Time limits represent a substantial departure from previous welfare policy. Theory suggests that their effects should vary according to the age of the youngest child of the family. I test this prediction using data from the Current Population Survey and find that time limits indeed have larger...

Many young men commit crime and many are arrested. The author estimates the effect of arrests on the employment and earnings of arrestees using a large longitudinal data set constructed by merging police records with unemployment insurance earnings data. He finds that the effects of arrests are...

Among the most important changes brought about by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 are time limits, which provide consumers with an incentive to conserve their welfare benefits for future use. Among forward-looking, expected-utility-maximizing consumers...