This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven lessons of potential interest to European observers are discussed, with particular attention to the conclusions of more recent research. Such research indicates, for example, that...

This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven "lessons" of potential interest to European observers are discussed, with particular attention to the conclusions of more recent research. Such research indicates, for example, that...

This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven lessonsʺ of potential interest to European observers are discussed, with particular attention to the conclusions of more recent research. Such research indicates, for example, that...