Welfare reform is working

Posted by on March 30, 2004; This entry is filed under Uncategorized.
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Hey, guess what?  Welfare reform is working.  Check out this article by the Brookings Institution, regarding the behavioral changes in never-married mothers during the past recession.  [ via Micky Kaus, who summarizes: “The [welfare] rolls didn’t rise in the recession because single mothers kept on working.” ]  There is hope yet; you can influence people’s behaviour with economic incentives.

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