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November 2002

Welfare reform impacts in the SIPP

Richard Bavier

Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) suggest that families who left the rolls due to welfare reform were more prone to economic difficulties than other leavers, however, income improved for most post-reform leavers.

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