evidence on this question through analysis of a Michigan welfare-to-work program in which program participants were randomly … placing participants in either temporary or direct-hire jobs improves their odds of leaving welfare and escaping poverty in … the short term. However, we find that only direct-hire placements help reduce welfare dependency over longer time horizons …

Exploiting variation in welfare reform across states and over time and using relevant comparison groups, this study … estimates the effects of welfare reform on an important source of human capital acquisition among women at risk for relying on … welfare: vocational education and training. The results suggest that welfare reform reduced enrollment in full-time vocational …

Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only …

Welfare-to-Work (WTW) service providers to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. These providers received …

this new organisation aims to strengthen the link between welfare and work. Due to the magnitude of the associated …

This paper attempts to uncover the effects of a welfare-to-work programme that acts as a wage subsidy on wage growth by … exploiting an expansion to this welfare programme in the UK. The conventional wisdom is that such programmes trap recipients into …

Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only …