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Possible Effects of Welfare
Pages 2-3

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... differences between these groups may include worse health and mental health, fewer job skills, and higher levels of conflict in the home for the fatuities receiving AFDC, as well as a host of other factors that are often not explicitly measured. These differences make it extremely difficult to ascertain whether welfare itself creates problems for chilclren, or whether chitclren wouTct fare poorly in these families even if they (didn't receive welfare because of other factors that distinguish AFDC families.
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... If the underlying problems are those that are reflected in selection effects, solving them is much harder than just changing welfare programs. Another challenge associated with efforts to understand the developmental consequences for children of receiving AFDC is the time frame of welfare receipt.
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