The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 75 No. 1 1993
Subgroup Impacts of Large-Scale Welfare Employment Programs
Abstract
Recent research has suggested that employment programs for welfare recipients may be most effective if resources a re systematically targeted on those most likely to remain on public assistance a long time. Data from a series of random assignment fiel d experiments testing low- to moderate-cost welfare employment program s are utilized to examine targeting alternatives for adult Aid to Families with Dependent Children recipients. The empirical evidence does not provide unqualified supp ort for narrow targeting of either the least or most dependent welfare groups and suggests that a choice among strategies may depend on the relative weights policymakers place on reducing welfare versus increasing family income.
- DOI
- 10.2307/2109637
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 138
- Sources
- crossref openalex