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New Hope for the Working Poor
Effects After Eight Years for Families and Children
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2008. Cynthia Miller, Aletha C. Huston, Greg J. Duncan, Vonnie C. McLoyd, and Thomas S. Weisner.
Implemented in 1994 in Milwaukee, New Hope provided full-time, low-wage workers with several benefits for three years: an earnings supplement, low-cost health insurance, and subsidized child care. A random assignment study shows positive effects for both adults and children, some of which persisted five years after the program ended.
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New Hope’s Eight-Year Impacts on Employment and Family Income
Working Paper
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2008. Greg Duncan, Cynthia Miller, Amy Classens, Mimi Engel, Heather Hill, and Constance Lindsay.
Implemented in 1994, New Hope provided full-time workers with several benefits for three years: an earnings supplement, low-cost health insurance, and subsidized child care. This working paper examines the program’s impacts on employment and earnings, as well as on family income and poverty, up to eight years beyond the point of random assignment.
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New Hope’s Effects on Children’s Future Orientation and Employment Experiences
Working Paper
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2008. Vonnie C. McLoyd, Rachel Kaplan, and Kelly M. Purtell.
Implemented in 1994, New Hope provided full-time workers with several benefits for three years: an earnings supplement, low-cost health insurance, and subsidized child care. This working paper examines the program’s impacts on children’s future orientation and employment experiences eight years after random assignment.
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Long-Term Effects of New Hope on Children’s Academic Achievement and Achievement Motivation
Working Paper
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2008. Aletha C. Huston, Jessica Thornton Walker, Chantelle J. Dowsett, Amy E. Imes, and Angelica Ware.
Implemented in 1994, New Hope provided full-time workers with several benefits for three years: an earnings supplement, low-cost health insurance, and subsidized child care. This working paper examines the effects of New Hope on children’s academic achievement and achievement motivation eight years after random assignment.
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New Hope’s Effects on Social Behavior, Parenting, and Activities at Eight Years
Working Paper
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2008. Aletha C. Huston, Anjali E. Gupta, Alison C. Bentley, Chantelle Dowsett, Angelica Ware, and Sylvia R. Epps.
Implemented in 1994, New Hope provided full-time workers with several benefits for three years: an earnings supplement, low-cost health insurance, and subsidized child care. This working paper examines the effects of New Hope on children’s social behavior, parent-child relationships, and participation in out-of-school activities eight years after random assignment.
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The Core Analytics of Randomized Experiments for Social Research
Working Paper
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2006. Howard S. Bloom.
This MDRC research methodology working paper examines the core analytic elements of randomized experiments for social research. Its goal is to provide a compact discussion of the design and analysis of randomized experiments for measuring the impact of social or educational interventions.
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Does Making Work Pay Still Pay?
An Update on the Effects of Four Earnings Supplement Programs on Employment, Earnings, and Income
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2005. Charles Michalopoulos.
Four programs that supplemented the earnings of low-income adults increased employment, earnings, and income — particularly for the most disadvantaged — but these effects generally faded after the programs ended.
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Turning Welfare into a Work Support
Six-Year Impacts on Parents and Children from the Minnesota Family Investment Program
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2005. Lisa A. Gennetian, Cynthia Miller, and Jared Smith.
While positive effects on most parents’ earnings and income faded after six years, young children in some of the most disadvantaged families were still performing better in school than their counterparts in a control group. And, for the most disadvantaged parents, MFIP seems to have created a lasting “leg up” in the labor market.
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The Long-Term Effects of the Minnesota Family Investment Program on Marriage and Divorce Among Two-Parent Families
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2003. Lisa A. Gennetian.
Building on findings that the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) resulted in higher rates of marital stability among two-parent recipient families who participated in this initiative that provided financial incentives to welfare recipients who worked, this report documents MFIP’s long-term effects on marriage and divorce among participants in the program’s sample of nearly 2,500 two-parent families who were married or cohabiting at study entry.
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New Hope for Families and Children
Five-Year Results of a Program to Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare
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2003. Aletha C. Huston, Cynthia Miller, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Greg J. Duncan, Carolyn A. Eldred, Thomas S. Weisner, Edward Lowe, Vonnie A. McLoyd, Daniella A. Crosby, Marika N. Ripke, Cindy Redcross.
This rigorous long-term evaluation reveals that building a safety net of financial supports for low-income parents who work improved the well-being of their children.
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Making Work Pay
How to Design and Implement Financial Work Supports to Improve Family and Child Well-Being and Reduce Poverty
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2003. Debbie Greenberger and Robert Anselmi.
This latest MDRC how-to guide identifies program features and practices that can help states better target financial work incentives and maximize their effectiveness.
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Making Work Pay
Final Report on the Self-Sufficiency Project for Long-Term Welfare Recipients
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2002. Charles Michalopoulos, Doug Tattrie, Cynthia Miller, Philip K. Robins, Pamela Morris, David Gyarmati, Cindy Redcross, Kelly Foley, Reuben Ford.
Recognizing that welfare recipients who find jobs may remain poor, the "make work pay" approach rewards those who work by boosting their income. This strategy was the centerpiece of the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP), a large-scale demonstration program in Canada that offered monthly earnings supplements to single parents who left welfare for full-time work.
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When Financial Incentives Pay for Themselves
Interim Findings From the Self-Sufficiency Project's Applicant Study
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2001. Charles Michalopoulos, Tracey Hoy.
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Sustained Employment and Earnings Growth
New Experimental Evidence on Financial Work Incentives and Pre-Employment Services
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2001. Charles Michalopoulos.
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The 30-Year Tug-of-War
Can Reform Resolve Welfare Policy's Thorniest Conundrum?
Policy Brief
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The Brookings Institution.
2001. Gordon Berlin.
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SSP Plus at 36 Months
Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Work Incentives
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2001. Ying Lei, Charles Michalopoulos.
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Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work
A Summary of the Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program
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2000. Virginia Knox, Cynthia Miller, Lisa A. Gennetian.
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Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work
Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program
Volume 1 Effects on Adults
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2000. Cynthia Miller, Virginia Knox, Lisa A. Gennetian, Martey Dodoo, Jo Anna Hunter, Cindy Redcross.
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Final Report on the Implementation and Impacts of the Minnesota Family Investment Program in Ramsey County
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2000. Patricia Auspos, Cynthia Miller, Jo Anna Hunter.
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Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work
Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program Volume 2 Effects on Children
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2000. Lisa Gennetian, Cynthia Miller.
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The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 Months
Effects of a Financial Work Incentive on Employment and Income (SRDC)
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2000. Charles Michalopoulos, David Card, Lisa Gennetian, Kristen Harknett, Philip K. Robins.
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The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 Months
Effects on Children of a Program That Increased Parental Employment and Income (SRDC)
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2000. Pamela Morris, Charles Michalopoulos.
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Encouraging Work, Reducing Poverty
The Impact of Work Incentive Programs
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2000. Gordon L. Berlin.
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Does SSP Plus Increase Employment?
The Effect of Adding Services to the Self-Sufficiency Project's Financial Incentives
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1999. Gail Quets, Philip K. Robins, Elsie C. Pan, Charles Michalopoulos, David Card.
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When Financial Work Incentives Pay for Themselves
Early Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project's Applicant Study
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1999. David Card, Charles Michalopoulos, Philip K. Robins.
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New Hope for People with Low Incomes
Two-Year Results of a Program to Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare
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1999. Johannes M. Bos, Aletha C. Huston, Robert C. Granger, Greg J. Duncan, Thomas W. Brock, Vonnie C. McLoyd with Danielle Crosby, Veronica Fellerath, Christina Gibson, Katherine Magnuson, Rashmita Mistry, Susan M. Poglinco, Jennifer Romich, Ana M. Ventura.
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Explaining the Minnesota Family Investment Program's Impacts by Housing Status
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1998. Cynthia Miller.
An evaluation of the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), the state’s welfare waiver program, found that the program produced substantially larger increases in employment and earnings among welfare recipients living in public or subsidized housing than among recipients in private housing. This paper examines several possible reasons that may account for these findings, including differences in characteristics between the two groups of recipients, differences in their proximity to jobs, differences in residential stability, which might aid in the transition to work, and interactions between MFIP's work incentives and the public/subsidized housing rent rules. The evidence, although indirect, suggests that interactions between MFIP rules and the rent rules in public housing helped to produce larger employment impacts for residents in public or subsidized housing.
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When Financial Incentives Encourage Work
Complete 18-Month Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1998. Winston Lin, Phillip K. Robins, David Card, Kristen Harknett, Susanna Lui-Gurr.
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An Early Look at Community Service Jobs in the New Hope Demonstration
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1998. Susan M. Poglinco, Julian Brash, Robert C. Granger.
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Do Work Incentives Have Unintended Consequences?
Measuring "Entry Effects" in the Self-Sufficiency Project
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1998. Gordon Berlin, Wendy Bancroft, David Card, Winston Lin, Philip K. Robins.
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Making Welfare Work and Work Pay
Implementation and 18-Month Impacts of the Minnesota Family Investment Program
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1997. Cynthia Miller, Virginia Knox, Patricia Auspos, Jo Anna Hunter-Manns, Alan Orenstein.
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Who Got New Hope?
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1997. Michael Wiseman.
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How Important are "Entry Effects" in Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients?
Experimental Evidence from the Self-Sufficiency Project
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1997. David Card, Philip Robins, Winston Lin.
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Creating New Hope
Implementation of a Program to Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare
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1997. Thomas Brock, Fred Doolittle, Veronica Fellerath, Michael Wiseman with David Greenberg and Robinson Hollister, Jr.
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The New Hope Offer
Participants in the New Hope Demonstration Discuss Work, Family, and Self-Sufficiency
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1996. Dudley Benoit.
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When Work Pays Better Than Welfare
A Summary of the Self-Sufficiency Project's Implementation, Focus Group, and Initial 18-month Impact Reports
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1996.
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Do Financial Incentives Encourage Welfare Recipients to Work?
Initial 18-Month Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1996. David Card, Philip K. Robins with Tod Mijanocich, Winston Lin.
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MFIP
An Early Report on Minnesota's Approach to Welfare Reform
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1995. Virginia Knox, Amy Brown, Winston Lin.
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The Struggle for Self-Sufficiency
Participants in the Self-Sufficiency Program Talk About Work, Welfare, and Their Futures
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1995. Wendy Bancroft, Sheila Currie Vernon.
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Creating an Alternative to Welfare
First-Year Findings on the Implementation, Welfare Impacts, and Costs of the Self-Sufficiency Project
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1995. Tod Mijanovich, David Long.
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Making Work Pay Better Than Welfare
An Early Look at the Self-Sufficiency Project
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Social Research Demonstration Corporation.
1994. Susanna Lui-Gurr, Sheila Currie Vernon, Tod Mijanovich.
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Welfare Grant Diversion
Lessons and Prospects
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1986. Michael Bangser, James Healy, Robert Ivry.
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Relationship Between Earnings and Welfare Benefits for Working Recipients
Four Area Case Studies
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1985. Barbara Goldman, Edward Cavin, Marjorie Erickson, Gayle Hamilton, Darlene Hasselbring, Sandra Reynolds.
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Welfare Grant Diversion
Early Observations from Programs in Six States
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1985. Michael Bangser, James Healy, Robert Ivry.
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