Lubotsky, Darren H. - 2000
. As former welfare recipients enter the labor market, they may exert downward pressure on wages or displace employment of … recipients in Michigan led to a 0.9 to 2.6 percentage point increase in employment among high school drop--outs and a 1.2 to 2 … benefits to people who fell through the cracks in federal anti--poverty programs. In all, about 82,000 able--bodied adults lost …