Constructing deservingness: Federal Welfare reform, supplemental security income, and elderly immigrants

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 17-34

  Yoo, Grace J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly immigrants; Federal welfare reform; Supplemental security income

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INCOME; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; WELFARE REFORM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS MEDIUM; MIGRATION; POLICY; POVERTY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INCOME; MASS MEDIA; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035747233     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v13n04_02     Document Type: Article

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