Welfare-to-Work Program Benefits and Costs: A Synthesis of Research

Greenberg, David H.; Deitch, Victoria; Hamilton, Gayle

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1353354

Download This Paper

Open PDF in Browser

Add Paper to My Library

Welfare-to-Work Program Benefits and Costs: A Synthesis of Research

145 Pages Posted: 4 Mar 2009

See all articles by David H. Greenberg

Gayle Hamilton

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)

Date Written: February 1, 2009

Abstract

Most welfare programs seek to ensure that poor families have adequate income while at the same time encouraging self-sufficiency. Based on studies of 28 programs involving more than 100,000 sample members, this synthesis compares the costs, benefits, and returns on investment of six welfare program strategies - from the perspectives of participants, government budgets, and society as a whole.

Keywords: welfare, benefit-cost

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Greenberg, David H. and Deitch, Victoria and Hamilton, Gayle, Welfare-to-Work Program Benefits and Costs: A Synthesis of Research (February 1, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1353354 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1353354