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Welfare‐to‐Work Outcomes: The Role of the Employer

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  • Julia Lane
  • David Stevens

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This paper sets out to explore the role of the employer in successful welfare‐to‐work transitions. We demonstrate the uses of administrative records in identifying the types of firms that repeatedly hire welfare recipients. We also develop sets of criteria to identify “successful” outcomes. Our results suggest that there is substantial untapped potential for using administrative data to identify not simply which industries hire welfare recipients but those that are most likely to provide recipients with long‐lasting jobs, or jobs accompanied by sustained removal from welfare dependency.

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  • Julia Lane & David Stevens, 2001. "Welfare‐to‐Work Outcomes: The Role of the Employer," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 67(4), pages 1010-1021, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:soecon:v:67:y:2001:i:4:p:1010-1021
    DOI: 10.1002/j.2325-8012.2001.tb00387.x
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    4. Carrington, William J. & Mueser, Peter R. & Troske, Kenneth, 2002. "The Impact of Welfare Reform on Leaver Characteristics, Employment and Recidivism," IZA Discussion Papers 561, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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