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Welfare to work and the organisation of opportunity

Evans, Martin - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

Welfare to work policy is central to British reforms of itswelfare state and social security system. We are not alonein our desire to assist unemployed and other claimants tofind and retain work. It is therefore important to be able tolook to other countries and consider lessons that could...

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Using Financial Incentives to Encourage Welfare Recipients to BecomeEconomically Self-Sufficient

Robins, Philip K.; Michalopoulos, Charles - University of Miami <Coral Gables, Fla.>; Manpower … - 2001

[...]One of the primary goals of TANF is to move welfarerecipients into work and economic self-sufficiency. Althoughstates were given much flexibility in how to achieve this goal, thefederal government imposed some guidelines in the form ofrequirements that welfare recipients be participating in...

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Welfare Reform and New York City’s Low-Income Population

Chernick, Howard; Reimers, Cordelia - Graduate School and University Center <New York, NY> - 2001

[...]Although our analysis compares outcomes before and afterPRWORA, it should be made clear that because the formalstate plan for welfare reform did not take effect until 1999, weare not really evaluating welfare reform in New York City.Instead, our results primarily reflect the net effect of...

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Rural immigrant population growth, 1950-2000: wavesor ripples?

Dust, Andrew; Orazem, Peter F.; Wohlgemuth, Darin - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2008

native population growth to the economic incentives offered by ruralcounties in the Midwest and the South. We find that in … immigrant population inthese nontraditional rural destinations is not tied to concentrations of existing immigrantpopulations …. Rural immigrant population growth is more responsive than native populations toeconomic incentives and immigrant growth is …

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Declining Caseloads/ Increased Work: What Can We Conclude about theEffects of Welfare Reform?

Blank, Rebecca M. - University of Michigan <Ann Arbor, Mich.> / Department … - 2001

In 1996, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility andWork Opportunity Reconciliation Act, or PRWORA, whichsubstantially restructured public assistance programs.PRWORA gave states almost entire discretion to design andoperate cash assistance programs for families with children,reducing the...

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Welfare Reform and LoneMothers’ Employment inthe US

Waldfogel, Jane; Danziger, Sandra K.; Danziger, Sheldon; … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act(PRWORA) of 1996 represents a dramatic change in the US welfare state.One of its key goals was to move lone mothers, even those with youngchildren, from welfare to work. Early evidence suggests that, in concertwith a strong...

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Tightropes and Tripwires:New Labour’s Proposals and Means-Testing in OldAge

Rake, Katherine; Falkingham, Jane; Evans, Martin - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

This paper analyses the proposals contained in the Government GreenPaper, A New Contract for Welfare: Partnership in Pensions for low paidworkers and the potential of the new rules to guarantee a decent incomein old age. It discusses the general principles inherent in the design ofthe British...

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Thatcherism, New Labour and the Welfare State

Hills, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998

This paper examines the extent to which the policies towards thewelfare state pursued by the Labour Government in its first fifteenmonths represent a break with those of its Conservativepredecessor and with earlier policies put forward by Labour inopposition. Four key parts of its inheritance...

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Exclusion, Employment and Opportunity

Atkinson, Anthony B.; Hills, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998

The principal aim of Section F of the British Association is to show how economicanalysis can be applied to illuminate important issues of public concern. The themefor the 1997 Section F Meeting of “Equality and Opportunity” surely satisfied thiscriterion. The subject matter is highly...

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Welfare Reform in the United States: Implications for British Social Policy

Midgley, James; Stewart, Kitty; Piachaud, David; … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

Recent government pronouncements in the UK and above all the recent Conservative Party (2008) policy document on welfare reform suggest that US welfare reform is increasingly being taken as a model for the UK. What lessons should the UK draw from US experience? The long established means tested...

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