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Study of Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN)—Single-parent households
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Freedman, Stephen, Daniel Friedlander, Winston Lin, and Amanda Schweder (1996). The GAIN evaluation: Five-year impacts on employment, earnings, and AFDC receipt, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_561.pdf.
Friedlander, Daniel, James Riccio, and Stephen Freedman (1993). GAIN: Two-year impacts in six counties, New York: MDRC.
Hotz, V. Joseph, Guido W. Imbens, and Jacob A. Klerman (2006). Evaluating the differential effects of alternative welfare-to-work training components: A re-analysis of the California GAIN program, Journal of Labor Economics 24(3): 521-566. Available at https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/imbens/files/evaluating_the_differential_effects_of_alternative_welfare-to-work_training_components_a_re-analysis_of_the_california_gain_program.pdf.
Martinson, Karin, and Daniel Friedlander (1994). GAIN: Basic education in a welfare-to-work program, New York: MDRC. Available at https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED368915.
Riccio, James, and Daniel Friedlander (1992) GAIN: Program strategies, participation patterns, and first-year impacts in six counties, New York: MDRC. Available at https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED345089.pdf.
Riccio, James, Daniel Friedlander, and Stephen Freedman (1994). GAIN: Benefits, costs, and three-year impacts of a welfare-to-work program, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/gain_benefits_costs_fr.pdf.
Study of Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN)—Two-parent households
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Freedman, Stephen, Daniel Friedlander, Winston Lin, and Amanda Schweder (1996). The GAIN evaluation: Five-year impacts on employment, earnings, and AFDC receipt, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_561.pdf.
Friedlander, Daniel, James Riccio, and Stephen Freedman (1993). GAIN: Two-year impacts in six counties, New York: MDRC.
Martinson, Karin, and Daniel Friedlander (1994). GAIN: Basic education in a welfare-to-work program, New York: MDRC. Available at https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED368915.
Riccio, James, and Daniel Friedlander (1992) GAIN: Program strategies, participation patterns, and first-year impacts in six counties, New York: MDRC. Available at https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED345089.pdf.
Riccio, James, Daniel Friedlander, and Stephen Freedman (1994). GAIN: Benefits, costs, and three-year impacts of a welfare-to-work program, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/gain_benefits_costs_fr.pdf.
Study of Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN)—Two-parent households, Alameda, CA
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Freedman, Stephen, Daniel Friedlander, Winston Lin, and Amanda Schweder (1996). The GAIN evaluation: Five-year impacts on employment, earnings, and AFDC receipt, Working paper 96.1, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_561.pdf.
Friedlander, Daniel, James Riccio, and Stephen Freedman (1993). GAIN: Two-year impacts in six counties, New York: MDRC.
Martinson, Karin, and Daniel Friedlander (1994). GAIN: Basic education in a welfare-to-work program, New York: MDRC. Available at https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED368915.
Riccio, James, and Daniel Friedlander (1992) GAIN: Program strategies, participation patterns, and first-year impacts in six counties, New York: MDRC. Available at Available at https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED345089.pdf.
Riccio, James, Daniel Friedlander and Stephen Freedman (1994). GAIN: Benefits, Costs, and Three-Year Impacts of a Welfare-to-Work Program, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/gain_benefits_costs_fr.pdf.