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Job Search or Basic Education Participation First: Which Improves Welfare Recipients' Earnings More in the Long Term?
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Hamilton, Gayle; Michalopoulos, Charles – MDRC, 2016
There is a longstanding debate about whether helping welfare recipients quickly find work or helping them to first obtain some basic education and training better improves their economic well-being. This brief contributes to the debate by presenting long-term findings from three sites in the seven-site National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work…
Descriptors: Welfare Recipients, Welfare Services, Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education
Learning from Leaders: Welfare Reform Politics and Policy in Five Midwestern States.
Weissert, Carol S., Ed. – 2000
This book examines welfare reform, occasioned by the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which abolished Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It is based on research in Ohio, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan that…
Descriptors: Adults, Change, Children, Compliance (Legal)
Welfare Careers and Low Wage Employment.
Miller, Joe A.; Ferman, Louis A. – 1972
A sample of 1010 low-wage workers in Detroit (stratified by sex and welfare status) were interviewed in 1969. Data were collected on background characteristics, labor market experiences, and work career histories. The data relate to sexism as an important determinant of income in low-wage groups (women earn less and have lower status jobs),…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Employment Level, Employment Potential
Four-Year Impacts of Ten Programs on Employment Stability and Earnings Growth. The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.
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Freedman, Stephen – 2000
The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies was conducted to explore whether programs examined in the evaluation have helped welfare recipients move into the labor force and remain employed over the long term. As part of the evaluation, a study was conducted to identify the 4-year impacts that 10 programs in 6 sites have had on former…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level
What Works Best for Whom: Impacts of 20 Welfare-to-Work Programs by Subgroup. Executive Summary. National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.
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Michalopoulos, Charles; Schwartz, Christine – 2000
The impacts of 20 welfare-to-work programs across the United States were evaluated to determine which clients derive the greatest benefits from different approaches to moving individuals from welfare to work. Of the 20 programs examined, 7 were characterized as employment focused, 5 provided a mix of first activities without an employment focus, 4…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis
Evaluating Alternative Welfare-to-Work Approaches: Two-Year Impacts for Eleven Programs. National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies.
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Freedman, Stephen; Friedlander, Daniel; Hamilton, Gayle; Rock, JoAnn; Mitchell, Marisa; Nudelman, Jodi; Schweder, Amanda; Storto, Laura – 2000
The 2-year impacts of 11 welfare-to-work programs across the United States were evaluated to determine the relative effectiveness of different approaches to moving individuals from welfare to work. All 11 programs operated under the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program. Four programs were employment focused (three low-enforcement and one…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Attitude Change, Basic Skills