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Study of The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP)—Income Assistance (IA) Recipients
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Card, David, and Philip K. Robins (1996). Do financial incentives encourage welfare recipients to work? Initial 18-month findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project, Ottawa: SRDC. Available at http://www.srdc.org/media/8697/do_fin_inc_encourage.pdf.
Lin, Winston, Philip K. Robins, David Card, Kristen Harknett, and Susanna Lui-Gurr (1998). When financial incentives encourage work: Complete 18 month findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project, Ottawa: SRDC. Available at http://www.srdc.org/media/195766/when_fin_inc_encourage_work.pdf.
Michalopoulos, Charles, David Card, Lisa A. Gennetian, Kristen Harknett, and Philip K. Robins (2000). The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 months: Effects of a financial work incentive on employment and income, Ottawa: SRDC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/publication/self-sufficiency-project-36-months-effects-financial-work-incentive-employment-and.
Michalopoulos, Charles, Doug Tattrie, Cynthia Miller, Philip K. Robins, Pamela Morris, David Gyarmati, Cynthia Redcross, Kelly Foley, and Reuben Ford (2002). Making work pay: Final report on the Self-Sufficiency Project for long-term welfare recipients, Ottawa, Ontario: SDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_435.pdf.
Mijanovich, Tod and David Long (1995). Creating an alternative to welfare: First-year findings on the implementation, welfare impacts, and costs of the Self-Sufficiency Project, Ottawa: SRDC. Available at http://www.srdc.org/media/195709/creating_alternative.pdf.
Program: The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP)
Study of The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP)—Income Assistance (IA) Applicants
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Ford, Reuben, David Gyarmati, Kelly Foley, Doug Tattrie, and Liza Jimenez (2003). Can work incentives pay for themselves? Final report on the Self-Sufficiency Project for welfare applicants, Ottawa, Canada: SDRC. Available at http://www.srdc.org/uploads/SSP72.pdf.
Michalopoulos, Charles, and Tracey Hoy (2001). When financial incentives pay for themselves: Interim findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project's applicant study, Ottawa: SRDC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/when_financial_incentives_pay_2001_0.pdf.
Michalopoulos, Charles, Philip K. Robins, and David Card (1999). When financial work incentives pay for themselves: Early findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project's applicant study, Ottawa: SRDC. Available at http://www.srdc.org/media/195769/when_finl_work_inc_pay_for.pdf.
Program: The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP)