Study Design
Design:
Study group formation:
Time period of study:
Primary outcome domains examined:
Other outcome domains examined:
Study funded by:
Results
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Outcome domain | Measure | Timing | Study quality by finding | Comparison group mean | Intervention group mean | Impact | Units | Findings | Sample size |
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Increase short-term earnings | Annual earnings |
Year 1 |
High | 2,914.00 | 3,099.00 | 185.00 | 1993 dollars |
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4,729 |
Increase long-term earnings | Average weekly earnings |
Year 2 |
High | 94.60 | 101.70 | 7.10 | 1995 dollars |
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723 |
Increase long-term earnings | Annual earnings |
Year 5 |
High | 7,276.00 | 7,387.00 | 113.00 | 1997 dollars |
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4,729 |
Increase short-term employment | Ever employed, quarterly |
Quarter 6 |
High | 44.30 | 45.70 | 1.40 | percentage points |
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4,729 |
Increase long-term employment | Current employment |
24 months |
High | 41.10 | 43.90 | 2.80 | percentage points |
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723 |
Increase long-term employment | Ever employed, annual |
Year 5 |
High | 68.80 | 69.30 | 0.50 | percentage points |
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4,729 |
Increase long-term employment | Employed in all four quarters |
Year 5 |
High | 39.40 | 40.40 | 1.00 | percentage points |
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4,729 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Amount of AFDC/TANF benefits, annual |
Year 1 |
High | 3,199.00 | 2,950.00 | -249.00 | 1993 dollars |
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4,729 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Received AFDC/TANF, annual |
Year 1 |
High | 96.60 | 96.00 | -0.60 | percentage points |
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4,729 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Received AFDC/TANF, quarterly |
Quarter 20 |
High | 16.50 | 14.10 | -2.40 | percentage points |
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4,729 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Months of Food Stamps receipt, follow-up period |
Years 1–5 |
High | 31.20 | 29.10 | -2.10 | months |
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4,729 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Amount of AFDC/TANF benefits, follow-up period |
Years 1–5 |
High | 9,005.00 | 7,899.00 | -1106.00 | 1995 dollars |
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4,729 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Amount of Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, follow-up period |
Years 1–5 |
High | 8,185.00 | 7,537.00 | -648.00 | 1995 dollars |
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4,729 |
Increase education and training | Earned a license |
Year 2 |
High | 7.30 | 6.80 | -0.50 | percentage points |
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723 |
Increase education and training | Received high school diploma or GED |
Year 2 |
High | 2.90 | 6.20 | 3.30 | percentage points |
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723 |
- High
- Moderate
The findings quality describe our confidence that a given study’s finding is because of the intervention. We do not display findings that rate low.
A moderate-to-large favorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance
A moderate-to-large favorable finding that might to be due to chance
A small favorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance
A small favorable finding that might be due to chance
A favorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size
A favorable finding that might be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size
A moderate-to-large unfavorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance
A moderate-to-large unfavorable finding that might to be due to chance
A small unfavorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance
A small unfavorable finding that might be due to chance
An unfavorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size
An unfavorable finding that might be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size
A finding that is unlikely to be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size or direction
A finding of no effect that might be due to chance
Sample Characteristics
Age
Mean age | 32 years |
Sex
Female | 94% |
Male | 7% |
Participant race and ethnicity
Black or African American | 52% |
White | 47% |
Hispanic or Latino of any race | 0% |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0% |
Family status
Parents | 100% |
Single parents | 100% |
Participant employment and public benefit status
Were employed | 4% |
Were eligible for cash assistance | 100% |
Participant education
Had a high school diploma or GED | 57% |
Did not have a high school diploma or GED | 43% |
Intervention Implementation
Implementing organization:
Program history:
Intervention services:
Comparison services:
Service receipt duration:
Study Publications
Freedman, Stephen (2000). The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies—Four-year impacts of ten programs on employment stability and earnings growth, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and U.S. Department of Education. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_376.pdf.
Freedman, Stephen, Daniel Friedlander, Gayle Hamilton, JoAnn Rock, Marisa Mitchell, Jodi Nudelman, Amanda Schweder, and Laura Storto (2000). National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies—Evaluating alternative welfare-to-work approaches: Two-year impacts for eleven programs, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and U.S. Department of Education. Available at https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/national-evaluation-welfare-work-strategies-evaluating-alternative-welfare-work-approaches-two-year-impacts-eleven-programs-executive-summary.
Hamilton, Gayle, Stephen Freedman, Lisa Gennetian, Charles Michalopoulos, Johanna Walter, Diana Adams-Ciardullo, Anna Gassman-Pines, Sharon McGroder, Martha Zaslow, Jennifer Brooks, and Surjeet Ahluwalia (2001). National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies—How effective are different welfare-to-work approaches? Five-year adult and child impacts for eleven programs, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and U.S. Department of Education. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_391.pdf.
Scrivener, Susan, and Johanna Walter (2001). National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies—Evaluating two approaches to case management: Implementation, participation patterns, costs, and three-year impacts of the Columbus welfare-to-work program, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and U.S. Department of Education. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_95.pdf.
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3128.07-National Evaluation