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laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …

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The impact of welfare reform on leaver characteristics, employment and recidivism: an analysis of Maryland and Missouri

Mueser, Peter R.; Stevens, David W.; Troske, Kenneth R. - 2007

and employment of welfare recipients in Maryland and Missouri, 1991-2004. We find that there has been only modest change … in the observable characteristics of those entering, remaining on or leaving welfare, but the importance of employment … has grown for each of these groups. We also examine the dynamics of employment and welfare recidivism, comparing cohorts …

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Simulating the economic impacts of living wage mandates using new public and administrative data: Evidence for New York City

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Policy researchers often have to estimate the future effect of imposing a policy in a particular location. There is often evidence on the effects of similar policies in other jurisdictions, but no information on the effects of the policy in the jurisdiction in question. And the policy may have...

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New estimates of public employment and training program net impacts: a nonexperimental evaluation of the workforce investment act program

Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Mueser, Peter R.; Troske, Kenneth R. - 2009

the difference in average quarterly earnings or employment attributable to WIA program participation for those who …

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