other. Nevertheless, we show that the net effect of capital mobility on welfare remains positive. …

Evidence from the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID) suggests that those with a history of mixing welfare and work … are more likely to continue mixing rather than be in another welfare or labor market state. This finding supports the view … that, without a welfare subsidy, jobs held by working welfare recipients will not provide for self sufficiency. We find no …

Two popular explanations of urban poverty are the "welfare-disincentive" and "urban-deindustrialization" theories …. The model allows the city's welfare level and industrial structure to affect its median family income and poverty rate … directly. It also allows welfare and industrial structure to affect income and poverty indirectly, through their effects on …

. This paper examines a simple four-country model of welfare-maximizing customs-union formation in which the number of …

The five papers in this symposium advance the vital task of disaggregating the impacts of welfare reform. Four report … and ethnicity. The fifth reports few differences across race and ethnic groups. As our experience with TANF-style welfare …

Using data from random assignment studies, this paper examines how welfare and work policies similar to those adopted … by states since 1996 affected employment, welfare receipt, and income of white, African-American, and Hispanic welfare … and welfare benefits were affected the most by programs that stressed employment but allowed people who lacked basic …

suggest that, holding demographics constant, changes in welfare and social policy during this decade contributed to employment …

domestic welfare relative to free trade with no lobbying. Also included in the paper are some data on the level and types of …