How Well Have Rural and Small Metropolitan Labor Markets Absorbed Welfare Recipients?
April 2001
DHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
This report examines the impact of welfare reform on 12 rural and small metropolitan areas around the county. It identifies changes in wages and employment for the low-skill labor force over two periods - 1993 to 1996, and 1996 to 1998 - to determine the effect of the movement of welfare recipients to work.