prices by improving the functioning of labor markets. jnl-mod. 1401 Worthington, Mark D.; Lynn, Laurence E., Jr. Incremental Welfare Reform: A Strategy Whose Time Has Passed. Public Policy, 25(1):49-80, 1977. Coverage and characteristics of existing income assistance programs are reviewed and principal proposals for incremental reform are evaluated and rejected. Welfare is analyzed in terms of the issues of categorization versus universality, in-kind versus cash payments, discretion versus standardization, and multiprogram versus single-program systems. It is concluded that the existing welfare system, including aid to families with dependent children and supplemental security income, should be re Chapter 6: Other Income-Maintenance This chapter contains nine sections covering some of the 291 |