Welfare Reform in California Early Results from the Impact Analysis

• Main Author: Klerman, Jacob Alex (auth)
• Other Authors: Hotz, Joe (auth), Reardon, Elaine (auth), Cox, Amy G. (auth), Farley, Donna O. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2003
• Subjects: Politics & government; Population & demography; Age groups: children; Population Studies; Political Science; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Examines the effects of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program on work activity participation rates of welfare recipients, welfare caseloads, and outcomes for welfare leavers. While the CalWORKs reforms appear to have been responsible for some of the uniform im...