This paper explores the impact of the race of individual clients and of the local racial context on the implementation of sanctions for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in a Midwestern state. We find that although nonwhites are sanctioned at lower rates than whites overall, nonwhites are sanctioned more compared to whites in each local area. This paradox occurs because nonwhites tend to live in areas with lower sanction rates. Consistent with the literature on race and policy, we find that sanction rates increase as the nonwhite population increases until a threshold is reached where nonwhites gain political power.
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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Missouri in its series Working Papers with number
0307.
Length: 36 pgs. Date of creation: 17 Jul 2003 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in American Journal of Political Science, (vol. 48, no. 2, April 2004) pp. 314-327 Handle: RePEc:umc:wpaper:0307
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