Expectations and Policy Work: WIN In New York City

Lawrence M. Mead

doi:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00794.x

Expectations and Policy Work: WIN In New York City

Lawrence M. Mead

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Work requirements for welfare recipients have done l i t t l e to reduce the welfare rolls. The usual explanation that limited skills and openings prevent recipients working is unpersuasive, since low‐skilled work seems to be quite widely available. This study of the Work Incentive (WIN) program, the main welfare work program, in New York City found that whether recipients work depends mainly on whether WIN seriously expects them to. Thus, the welfare work problem is more political than economic. It lies in our reluctance to obligate recipients to function socially as we would other people.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	648-662
Number of pages	15
Journal	Review of Policy Research
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00794.x
State	Published - May 1983

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