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Report

Evaluation of the SB 1041 Reforms to California's CalWORKs Program: Background and Study Design

This report provides background on the Senate Bill (SB) 1041 reforms to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, as well as an overview of a multiyear, multicomponent evaluation of the SB 1041 policy changes.

Mar 30, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Male Labor Force Participation and Social Security in Mexico

The retirement incentives of the Mexican social security system affect retirement behavior, and may be one of the main contributors to early retirement decisions, particularly for lower-income populations.

Feb 16, 2015
Report

Report

Improving the Timeliness of Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Processing in Department of Defense

The Department of Defense should process formal discrimination complaints within 180 days of filing. However, many of these complaints are not processed within this time frame. This report provides information to help address this lag.

Feb 6, 2015
Project

Evaluating SB 1041 Reforms to California's CalWORKs Program

The California Department of Social Services has funded research to determine if SB 1041 is achieving its objectives of improving participant well-being and flexibility of services, as well as if there are any unintended consequences.

Sep 24, 2014
Commentary

If You Want Ex-Cons to Be 'Productive Members of Society,' Ban the Box

When an inmate is released, you often hear Americans say that he's “paid his debt” and can now become “a productive member of society.” But the reality is ex-cons pay for their crimes long after sentences end. On the outside, the stigma of incarceration makes it extremely difficult to land a job.

Sep 5, 2014
Report

Report

Supporting Employers in the Reserve Operational Forces Era: Appendixes

This report describes an analysis of current employment rights protections for Reserve Component members and related support programs and makes recommendations stemming from that analysis.

Aug 22, 2013
Report

Supporting Employers in the Reserve Operational Forces Era

What are the legal protections provided by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), what obligations do they impose on employers, and what are the areas of ambiguity? To what extent do employers understand their obligations under USERRA?

Aug 22, 2013
Research Brief

Research Brief

Supporting Employers of Reserve Component Members

This brief details research finding that laws addressing employer obligations in the event of an employee's military duty–related absence are clear but that employer knowledge of obligations and where to go for help in fulfilling them is incomplete.

Aug 22, 2013
Commentary

Border Security Is Key to Immigration Reform

Two important aspects of border security bear continued attention: strategy must be developed as one part of a holistic system of immigration management and any progress on improving this system is reliant on having concrete and sensible objectives and measures of success.

Jul 15, 2013
Commentary

Is Enforcement Key to Fixing America's Immigration System?

The current debate regarding comprehensive immigration reform offers an opportunity to redesign the worksite immigration enforcement system to achieve more efficient enforcement with better intelligence on where undocumented workers are employed, say Andrew Morral and Peter Brownell.

Feb 15, 2013
Report

Labor Force Reentry: Issues for Injured Service Members and Veterans

As large numbers of service members and veterans, many with serious injuries, return from Iraq and Afghanistan, an examination of existing return-to-work policies and programs for military men and women with service-related health problems finds that what programs do exist are poorly coordinated, and can be difficult to navigate.

Nov 8, 2012
Report

Improving Disabled Veterans' Employment Prospects Using Tax Credits

The 2007 expansion of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program increased employment among disabled veterans by 2 percentage points in 2007 and 2008, representing roughly 32,000 jobs each year.

Apr 11, 2012
Research Brief

Research Brief

Improving Disabled Veterans' Employment Prospects Using Tax Credits

Estimates the effects of the 2007 expansion of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit program, which offered tax credits to employers who hired certain groups of veterans, including those with service-connected disabilities.

Apr 11, 2012
Report

Report

Sanctions in the CalWORKs Program

Reports on a study of California's policy for sanctioning participants who do not comply with statutory requirements of the welfare-to-work program.

Mar 9, 2008
Commentary

Commentary

A Laid-Off Child Is a Terrible Mind to Waste

Published commentary by RAND staff: A Laid-Off Child Is a Terrible Mind to Waste, in Rediff.

Nov 10, 2006
Dissertation

Dissertation

An Investigation of the Factors Influencing Breastfeeding Patterns

Examines breastfeeding patterns by investigating demographic changes, welfare work requirements, and workplace characteristics.

Jan 1, 2004
Report

Report

Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis

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

Jan 1, 2003
Report

Report

Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis, Executive Summary

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

Jan 1, 2003
Report

Report

Statewide Evaluation of the CYSA/TANF Program: Final Report

This report presents implementation and outcomes of California's CYSA/TANF Probation program statewide and in selected counties

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Journal Article

Health Insurance for Workers Who Lose Jobs: Implications for Various Subsidy Schemes: Subsidies for COBRA Continuation Coverage Would Benefit Few of the Uninsured; Subsidies to All Low-Income People Who Leave a Job Would Help More of Them

A number of proposals have been made to help laid-off workers purchase health insurance

Jan 1, 2003

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