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Inconsistent Policy Evaluation : A Case Study for a Large Workfare Program
Alik-Lagrange, Arthur - 2015
Evaluations of workfare programs in poor rural economies have typically ignored two features that policy makers stress …: involuntary unemployment and the expected welfare losses from work requirements. The paper generalizes past evaluation theory and … methods to incorporate both features, and shows that doing so can switch the policy ranking in favor of welfare over workfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457627
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Search and Work in Optimal Welfare Programs
Pavoni, Nicola - 2013
Some existing welfare programs ("work-first") require participants to work in exchange for benefits. Others ("job search-first") emphasize private job-search and provide assistance in finding and retaining a durable employment. This paper studies the optimal design of welfare programs when (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459994
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Sympathy for the Diligent and the Demand for Workfare
Drenik, Andres - 2017
We study the role of fairness concerns in the demand for redistribution through workfare. In the first part of the … diligent have a stronger preference for workfare programs. In the second part of the paper, we incorporate our empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455023
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Program Evaluation as a Decision Problem
Dehejia, Rajeev - 1999
I argue for thinking of program evaluation as a decision problem. In the context of California's GAIN experiment (a randomized trial of a welfare-to-work alternative to AFDC), I show that GAIN first-order stochastically dominates AFDC when considering the choice between the treatment and control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471853
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Do Financial Incentives Encourage Welfare Recipients to Work? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of the Self-Sufficiency Project
Card, David - 1996
This paper reports on a randomized evaluation of an earnings subsidy offered to long-term welfare recipients in Canada. The program -- known as the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) -- provides a supplement equal to one-half of the difference between a target earnings level and a participant's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473137
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Assessing Clinton's Program on Job Training, Workfare, and Education in the Workplace
Heckman, James - 1993
The Clinton administration has made job training and skill upgrading a major priority. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has already presented a bold program for skill enhancement drawing on a new consensus in certain circles of the social science and policy communities about the need to upgrade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474522
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Alternative Labor Market Policies to Increase Economic Self-Sufficiency : Mandating Higher Wages, Subsidizing Employment, and Increasing Productivity
Neumark, David - 2009
I review evidence on alternative labor market policies that could potentially improve economic self-sufficiency via mandating higher wages, subsidizing employment, or increasing productivity. The evidence indicates that the minimum wage is an ineffective policy to promote economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463840
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Welfare Reform, Work Requirements, and Employment Barriers
Meara, Ellen - 2006
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act imposed work requirements on welfare recipients. Using 1999-2001 data from Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, we compared the labor market and welfare experience of women with four employment barriers: poor mental health,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466185
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Evaluating the Differential Effects of Alternative Welfare-to-Work Training Components : A Re-Analysis of the California GAIN Program
Hotz, V. Joseph - 2006
In this paper, we explore ways of combining experimental data and non-experimental methods to estimate the differential effects of components of training programs. We show how data from a multi-site experimental evaluation in which subjects are randomly assigned to any treatment versus a control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466732
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Do Temporary Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from 'Work First'
Autor, David H. - 2005
A disproportionate share of low-skilled U.S. workers is employed by temporary-help firms. These firms offer rapid entry into paid employment, but temporary-help jobs are typically brief, and it is unknown whether they foster longer-term employment. We exploit a unique aspect of the city of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466929