Journal: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjcp20 Article: Welfare reform and the family cap: Rhetoric versus reality
This article establishes after decade long research that Family Cap does not decrease birth rates among poor women.
It is a review of the available literature.
Notable ones are the:
Additionally this review is trying to give another hypothesis, which is much more cross-sectional and links multiple social hooks that could cause the increase of birthrates over years.
- Cuttings in the planned parenthood
- Less job opportunities for fathers
- Social norm changes around divorce and single-mother children
These are more linked to out-of-wedlock births than overall births.