Volume 8, (Supplement) 1973
Schiller, Bradley R. 1973. "Empirical Studies of Welfare Dependency: A Survey." Journal of Human Resources 8(S):19-32.
In the following article, 52 empirical studies of welfare recipients are surveyed. The object of the survey is to compare empirical evidence with the assumptions of current welfare reform proposals. Discovering a large gap between policy assumptions and research findings, the survey concludes with suggestions for both.
The author is Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Maryland. Support for this study was received from the U.S. Department of Labor; all opinions are those of the author. An earlier version of this paper, entitled "Facts and Fictions of Welfare Reform," was released by the Department of Labor.
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