tax system in the UK, US and elsewhere, with proportionately much greater impact on the poor than on the rich, and welfare …

Examines welfare reform in Virginia, which implemented reforms early and focused on building attachment to jobs and the … economy, noting that many welfare workers believed work incentives were critical to program success and that, despite new … strategies to help workers do their jobs differently, major restructuring of the welfare office was uncommon. Copies also …

Assesses the effects of specific welfare reform policies, as well as other factors such as the economy, on changes in … caseworkers administer welfare and food stamp policies may also have caused much of the caseload decline. …

Welfare was reformed significantly in 1996, and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) was expanded substantially during … the last decade. In the wake of these events, welfare rolls have shrunk dramatically and employment among the poor has … that these conclusions are too strong. The work requirements and time limits of welfare reform create equity outcomes that …

characteristics of recipients, and broad patterns of welfare participation. They also offer an evaluative survey on the effectiveness …