Welfare caseloads have dropped dramatically in recent years, prompting many policy makers to declare an end to welfare as we have known it. The recent decline in caseloads has occurred concurrently with two distinct events. First, most states have restructured their welfare programs to place...

In this paper, I consider the displacement and wage effects of welfare reform. Recent welfare reforms are pushing welfare recipients into the labor market. Will jobs obtained by ex-welfare recipients come at the expense of others, who will be "displaced" by losing jobs or having fewer job...