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Gordon Berlin
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The Labor Market After the Great Recession
Implications for Income Support Policy
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2011. Gordon Berlin.
On the eve of the 15th anniversary of federal welfare reform, MDRC President Gordon Berlin describes the implications of the Great Recession and its effects on the labor market for welfare policy and other safety net programs. The speech was given at the 2011 Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Rethinking Welfare in the Great Recession
Issues in the Reauthorization of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Congressional Testimony
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2010. Gordon L. Berlin
In testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, MDRC President Gordon Berlin describes recent trends in TANF, particularly during the economic downturn, and discusses what research and experience have to tell say about moving forward with the reauthorization of the federal welfare program.
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Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
Will the Past Be Prologue?
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2009. Gordon L. Berlin.
In remarks given at a conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, MDRC President Gordon Berlin looks at the extraordinary challenges the current labor market presents to employment policy generally and WIA reauthorization specifically, outlines what we have (and haven’t) learned from research, and makes recommendations for future directions.
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Understanding Reading First
What We Know, What We Don’t, and What’s Next
Policy Brief
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2009. Corinne Herlihy, James Kemple, Howard Bloom, Pei Zhu, and Gordon Berlin.
Studies of Reading First released in 2008 found no overall effect on student reading comprehension, and the program was eliminated in 2009. However, the research findings were more nuanced than was widely reported, and they offer lessons for policymakers making critical choices today about how the federal government can best support the teaching of reading to young children.
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Poverty and Philanthropy: Strategies for Change
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2008. Gordon Berlin.
This paper, by MDRC President Gordon Berlin, traces the economic and social trends that help explain the persistence of poverty, describes some of the unintended consequences of public policies that have exacerbated the challenges facing poor families, and discusses four overarching strategies to address one of the most powerful contributors to poverty: stagnant wages for low-income workers, particularly among men, young men, and men of color.
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Experimentation and Social Welfare Policymaking in the United States
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2007. Gordon L. Berlin
In a speech given at a conference sponsored by the French government on the role of experimental studies in reducing poverty, MDRC President Gordon Berlin described how the results of random assignment studies have acted as powerful levers for changing social policy in the United States.
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Rewarding the Work of Individuals
A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
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2007. Gordon L. Berlin.
In this article in The Future of Children journal, MDRC President Gordon Berlin answers the question: If you could do one thing to reduce poverty in America, what would it be? He explores the potential advantages of expanding the federal Earned Income Tax Credit to all low-wage adults who work full time — whether they have children or not and whether they marry or not.
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Investing in Parents to Invest in Children
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2007. Gordon L. Berlin.
In these remarks, delivered at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s National Summit on America’s Children on May 22, MDRC President Gordon Berlin summarizes rigorous research evidence showing that supplementing the earnings of parents helps raise families out of poverty and improves the school performance of young children.
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Congressional Testimony by Gordon Berlin on Solutions to Poverty
Congressional Testimony
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2007. Gordon L. Berlin
In his testimony before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, MDRC President Gordon Berlin argues that the most direct way to alleviate poverty is to tackle the legacy of falling wages, particularly for men with less education.
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The Effects of Marriage and Divorce on Families and Children
Presented Before the Science, Technology and Space Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate
Congressional Testimony
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2004. Gordon Berlin.
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What Works in Welfare Reform
Evidence and Lessons to Guide TANF Reauthorization
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2002. Gordon L. Berlin.
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Testimony on the Reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
Congressional Testimony
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2002. Gordon L. Berlin.
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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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Encouraging Work, Reducing Poverty
The Impact of Work Incentive Programs
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2000. Gordon L. Berlin.
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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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