When financial work incentives pay for themselves: Evidence from a randomized social experiment for welfare recipients

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-29

  Michalopoulos, Charles ^a   Robins, Philip K ^b   Card, David ^c  

^a MDRC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial incentives; Labor supply; Social experimentation; Welfare reform; Welfare to work programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444330117     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2002.02.001     Document Type: Article

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