Welfare reform in California early results from the impact analysis

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klerman, Jacob Alex
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. Rand 2003, ©2003©2003
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Program participation
  • 3. The caseload
  • 4. Outcomes for leavers
  • 5. Conclusions and next steps
  • Appendix A. Overview of factors that might affect outcomes
  • Appendix B. Data sources
  • Appendix C. Analytic methods
  • Appendix D. Results of the policy simulation conducted on participation rates
  • Appendix E. Caseload decline by California region and county
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-122)