The federal to state devolution of welfare programs accent the need for state and local policy makers to anticipate aggregate welfare demand. Pooled regression analysis using six years of county-level Mississippi TANF data identified effects of rurality, education, unemployment, poverty levels, and family structure on caseload numbers.Food Security and Poverty, Public Economics,

Hudson, Darren

Martin, Steven W.

Reinschmiedt, Lynn L.

Swindell, James W., Jr.

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