Study Design
Design:
Study group formation:
Time period of study:
Primary outcome domains examined:
Other outcome domains examined:
Study funded by:
Results
Scroll to the right to view the rest of the table columns
Outcome domain | Measure | Timing | Study quality by finding | Comparison group mean | Intervention group mean | Impact | Units | Findings | Sample size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Increase short-term earnings | Quarterly earnings |
Quarter 6 |
High | 2,990.00 | 3,162.00 | 172.00 | 1996 dollars |
![]() |
660 |
Increase long-term earnings | Average quarterly earnings of other parent, follow-up period |
Months 1–42 |
High | 1,015.00 | 1,005.00 | -10.00 | 1998 dollars |
![]() |
1,083 |
Increase long-term earnings | Average quarterly earnings of both parents, follow-up period |
Months 1–42 |
High | 3,221.00 | 3,265.00 | 44.00 | 1998 dollars |
![]() |
1,083 |
Increase long-term earnings | Average quarterly earnings of principal earner, follow-up period |
Months 1–42 |
High | 2,205.00 | 2,260.00 | 55.00 | 1998 dollars |
![]() |
1,083 |
Increase very long-term earnings | Quarterly earnings |
Quarter 24 |
High | 4,608.00 | 4,820.00 | 212.00 | 2001 dollars |
![]() |
660 |
Increase short-term employment | Ever employed, quarterly |
Quarter 6 |
High | 72.40 | 70.90 | -1.50 | percentage points |
![]() |
660 |
Increase long-term employment | Principal parent employed, quarterly |
Quarter 14 |
High | 58.90 | 59.80 | 0.90 | percentage points |
![]() |
1,083 |
Increase long-term employment | Other parent employed, quarterly |
Quarter 14 |
High | 44.70 | 47.70 | 3.00 | percentage points |
![]() |
1,083 |
Increase long-term employment | Either parent employed, quarterly |
Quarter 14 |
High | 72.10 | 74.40 | 2.30 | percentage points |
![]() |
1,083 |
Increase very long-term employment | Ever employed, quarterly |
Quarter 24 |
High | 69.90 | 74.90 | 5.00 | percentage points |
![]() |
660 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Amount of cash assistance, quarterly |
Quarter 6 |
High | 522.00 | 634.00 | 112.00 | 1996 dollars |
![]() |
660 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Received Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, quarterly |
Quarter 6 |
High | 64.30 | 63.10 | -1.20 | percentage points |
![]() |
660 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Amount of Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, quarterly |
Quarter 6 |
High | 422.00 | 437.00 | 15.00 | 1996 dollars |
![]() |
660 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Received cash assistance, quarterly |
Quarter 6 |
High | 37.10 | 42.40 | 5.30 | percentage points |
![]() |
660 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Average quarterly Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, follow-up period |
Months 1–42 |
High | 391.00 | 403.00 | 12.00 | 1997 dollars |
![]() |
1,083 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Receive cash assistance, follow-up period |
Months 1–42 |
High | 76.50 | 79.60 | 3.10 | percentage points |
![]() |
1,083 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Received Food Stamps/SNAP, follow-up period |
Months 1–42 |
High | 91.20 | 90.20 | -1.00 | percentage points |
![]() |
1,083 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Average quarterly amount of cash assistance, follow-up period |
Months 1–42 |
High | 491.00 | 592.00 | 101.00 | 1997 dollars |
![]() |
1,083 |
Decrease very long-term benefit receipt | Amount of Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, quarterly |
Quarter 24 |
High | 221.00 | 196.00 | -25.00 | 2001 dollars |
![]() |
660 |
Decrease very long-term benefit receipt | Received cash assistance, quarterly |
Quarter 24 |
High | 18.40 | 15.70 | -2.70 | percentage points |
![]() |
660 |
Decrease very long-term benefit receipt | Amount of cash assistance, quarterly |
Quarter 24 |
High | 257.00 | 233.00 | -24.00 | 2001 dollars |
![]() |
660 |
Decrease very long-term benefit receipt | Received Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, quarterly |
Quarter 24 |
High | 35.20 | 28.50 | -6.70 | percentage points |
![]() |
660 |
- 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
Family status
Parents | 100% |
Single parents | 0% |
Participant employment and public benefit status
Were eligible for cash assistance | 100% |
Intervention Implementation
Implementing organization:
Program history:
Intervention services:
Comparison services:
Service receipt duration:
Study Publications
Bloom, Dan, Charles Michalopoulos, Johanna Walter, and Patricia Auspos (1998). WRP: Implementation and early impacts of Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Hendra, Richard, and Charles Michalopoulos (1999). Forty-two-month impacts of Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Scrivener, Susan, Richard Hendra, Cindy Redcross, Dan Bloom, Charles Michalopoulos, and Johanna Walter (2002). WRP: Final report on Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/vt_report.pdf.
View the glossary for more information about these and other terms used on this page.
3171.3171.06-WRP Incentives Only