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Income Security Policy Paper No. 20
Exploring the Effect of Welfare Reform Implementation on the Attainment of Policy Goals: An Examination of Michigan's Counties
Jodi Sandfort
April 1999
Abstract: This paper presents a
cross-sectional examination of the
implementation conditions within Michigan
during the first year following the passage of
federal welfare reform. It asks the question,
"Do implementation factors in the welfare
system quantitatively influence the
achievement of public policy goals?"
Drawing on data from 82 counties, this
analysis provides an exploratory, multivariate
model that controls for environmental factors
outside of the influence of program
implementers and examines the effects of
macro- and micro-implementation conditions on
an outcome desired by policy reforms. The
results suggest that implementation factors do
have a statistically discernible relationship
to proportion of a county's caseload that is
combining welfare and work. Implications are
considered both for the implementation of
policy reforms and future research in this
area.
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