When Welfare-to-Work Programs Seem to Work Well
Explaining Why Riverside and Portland Shine So Brightly
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4573756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Greenberg (0000-0002-8746-1410), David H Greenberg (0000-0002-6004-3171, Office for National Statistics), Karl Ashworth (0000-0002-6731-4296), Andreas Cebulla (0000-0002-6853-6245), Robert Walker (0000-0002-7763-3784, University of Otago) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-50 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001979390505900103 |
| OpenAlex | W1583669699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 3 |
Of welfare-to-work programs evaluated by random assignment, two stand out as having exceptionally large estimated effects: one in Riverside, California, and the other in Portland, Oregon. The authors use data from 24 evaluations and the tools of meta-analysis to examine why. The findings indicate that the apparently superior performance of these two programs in increasing the earnings of participants is only partly attributable to program design (for example, the type of services provided, the use of sanctions, and the quality of program administration). Differences in caseload characteristics and site characteristics are probably more important. However, Riverside and Portland's relatively large effects in reducing the percentage of participants on the AFDC rolls appear mainly attributable to the design of the programs run in these sites
Business · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Political science · Quality (philosophy) · Sanctions · Welfare · Work (physics) · Accounting · Engineering · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law
Meta-Evaluation
The primacy of institutions
The Role of Randomized Field Trials in Social Science Research
Conducting Meta‐Analyses of Evaluations of Government‐Funded Training Programs
Conducting Evaluations Using Multiple Trials
A Synthesis of Random Assignment Benefit-Cost Studies of Welfare-to-Work Programs
Predicting Material Hardship Among Former Welfare-to-Work Participants
Welfare reform, precarity and the re-commodification of labour
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2020 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |