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 | 2,647.00 | 2,878.00 | 231.00 | 2001 dollars |
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66,415 |
Increase long-term earnings | Annual earnings |
Year 5 |
High | 6,320.00 | 6,889.00 | 569.00 | 2001 dollars |
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66,417 |
Increase short-term employment | Ever employed, quarterly |
Quarter 4 |
High | 45.10 | 47.60 | 2.50 | percentage points |
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66,413 |
Increase long-term employment | Ever employed, quarterly |
Quarter 20 |
High | 51.00 | 54.60 | 3.60 | percentage points |
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66,413 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Amount of AFDC/TANF benefits, annual |
Year 5 |
High | 2,031.00 | 1,928.00 | -103.00 | 2001 dollars |
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66,440 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Received any Food Stamps, quarterly |
Quarter 20 |
High | 69.00 | 66.50 | -2.50 | percentage points |
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66,440 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Amount of Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, annual |
Year 5 |
High | 2,338.00 | 2,273.00 | -65.00 | 2001 dollars |
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66,440 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Received AFDC/TANF, quarterly |
Quarter 4 |
High | 52.40 | 48.90 | -3.50 | percentage points |
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66,440 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Received AFDC/TANF, quarterly |
Quarter 20 |
High | 21.90 | 16.70 | -5.20 | percentage points |
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66,442 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Amount of AFDC/TANF benefits, annual |
Year 5 |
High | 696.00 | 410.00 | -286.00 | 2001 dollars |
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66,444 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Received Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, quarterly |
Quarter 20 |
High | 36.60 | 34.50 | -2.10 | percentage points |
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66,446 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Amount of Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, annual |
Year 5 |
High | 1,150.00 | 1,062.00 | -88.00 | 2001 dollars |
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66,448 |
Increase education and training | Received a GED |
Year 5 |
High | 5.50 | 4.30 | -1.20 | percentage points |
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2,359 |
Increase education and training | Received an associate's degree |
Year 5 |
High | 3.40 | 2.90 | -0.50 | percentage points |
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2,359 |
Increase education and training | Received a bachelor's degree |
Year 5 |
High | 0.90 | 1.50 | 0.60 | percentage points |
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2,359 |
Increase education and training | Received graduate degree |
Year 5 |
High | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.00 | percentage points |
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2,359 |
Increase education and training | Received a trade license or certificate |
Year 5 |
High | 10.20 | 12.60 | 2.40 | percentage points |
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2,359 |
Increase education and training | Received a high school diploma |
Year 5 |
High | 3.00 | 4.50 | 1.50 | percentage points |
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2,359 |
- 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 | 100% |
Participant employment and public benefit status
Were eligible for cash assistance | 100% |
Had low incomes | 100% |
Intervention Implementation
Implementing organization:
Program history:
Intervention services:
Comparison services:
Service receipt duration:
Study Publications
Beecroft, Erik, Kevin Cahill, and Barbara Goodson (2002). The impacts of welfare reform on children: The Indiana Welfare Reform evaluation, Washington, DC: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/indiana_welfare_reform.pdf.
Beecroft, Erik, Wang Lee, David Long, Pamela Holcomb, Terri Thompson, Terri, Nancy Pindus, Carolyn O'Brien, and Jenny Bernstein (2003). The Indiana Welfare Reform evaluation: Five-year impacts, implementation, costs and benefits, Washington, DC: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Early cohort, single parent.] Available at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/indiana_5yr_rpt.pdf.
Fein, David, Erik Beecroft, William Hamilton, Wang Lee, Pamela Holcomb, Terri Thompson, and Caroline Ratcliffe (1998). The Indiana Welfare Reform evaluation: Program implementation and economic impacts after two years, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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