Date of Award

1-1-2010

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

School of Social Welfare

Content Description

1 online resource (ix, 145 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Jan L Hagen

Committee Members

Nancy Claiborne, Lorraine K Noval

Keywords

impact evaluation, low-income, New York, welfare, Public welfare, Welfare recipients

Subject Categories

Social Work

Abstract

This study used New York State administrative data on its welfare population and publicly available data to evaluate the impact of a popular work supports program, the Transitional Opportunities Program (TOP), in a sample of ten counties that operated the program compared to eight counties that did not between January 2006 and December 2008. Secondary administrative data on case characteristics, case activity, and employment were matched with data on unemployment from the New York State Department of Labor and mean travel time to work from U.S. Census 2000.

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