The Transition from Welfare to Work

We consider the effects the child care market, early care and education programs, and welfare reforms have on welfare recipients’ transition from welfare to work. Using 1996-1997 data for Massachusetts, we find that the availability and quality of formal child care, the presence of Head Start and Pre-K programs, and the probability of receiving a child care voucher are all positively related to transiting directly from welfare to work. Single mothers subject to work requirements are more likely to transit directly from assistance to work as well, while those not subject to work requirements are more likely to obtain additional education or job training.

Ameiva corax

Number of Pages: 2Integrative BiologyGeological Science

My Burden Light

An excerpt from the autobiography of the Rev. Robert J. White, former Law School faculty member