How Welfare and Work Policies Affect Employment and Income: A Synthesis of Research.

Autor/inn/en	Bloom, Dan; Michalopoulos, Charles
Institution	Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY.
Titel	How Welfare and Work Policies Affect Employment and Income: A Synthesis of Research.
Quelle	(2001), (92 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Learning; Cost Effectiveness; Economic Research; Education Work Relationship; Educational Legislation; Educational Needs; Educational Research; Employment Patterns; Employment Programs; Employment Services; Federal Legislation; Influences; Job Training; Labor Legislation; Literature Reviews; Needs Assessment; Postsecondary Education; Program Costs; Program Effectiveness; Public Policy; Research Methodology; Role of Education; Salary Wage Differentials; Synthesis; Trend Analysis; Vocational Education; Welfare Recipients + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Wirtschaftsforschung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Employment program; Employment programme; Employment programmes; Beschäftigungsprogramm; Employment service; Arbeitsvermittlung; Bundesrecht; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Labor law; Arbeitsrecht; Bedarfsermittlung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Bildungsauftrag; Trendanalyse; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin
Abstract	Studies of 29 welfare reform initiatives conducted by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation were synthesized in an exploration of how welfare and work policies affect employment and income. Each of the studies reviewed focused on one or more of the following key program features: mandatory employment services, earnings supplements, and time limits on welfare receipt. The synthesis yielded the following key lessons: (1) although a number of programs that provided only mandatory employment services were effective, the most successful of these programs used a mix of services (including some education and training) and strongly emphasized the need to find work; (2) the only programs that both increased work and made families financially better off were those that provided earnings supplements to low-wage workers; and (3) although relatively little is known about the effects of welfare time limits, the available data suggest that time limits need not cause widespread hardship, at least not in the short term. (Twenty-three tables/figures/boxes are included. The bibliography lists 30 references. The following items are appended: a list of 23 key reports from the studies reviewed; program descriptions; program impacts; and a discussion of why including the federal Earned Income Credit does not substantially change program impacts on income.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, 16 East 34 Street, New York, New York 10016 ($12). Tel: 212-532-3200; Web site: http://www.mdrc.org. For full text: http://www. mdrc.org/Reports2001/NG-AdultSynthesis/NG-AdultResearchSyn-M ay2001.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC