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Welfare policy: The administrative frontier

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  • Lawrence M. Mead

    (New York University, New York, New York)

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The process of national welfare reform has been overtaken by local reform as states implement experimental programs under federal waivers. Most of these initiatives attempt to enforce work or otherwise control the lives of the dependent in return for support. Research, which traditionally stressed the social and economic aspects of welfare or poverty, must be reoriented to address the administrative issues raised by the emerging paternalism. A combination of field interviewing and analyses of reporting data can track implementation and connect program operations to outcomes. Such research assesses program performance less definitively than experimental trials do but is more useful to operators and more relevant to current program goals. The frontiers of welfare research, like welfare policy, are institutional.

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  • Lawrence M. Mead, 1996. "Welfare policy: The administrative frontier," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 15(4), pages 587-600.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:15:y:1996:i:4:p:587-600
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199623)15:4<587::AID-PAM5>3.0.CO;2-D
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    1. Robert A. Moffitt, 1996. "The effect of employment and training programs on entry and exit from the welfare caseload," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 15(1), pages 32-50.
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