Schmidt -- Comment: Robert Topel -- Effects of Welfare Reform on Family Income -- and Poverty -- Ron Haskins -- Comment … and Immigration -- George Borjas -- Comment: Michael Fix -- 15 Welfare Reform and Children's Well-Being -- GregJ. Duncan …

, including welfare participation, labor market involvement, earnings, income and poverty, and family formation. While no single … family earnings. The result was a rise in total family income and a decline in poverty. The gains from the 1996 reforms were …

, including welfare participation, labor market involvement, earnings, income and poverty, and family formation. While no single … family earnings. The result was a rise in total family income and a decline in poverty. The gains from the 1996 reforms were …

increase work and raise income (lower poverty), but cost somewhat more than alternative welfare programs. In particular … due to windfall beneficiaries makes these programs more effective at alleviating poverty and raising incomes. Evidence …

increase work and raise income (lower poverty), but cost somewhat more than alternative welfare programs. In particular … due to windfall beneficiaries makes these programs more effective at alleviating poverty and raising incomes. Evidence …