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Title: Three Worlds of Relief: Race, Immigration, and Public and Private Social Welfare Spending in American Cities, 1929

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Using a data set of public and private relief spending for 295 cities, this article examines the racial and ethnic patterning of social welfare provision in the United States in 1929. On the eve of the Depression, cities with more blacks or Mexicans spent the least on social assistance and relied more heavily on private money to fund their programs. Cities with more European immigrants spent the most on relief and relied more heavily on public funding. Distinct political systems, labor market relations, and racial ideologies about each group's proclivity to use relief best explain relief spending differences across cities.

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Authors: Fox, Cybelle

Periodical (Full): American Journal of Sociology

Issue: 2

Volume: 116

Pages: 453-502

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

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