As the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act marks its twentieth anniversary, researchers are still exploring the impact of this law, called “welfare reform.” Although this law’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program helps some groups of poor people, it leaves others without any stable cash support. One group seriously at risk consists of low-income single mothers with children who end up with no incomes from either welfare or paid jobs. Researchers call them “economically disconnected.”
Invisible Rides: How Car-Less Americans Access Cars
Invisible Rides: How Car-Less Americans Access Cars by Nicholas J. Klein, Anne Brown, Amanda Howell, and Michael J. Smart Abstract How and why do zero-car households seek car access? We used a national online survey of 830 American adults and interviews with...
