The <i>Journal of Economic Literature</i> regularly reviews books of interest to the economics profession. The 2006 <i>Economic Report of the President (ERP)</i> falls under that purview. In the reviews that follow, Martin Feldstein reviews the overview chapter of the as well as topics relating to...

This paper reviews the economic literature on welfare reform over the 1990s. A brief summary of the policy changes is followed by a discussion of the methodological techniques that analyze the effects of these changes on outcomes. The paper then critically reviews the econometric and...