Welfare-to-work outcomes: The role of the employer

Citation
J. Lane et D. Stevens, Welfare-to-work outcomes: The role of the employer, S ECON J, 67(4), 2001, pp. 1010-1021
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
SOUTHERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00384038 → ACNP
Volume
67
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1010 - 1021
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4038(200104)67:4<1010:WOTROT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
This paper sets out to explore the role of the employer in successful welfa re-to-work transitions. We demonstrate the uses of administrative records i n identifying the types of firms that repeatedly hire welfare recipients. W e also develop sets of criteria to identify "successful" outcomes. Our resu lts suggest that there is substantial untapped potential for using administ rative data to identify not simply which industries hire welfare recipients but those that are most likely to provide recipients with long-lasting job s, or jobs accompanied by sustained removal from welfare dependency.