Is Subsidized Employment Cost Effective for Welfare Recipients? Experimental Evidence from Seven State Demonstrations
基于七个州的随机实验数据，评估培训与补贴就业对福利领取者收入及福利依赖的影响，发现虽对纳税人并非总是划算，但对参与者和社会整体有净收益。
This paper examines the benefits and costs of training and subsidized employment provided to welfare recipients in demonstration programs in seven states. A classical experimental design is used to estimate the effect of these demonstrations on earnings and welfare benefits over 33 months following program entry. Both effects are substantial and, in some cases, long-lived. When combined with data on program costs, these findings indicate that, while not always cost effective for taxpayers, subsidized employment for welfare recipients does convey positive net benefits to participants and to society as a whole.