Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2010
Publisher
Policy Studies Organization/Wiley
Abstract
General Assistance (GA) programs are virtually unstudied. Yet, GA programs serve an economically vulnerable, non-trivial population that should be of interest. To begin to address this shortcoming, two welfare-to-work programs, in which GA recipients participated, are studied. Using a quasi-experimental approach, the effect of each program on welfare use and employment is estimated. The results indicate that each program significantly increased welfare exits and that the second program significantly increased employment (employment data was unavailable for the first program).
Recommended Citation
“General Assistance Recipients and Welfare-To-Work Programs: Evidence from New York City.” Poverty & Public Policy 2(3): 171-193 (2010).
Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: “General Assistance Recipients and Welfare-To-Work Programs: Evidence from New York City.” Poverty & Public Policy 2(3): 171-193 (2010), which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.2202/1944-2858.1061. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.