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100			_aChoi, NakHyeok _911464
245			_aInequality and competition in state redistributive systems: Evidence from welfare and health
260			_bAmerican Review of Public Administration
300			_a49(5), Jul, 2019: p.554-571.
520			_aWhen determining their redistributive budgets, states must strike a subtle balance—to provide for their needy residents without becoming a “welfare magnet” and attracting poor individuals from neighboring states. We examine the competing incentives that state politicians face in federal systems and their effects on program accessibility and redistributive spending across U.S. states between 2005 and 2011. Comparing two redistributive programs under state control—Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—we find strong evidence of interstate competition in the case of cash assistance programs, but less evidence in the case of health care. Yet our data show that states do not alter their policies in response to rising inequality, that is, when the median voter becomes poorer than the average voter. Moreover, the Great Recession had a greater impact on TANF than Medicaid. We attribute these differential effects to different funding mechanisms used by the federal government to finance the two state-administered programs. - Reproduced.
650			_aSocial welfare _911465
650			_aHealth Services _911466
650			_aGreat recession _911467
700			_aNeshkova, Milena I. _911468
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
906			_aFederalism - United States
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