Economic Policy Review 2001, Volume 7 Number 2 - Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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Volume 7, Number 2 September 2001

Welfare Reform Four Years Later:
Progress and Prospects
Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, November 17, 2000

Opening Remarks

2 pages / 31 kb
Jamie B. Stewart, Jr.

Summary of Observations and Recommendations

3 pages / 52 kb
Stephen V. Cameron, Robert A. Moffitt, and Carol Rapaport

Session 1: Overview and Characteristics of Welfare Leavers

How Are Families Who Left Welfare Doing over Time? A Comparison of Two Cohorts of Welfare Leavers

11 pages / 517 kb
Pamela Loprest

Commentary

2 pages / 44 kb
Hilary Williamson Hoynes

Session 2: Changing Caseloads: Macroeconomic Influences and Microeconomic Composition

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

12 pages / 518 kb
Rebecca M. Blank

Changing Caseloads: Macro Influences and Micro Composition

15 pages / 544 kb
Robert A. Moffitt and David W. Stevens

Commentary

3 pages / 50 kb
Susan E. Mayer

Commentary

4 pages / 51 kb
June O'Neill

Session 3: Administering Welfare Policy in New York and the Nation

Changing the Culture of the Welfare Office:
The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients with Jobs

14 pages / 529 kb
LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr, Jacquelyn Anderson, Carole Trippe, and Sidnee Paschal

Commentary

6 pages / 75 kb
Kathryn Edin and Rebecca Joyce Kissane

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

15 pages / 548 kb
Howard Chernick and Cordelia Reimers

Commentary

4 pages / 52 kb
Gary Burtless

Session 4: New Policies

Using Financial Incentives to Encourage Welfare
Recipients to Become Economically Self-Sufficient

19 pages / 210 kb
Philip K. Robins and Charles Michalopoulos

Commentary

2 pages / 428 kb
Christopher Jencks

Commentary

6 pages / 478 kb
Thomas MaCurdy

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