Descriptor
| Control Groups | 3 |
| Employment Programs | 3 |
| Experimental Groups | 3 |
| Public Policy | 3 |
| Welfare Recipients | 3 |
| Adult Education | 2 |
| Matched Groups | 2 |
| Program Effectiveness | 2 |
| Adult Programs | 1 |
| Child Care | 1 |
| Child Development | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Journal of Policy Analysis… | 1 |
Author
| Bancroft, Wendy | 1 |
| Berlin, Gordon | 1 |
| Card, David | 1 |
| Carrol, Bidemi | 1 |
| Freedman, Stephen | 1 |
| Fuller, Bruce | 1 |
| Kagan, Sharon Lynn | 1 |
| Lin, Winston | 1 |
| Loeb, Susanna | 1 |
| Robins, Philip K. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Adult Basic Education | 1 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
Audience
| Policymakers | 1 |
Location
| California (Riverside) | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Georgia (Atlanta) | 1 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| Michigan (Detroit) | 1 |
| Ohio (Columbus) | 1 |
| Oregon (Portland) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| MacArthur Communicative… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textBerlin, Gordon; Bancroft, Wendy; Card, David; Lin, Winston; Robins, Philip K. – 1998
The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) is a Canadian social demonstration and research project designed to test an employment alternative to welfare. The SSP makes work pay by offering generous earnings supplements to long-term, single-parent welfare recipients who find full-time jobs and leave Canada's Income Assistance (IA) welfare system. The SSP's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Control Groups, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewed
Direct linkLoeb, Susanna; Fuller, Bruce; Kagan, Sharon Lynn; Carrol, Bidemi – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2003
As welfare-to-work reforms increase women's labor market attachment, the lives of their young children are likely to change. This note draws on a random-assignment experiment in Connecticut to ask whether mothers' rising employment levels and program participation are associated with changes in young children's early learning and cognitive growth.…
Descriptors: Family Income, Family Environment, Young Children, Mothers
Freedman, Stephen – 2000
The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies was conducted to explore whether programs examined in the evaluation have helped welfare recipients move into the labor force and remain employed over the long term. As part of the evaluation, a study was conducted to identify the 4-year impacts that 10 programs in 6 sites have had on former…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level
