Volume 8, (Supplement) 1973
Levitan, Sar A., and David Marwick. 1973. "Work and Training for Relief Recipients." Journal of Human Resources 8(S):5-18.
What has been bought with the half billion dollars expended by mid-1972 on the Work Incentive (WIN) program is in doubt. Despite official rhetoric, the program was never large enough to make a dent in rising welfare rolls. True reform must provide adequately for those who cannot fend for themselves, ensure adequate incentives for the able-bodied to contribute to their own support, and, at the same time, keep program costs at a level acceptable to the majority which foots the bill. After reviewing the strengths and shortcomings of current programs, the authors conclude that the key to a humane and reasonable system lies in the recognition and exploitation of the interdependence of work and welfare.
The authors are affiliated with the Center for Manpower Policy Studies, The George Washington University. This article is based on Sar A. Levitan, Martin Rein, and David Marwick, Work and Welfare Go Together (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1972). The study was prepared under a grant from the Ford Foundation.
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