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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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Simulation of Pension Reforms in The Netherlands — Dec 31, 2006

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• Population and Aging Research Area

REPORT

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. The authors identify numerous areas where important gaps remain in our understanding of the effects of welfare reform. If you would like to order a copy, please…

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• Population and Aging Research Area

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Dealing with the Complexity of the Benefits System: Report — Dec 31, 2004

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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Distributional Impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project — Dec 31, 2004

In this paper, the authors use random-assignment experimental data from Canada's Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) to look at impacts of this unique reform on the distributions of income, earnings, and transfers.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

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Welfare Reform, Work and Wages: A Summary of the US Experience — Dec 31, 2004

Economic theory predicts that it should be possible to raise work effort either using sticks, such as work requirements and time limits, or carrots, such as financial incentives.

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

Examines the effects of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program on work activity participation rates of welfare recipients, welfare caseloads, and outcomes for welfare leavers. While the CalWORKs reforms appear to have been responsible for some of the uniform improvement in outcomes shown by the analysis, the robust economy and other policy changes were probably also important.

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

Summarizes an analysis of the effects of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program on work activity participation rates of welfare recipients, welfare caseloads, and outcomes for welfare leavers. While the CalWORKs reforms appear to have been responsible for some of the uniform improvement in outcomes shown by the analysis, the robust economy and other policy changes were probably also important.

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Some Evidence on Race, Welfare Reform, and Household Income — Dec 31, 2002

The authors results suggest that for 1997, TANF is associated with (insignificant) increases in household income for whites and Hispanic children and (again insignificant) reductions in household income for black children. The point estimates for 1998 and 1999 bounds suggest that the impact may have been positive for all three groups.

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PERIODICAL

RAND Review: Vol. 26, No. 3, Fall 2002 — Dec 31, 2001

Portrays the plight of public policies that are subject to conflicting goals — on the national, state, and international levels — including welfare reform in the United States, air quality in California, and information technology around the world. Also discusses the battle for Arabic media audiences, the unequal treatment given to mothers of “crack babies” versus mothers of “fertility drug babies,” and…

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Final Report for Policy Evaluation of the Effect of the 1996 Welfare Reform Legislation on SSI Benefits for Disabled Children — Dec 31, 2001

This document is the final report for an evaluation conducted by RAND for the Social Security Administration (SSA) titled "Policy Evaluation of the Effect of the 1996 Welfare Reform Legislation on SSI Benefits for Disabled Children." The study was designed to evaluate how the 1996 PRWORA legislation affected and will affect SSI caseloads and costs, and how the law affected children and their families who lost eligibility.

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Consequences of Welfare Reform: A Research Synthesis — Dec 31, 2001

To this end, this document considers a range of outcomes, including the welfare caseload, employment and earnings, use of other government programs, fertility and marriage, household income and poverty, food security and housing, and child development.

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REPORT

Welfare Work Requirements and Individual Well-being: Evidence from the Effects on Breastfeeding — Dec 31, 2001

Examine whether the work requirements adopted as part of welfare reform have reduced the prevalence of breastfeeding.

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RESEARCH BRIEF

A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We’ve Learned About Child Well-Being — Dec 31, 2001

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

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RESEARCH BRIEF

A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We’ve Learned About Welfare Usage and Economic Outcomes — Dec 31, 2001

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

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Medi-Cal After Welfare Reform: Enrollment Among Former Welfare Recipients — Dec 31, 2001

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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: 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: 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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