[...]Local welfare offices have relied on a number of differentstrategies to shift to a more work-oriented assistance system.Some have expanded the role of former income maintenance(eligibility) workers to include more tasks related to helpingwelfare recipients find employment, or they have...

Entrepreneurship has long been a fundamental aspect of American society, serving as an important contributor of economic growth. However, only recently has entrepreneurship begun to develop as an academic field in U.S. colleges and universities, and entrepreneurship programs on campus are most...

This paper uses the LIS database to compare the probability of being poor for female-headed households and two-parent households in the United States, West Germany, Canada, Israel and Australia. This paper also uses demographics to try and explain the differences in poverty in and across each of...