Browsing by Author/Contributor "Stevens, David W."
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The Impact of Welfare Reform on Leaver Characteristics, Employment and Recidivism: An Analysis of Maryland and Missouri
Mueser, Peter R., 1952-; Stevens, David W.; Troske, Kenneth R. (Department of Economics, 2007)State and federal reforms of the 1990s transformed the U.S. cash assistance program for single parents and their children. Despite an extensive literature examining these changes and their impacts, there have been few ... -
Low-Income and Welfare Client Priorities: Patterns of Earnings and Welfare Receipt for Workforce Investment Act Participants
Mueser, Peter R., 1952-; Stevens, David W. (Department of Economics, 2003)This paper examines labor market and welfare experiences of participants in Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs who exited in July 2000-June 2001. Administrative data from six states on earnings and welfare receipt are ... -
The Welfare Caseload, Economics Growth and Welfare-to-Work Policies: An Analysis of Five Urban Areas
Mueser, Peter R., 1952-; Hotchkiss, Julie L.; King, Christopher T.; Rokicki, Phillip S.; Stevens, David W. (Department of Economics, 2000)This paper uses quarterly data on AFDC (later TANF) recipients in five major urban areas to examine the relative importance of policy reform and economic conditions in explaining the dynamics of the welfare caseload and ...