Welfare Reform

Project

Center Evaluated California's CalWORKs Program — Sep 15, 2010

RAND conducted an evaluation of California's implementation of welfare reform under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996. The project was conducted under contract from the California Department of Social Services.

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Simulation of Pension Reforms in The Netherlands — Jan 1, 2007

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• Population and Aging Research Area

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Welfare Reform: Effects of a Decade of Change — Nov 4, 2005

Assesses how welfare reform has affected behavior, evaluating the evidence in relation to an economic model of behavior, and reveals the trade-offs that policymakers face in achieving the conflicting goals of promoting work, reducing dependency, and alleviating need among the poor.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

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Welfare Reform, Work and Wages: A Summary of the US Experience — Jan 1, 2005

Welfare programs confront policy makers with tradeoffs among conflicting objectives.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

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Distributional Impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project — Jan 1, 2005

Uses random-assignment experimental data from Canada's SSP to review impacts of this reform on the distributions of income, earnings, and transfers.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

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Dealing with the Complexity of the Benefits System: Report — Jan 1, 2005

Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported on the complexity of the benefits system, which he considers is one of the most important issues affecting the performance of the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis — Jan 1, 2003

Early findings on the impact of CalWORKs, California's welfare reform program.

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Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis, Executive Summary — Jan 1, 2003

A summary of early findings on the impact of CalWORKs, California's welfare reform program.

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Some Evidence on Race, Welfare Reform, and Household Income — Jan 1, 2003

In this paper the authors point out an identification problem confronting nonexperimental estimates of TANF effects.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

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Medi-Cal After Welfare Reform: Enrollment Among Former Welfare Recipients — Jan 1, 2002

Medi-Cal After Welfare Reform: Enrollment Among Former Welfare Recipients

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A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We’ve Learned About Welfare Usage and Economic Outcomes — Jan 1, 2002

This research brief describes work documented in Consequences of Welfare Reform: A Research Synthesis (DRU-2676-DHHS).

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A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We’ve Learned About Child Well-Being — Jan 1, 2002

This research brief describes work documented in Consequences of Welfare Reform: A Research Synthesis (DRU-2676-DHHS).

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• Children and Families Research Area

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Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year: Executive Summary — Jan 1, 2001

Summarizes a larger report that describes the implementation of California's Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program in its first two years.

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Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1999 CalWORKs Program Staff Survey — Jan 1, 2001

This RAND report presents the results of the CalWORKs Staff Survey (CSS) conducted as part of the statewide evaluation of CalWORKs.

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Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year — Jan 1, 2001

This report describes the implementation of California's Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program in its first two years.

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Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1999 All-County Implementation Survey — Jan 1, 2001

Presents the results of the second annual All-County Implementation Surveys (ACIS) conducted as part of RAND's statewide evaluation of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program.

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Effects of the 1996 Welfare Reform Changes on the SSI Program — Jan 1, 2001

The authors examine the impact of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996.

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Implementing CalWORKs: The Problem of Noncompliance — Jan 1, 2001

This research brief describes work documented in Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year (MR-1177-CDSS).

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Implementing CalWORKs: The Timing of Job Club — Jan 1, 2001

This research brief describes work documented in Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year (MR-1177-CDSS).

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Implementing CaLWORKS: The Need for Added Capacity — Jan 1, 2001

This research brief describes work documented in Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year (MR-1177-CDSS).

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