Do Finalcial Incentives Encourage Welfare Recipients To Work Evidence From A Randomized Evaluation Of The Self Sufficiency Project
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Author | : David Card |
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Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Canada |
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This paper reports on a randomized evaluation of an earnings subsidy offered to long-term welfare recipients in Canada. The program -- known as the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) -- provides a supplement equal to one-half of the difference between a target earnings level and a participant's actual earnings. The SSP supplement is similar to a negative income tax with two important differences: (1) eligibility is limited to long-term welfare recipients who find a full-time job; and (2) the payment depends on individual earnings rather than family income. Our evaluation is based on a classical randomized design: one half of a group of single parents who had been on welfare for over a year were eligible to receive the SSP supplement, while the other half were assigned to a control group. Results for an early cohort of SSP participants and controls suggest that the financial incentives of the Self-Sufficiency Program increase labor market attachment and reduce welfare participation.
Author | : David Card |
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Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1996 |
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Author | : David Edward Card |
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Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Poverty |
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Author | : David Edward Card |
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Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Canada |
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Author | : Gordon L. Berlin |
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Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Public welfare |
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Author | : David Edward Card |
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Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Public welfare |
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The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) is a large scale social experiment being conducted in Canada to evaluate the effects of an earnings supplement (or subsidy) for long-term welfare recipients who find a full-time job and leave income assistance. The supplement is available to single parents who have received income assistance for a year or more, and typically doubles the gross take-home pay of recipients. A critical issue in the evaluation of SSP is whether the availability of the supplement would lead some new income assistance recipients to prolong their stay on welfare in order to gain eligibility. A separate experiment was conducted to measure the magnitude of this effect. One half of a group of new applicants was informed that they would be eligible to receive SSP if they stayed on income assistance for a year; the other half was randomly assigned to a control group. Our analysis indicates a very modest exit
Author | : David Edward Card |
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Public welfare |
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Author | : Philip K. Robins |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
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A paper presented at the November 2000 conference "Welfare Reform Four Years Later: Progress and Prospects," sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Author | : Judy L. Baker |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0821388959 |
Despite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, there is still very little known about the actual impact of projects on the poor. There is broad evidence on the benefits of economic growth, investments in human capital, and the provision of safety nets for the poor. But for a specific program or project in a given country, is the intervention producing the intended benefits and what was the overall impact on the population? Could the program or project be better designed to achieve the intended outcomes? Are resources being spent efficiently? These are the types of questions that can only be answered through an impact evaluation, an approach which measures the outcomes of a program intervention in isolation of other possible factors.This handbook seeks to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools needed for evaluating project impact. It is aimed at readers with a general knowledge of statistics. For some of the more in-depth statistical methods discussed, the reader is referred to the technical literature on the topic. Chapter 1 presents an overview of concepts and methods. Chapter 2 discusses key steps and related issues to consider in implementation. Chapter 3 illustrates various analytical techniques through a case study. Chapter 4 includes a discussion of lessons learned from a rich set of 'good practice' evaluations of poverty projects which have been reviewed for this handbook.
Author | : Gordon Berlin |
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Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Aid to families with dependent children programs |
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