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  Gordon Berlin
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    Experimentation and Social Welfare Policymaking in the United States
    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.
 
    Rewarding the Work of Individuals
A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
    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.
 
    Investing in Parents to Invest in Children
    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.
 
    Congressional Testimony by Gordon Berlin on Solutions to Poverty
Congressional Testimony
    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.
 
    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
    2004. Gordon Berlin.

 
    What Works in Welfare Reform
Evidence and Lessons to Guide TANF Reauthorization
    2002. Gordon L. Berlin.

 
    Testimony on the Reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
Congressional Testimony
    2002. Gordon L. Berlin.

 
    The 30-Year Tug-of-War
Can Reform Resolve Welfare Policy's Thorniest Conundrum?
Policy Brief
    The Brookings Institution.
2001. Gordon Berlin.

 
    Encouraging Work, Reducing Poverty
The Impact of Work Incentive Programs
    2000. Gordon L. Berlin.

 
    Do Work Incentives Have Unintended Consequences?
Measuring "Entry Effects" in the Self-Sufficiency Project
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1998. Gordon Berlin, Wendy Bancroft, David Card, Winston Lin, Philip K. Robins.

 
 



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