Researcher(s):Christopher T. King and Peter R. Mueser
Date Published: January 2005
Publisher(s): W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Availability: Available for purchase from the W.E. Upjohn Insitute for Employment Research. 200pp.
Abstract: King and Mueser examine changes in welfare participation and labor market involvement of welfare recipients in six major cities during the 1990s. By focusing on these six cities (Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, and Kansas City) they are able to glean the extent to which differences in state and local policy, administrative directives, and local labor market conditions contribute to the trends in caseloads, employment, and well-being observed among former recipients. This allows the authors to identify recipient flows and patterns of employment in the six cities before and after welfare reform, and to draw conclusions that go beyond existing studies.