Iowa's Family Investment Program Impacts During the First 3 1/2 Years of Welfare Reform

Shows that welfare reform increased employment and earnings during the first three and a half years, and that the employment increase occurred because of reform policies allowing people to work while receiving cash assistance. However, there is no evidence that reforms reduced participation in welfare.

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Year of publication:	2000-05-30
Authors:	Fraker, Thomas M. ; Jacobson, Jonathan E.
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research
Keywords:	Welfare Welfare Reform Iowa Family Investment

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	2 pages long
Classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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