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Volume 7, Number 2 September 2001 |
Download full book 141 pages / 2,4081 kb |
Welfare Reform Four Years Later: Progress and Prospects |
To Our Readers1 page / 37 kb Christine M. Cumming |
Opening Remarks2 pages / 31 kb Jamie B. Stewart, Jr. |
Summary of Observations and Recommendations3 pages / 52 kb Stephen V. Cameron, Robert A. Moffitt, and Carol Rapaport |
Session 1: Overview and Characteristics of Welfare Leavers How Are Families Who Left Welfare Doing over Time? A Comparison of Two Cohorts of Welfare Leavers 11 pages / 517 kb Pamela Loprest |
Commentary2 pages / 44 kb Hilary Williamson Hoynes |
Session 2: Changing Caseloads: Macroeconomic Influences and Microeconomic Composition Declining Caseloads/Increased Work: What Can We Conclude about the Effects of Welfare Reform?12 pages / 518 kb Rebecca M. Blank |
Changing Caseloads: Macro Influences and Micro Composition15 pages / 544 kb Robert A. Moffitt and David W. Stevens |
Commentary3 pages / 50 kb Susan E. Mayer |
Commentary4 pages / 51 kb June O'Neill |
Session 3: Administering Welfare Policy in New York and the Nation Changing the Culture of the Welfare Office: The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients with Jobs14 pages / 529 kb La Donna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr, Jacquelyn Anderson, Carole Trippe, and Sidnee Paschal |
Commentary6 pages / 75 kb Kathryn Edin and Rebecca Joyce Kissane |
Welfare Reform and New York City's Low-Income Population15 pages / 548 kb Howard Chernick and Cordelia Reimers |
Commentary4 pages / 52 kb Gary Burtless |
Session 4: New Policies Using Financial Incentives to Encourage Welfare Recipients to Become Economically Self-Sufficient 19 pages / 210 kb Philip K. Robins and Charles Michalopoulos |
Commentary2 pages / 428 kb Christopher Jencks |
Commentary6 pages / 478 kb Thomas MaCurdy |