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KMID : 1124020000160020001
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Korean Social Security Studies
2000 Volume.16 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.28
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From Welfare to Work
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Abstract
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This paper reviews relevant literature to examine welfare reform in America and its driving force. The welfare reform which replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children(AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF) is a radical break with the past U.S. welfare policy. The past policy was mainly based on an income support strategy. The primary goal of the reform is to move welfare recipients into the work force by severely restricting welfare eligibilities and expanding employment support. At the same time. the federal role in guaranteeing the poor minimum income retreated. The transition in the welfare policy reflects an unfavorably changing societal attitude toward the poor. The anti-welfare sentiment is associated with the changes in the poor´s characteristics, such as reducing labor force participation and increasing nonmarital births, which may be explained by increasing wage inequality and deteriorating labor market conditions for low-skilled workers. In the conclusion, the implications of the U.S. welfare reform for Korea are discussed.
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