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| Volume 7, Number 2 September 2001 |
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Welfare Reform Four Years Later: Progress and Prospects |
| To Our Readers Christine M. Cumming |
| Opening Remarks Jamie B. Stewart, Jr. |
| Summary of Observations and Recommendations Stephen V. Cameron, Robert A. Moffitt, and Carol Rapaport |
| Session 1: Overview and Characteristics of Welfare Leavers How Are Families Who Left Welfare Doing over Time? A Comparison of Two Cohorts of Welfare Leavers Pamela Loprest |
| Commentary Hilary Williamson Hoynes |
| Session 2: Changing Caseloads: Macroeconomic Influences and Microeconomic Composition Declining Caseloads/Increased Work: What Can We Conclude about the Effects of Welfare Reform? Rebecca M. Blank |
| Changing Caseloads: Macro Influences and Micro Composition Robert A. Moffitt and David W. Stevens |
| Commentary Susan E. Mayer |
| Commentary June O'Neill |
| Session 3: Administering Welfare Policy in New York and the Nation Changing the Culture of the Welfare Office: The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients with Jobs La Donna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr, Jacquelyn Anderson, Carole Trippe, and Sidnee Paschal |
| Commentary Kathryn Edin and Rebecca Joyce Kissane |
| Welfare Reform and New York City's Low-Income Population Howard Chernick and Cordelia Reimers |
| Commentary Gary Burtless |
| Session 4: New Policies Using Financial Incentives to Encourage Welfare Recipients to Become Economically Self-Sufficient Philip K. Robins and Charles Michalopoulos |
| Commentary Christopher Jencks |
| Commentary Thomas MaCurdy |
