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Making Work Pay
Final Report on the Self-Sufficiency Project for Long-Term Welfare Recipients
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. Launched in 1992, SSP was evaluated by MDRC in collaboration with the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation. As detailed in this report, which examines the program's effects on welfare recipients over five years, SSP substantially increased full-time employment, earnings, and income and reduced the poverty rate - all at a low net cost to the government. The program also improved the school performance of enrollees' elementary school-aged children, a benefit that - unlike the positive economic effects - persisted even after parents stopped receiving the supplement.
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All Canada's Self-Sufficiency Project Publications
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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