The passage of the 1996 welfare reform bill led to sweeping changes to the central U.S. cash safety net program for … families with children. Importantly, along with other changes, the reform imposed lifetime time limits for receipt of welfare … de facto ending the entitlement nature of cash welfare for poor families with children in the United States. Despite dire …

increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance. We also find some evidence that higher welfare benefits had …We estimate the longer-run effects of minimum wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and welfare on key economic … longer-run adverse effects, and quite robust evidence that tighter welfare time limits reduce poverty and public assistance …

without a fixed contract which makes their employment position more vulnerable and open to exploitation. In addition, the …

The paper examines the outcomes of youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) up to four years after the … initial long-term spell of NEET. The paper covers outcomes of NEETs in relation to benefit receipt, education, employment and …