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Welfare & Barriers to Employment
  Earnings Supplements  
     
    The Core Analytics of Randomized Experiments for Social Research
Working Paper
    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.
 
    Does Making Work Pay Still Pay?
An Update on the Effects of Four Earnings Supplement Programs on Employment, Earnings, and Income
    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.
 
    Turning Welfare into a Work Support
Six-Year Impacts on Parents and Children from the Minnesota Family Investment Program
    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.
 
    The Long-Term Effects of the Minnesota Family Investment Program on Marriage and Divorce Among Two-Parent Families
    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.
 
    New Hope for Families and Children
Five-Year Results of a Program to Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare
    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.
 
    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.
 
    When Financial Incentives Pay for Themselves
Interim Findings From the Self-Sufficiency Project's Applicant Study
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2001. Charles Michalopoulos, Tracey Hoy.

 
    Sustained Employment and Earnings Growth
New Experimental Evidence on Financial Work Incentives and Pre-Employment Services
    2001. Charles Michalopoulos.

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

 
    SSP Plus at 36 Months
Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Work Incentives
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2001. Ying Lei, Charles Michalopoulos.

 
    Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work
A Summary of the Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program
    2000. Virginia Knox, Cynthia Miller, Lisa A. Gennetian.

 
    Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work
Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program
Volume 1 Effects on Adults
    2000. Cynthia Miller, Virginia Knox, Lisa A. Gennetian, Martey Dodoo, Jo Anna Hunter, Cindy Redcross.

 
    Final Report on the Implementation and Impacts of the Minnesota Family Investment Program in Ramsey County
    2000. Patricia Auspos, Cynthia Miller, Jo Anna Hunter.

 
    Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work
Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program Volume 2 Effects on Children
    2000. Lisa Gennetian, Cynthia Miller.

 
    The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 Months
Effects of a Financial Work Incentive on Employment and Income (SRDC)
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2000. Charles Michalopoulos, David Card, Lisa Gennetian, Kristen Harknett, Philip K. Robins.

 
    The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 Months
Effects on Children of a Program That Increased Parental Employment and Income (SRDC)
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
2000. Pamela Morris, Charles Michalopoulos.

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

 
    Does SSP Plus Increase Employment?
The Effect of Adding Services to the Self-Sufficiency Project's Financial Incentives
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1999. Gail Quets, Philip K. Robins, Elsie C. Pan, Charles Michalopoulos, David Card.

 
    When Financial Work Incentives Pay for Themselves
Early Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project's Applicant Study
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1999. David Card, Charles Michalopoulos, Philip K. Robins.

 
    New Hope for People with Low Incomes
Two-Year Results of a Program to Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare
    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.

 
    Explaining the Minnesota Family Investment Program's Impacts by Housing Status
    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.
 
    When Financial Incentives Encourage Work
Complete 18-Month Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1998. Winston Lin, Phillip K. Robins, David Card, Kristen Harknett, Susanna Lui-Gurr.

 
    An Early Look at Community Service Jobs in the New Hope Demonstration
    1998. Susan M. Poglinco, Julian Brash, Robert C. Granger.

 
    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.

 
    Making Welfare Work and Work Pay
Implementation and 18-Month Impacts of the Minnesota Family Investment Program
    1997. Cynthia Miller, Virginia Knox, Patricia Auspos, Jo Anna Hunter-Manns, Alan Orenstein.

 
    Who Got New Hope?
    1997. Michael Wiseman.

 
    How Important are "Entry Effects" in Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients?
Experimental Evidence from the Self-Sufficiency Project
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1997. David Card, Philip Robins, Winston Lin.

 
    Creating New Hope
Implementation of a Program to Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare
    1997. Thomas Brock, Fred Doolittle, Veronica Fellerath, Michael Wiseman with David Greenberg and Robinson Hollister, Jr.

 
    The New Hope Offer
Participants in the New Hope Demonstration Discuss Work, Family, and Self-Sufficiency
    1996. Dudley Benoit.

 
    When Work Pays Better Than Welfare
A Summary of the Self-Sufficiency Project's Implementation, Focus Group, and Initial 18-month Impact Reports
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1996.

 
    Do Financial Incentives Encourage Welfare Recipients to Work?
Initial 18-Month Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1996. David Card, Philip K. Robins with Tod Mijanocich, Winston Lin.

 
    MFIP
An Early Report on Minnesota's Approach to Welfare Reform
    1995. Virginia Knox, Amy Brown, Winston Lin.

 
    The Struggle for Self-Sufficiency
Participants in the Self-Sufficiency Program Talk About Work, Welfare, and Their Futures
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1995. Wendy Bancroft, Sheila Currie Vernon.

 
    Creating an Alternative to Welfare
First-Year Findings on the Implementation, Welfare Impacts, and Costs of the Self-Sufficiency Project
    Social Research and Demonstration Corporation.
1995. Tod Mijanovich, David Long.

 
    Making Work Pay Better Than Welfare
An Early Look at the Self-Sufficiency Project
    Social Research Demonstration Corporation.
1994. Susanna Lui-Gurr, Sheila Currie Vernon, Tod Mijanovich.

 
    Welfare Grant Diversion
Lessons and Prospects
    1986. Michael Bangser, James Healy, Robert Ivry.

 
    Relationship Between Earnings and Welfare Benefits for Working Recipients
Four Area Case Studies
    1985. Barbara Goldman, Edward Cavin, Marjorie Erickson, Gayle Hamilton, Darlene Hasselbring, Sandra Reynolds.

 
    Welfare Grant Diversion
Early Observations from Programs in Six States
    1985. Michael Bangser, James Healy, Robert Ivry.

 



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