The Report of a New Jersey Experiment: Guaranteed Income: Does It Work?.

Berger, Peggy S.

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Publication Date: 1975

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The Report of a New Jersey Experiment: Guaranteed Income: Does It Work?

Berger, Peggy S.

Journal of Home Economics, 67, 4, 18-22, Jul 75

The article offers a brief history of past income-maintenance programs summarizes a unique income-maintenance experiment, describes present welfare programs, and lists the unanswered questions in welfare reform. (Income maintenance for intact families at levels employed in the study would not have large effects on labor supply, concluded researchers.) (Author/AJ)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Experimental Programs, Guaranteed Income, Labor Supply, Motivation, Underemployment, Unemployment, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Reform, Welfare Services

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