Immigrants and welfare
Subtitle: the impact of welfare reform on America's newcomers
By: Michael E. Fix, editor.
Contributors: Fix, Michael.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation; Migration Policy Institute
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780871543141
Subjects: Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States; Immigrants -- Services for -- United States; Public welfare -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Immigrants and welfare : overview  -- Michael E. Fix, Randy Capps, and Neeraj Kaushal; title: Limiting welfare benefits for noncitizens : emergence of compromises  -- Ron Haskins; title: Welfare reform after a decade : integration, exclusion, and immigration federalism  -- Michael J. Wishnie; title: Immigration welfare receipt : implications for immigrant settlement and integration  -- Jennifer Van Hook and Frank D. Bean; title: Trends in immigrants' use of public assistance after welfare reform  -- Randy Capps, Michael E. Fix, and Everett Henderson; title: Changes in immigrants' use of Medicaid and food stamps : the role of eligibility and other factors  -- Leighton Ku; title: Welfare-leaving and child health and behavior in immigrant and native families -- Ariel Kalil and Daniella A. Crosby.