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Moving Public Assistance Recipients Into The Labor Force, 1996-2000

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  • Hanson, Kenneth
  • Hamrick, Karen S.

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Moving recipients of public assistance into jobs is a goal of the current system for providing public assistance to low-income households. Using scenario analysis with a computable general equilibrium model, ERS researchers examined some of the labor market impacts of the "welfare-to work" provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The results show that, from 1996 to 2000, the influx of public assistance recipients into the labor force put downward wage pressure on low-skill occupations, making wage growth smaller than it would have been without the influx. At the same time, the influx added workers to the labor force, which contributed to economic growth. By expanding the labor force, the influx contributed 1 percentage point of real economic growth in terms of gross domestic product from 1996 through 2000.

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  • Hanson, Kenneth & Hamrick, Karen S., 2004. "Moving Public Assistance Recipients Into The Labor Force, 1996-2000," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 33839, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersfa:33839
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.33839
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