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Welfare, Work, and Four Years of Change: Where Do We Go from Here?

Featuring Lisa Oliphant, Entitlements Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; Charles Murray, Bradley Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Wendell Primus, Director of Income Security, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; and Ron Haskins, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Human Resources, House Committee on Ways and Means.

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In the four years since President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, have policymakers succeeded in ending "welfare as we know it," or have they managed merely to repackage the decades-old public safety net? Do shorter lines at welfare offices and increased employment of single mothers mean that the goals of welfare reform are being met? Four experts discuss the impacts of welfare reform to date and outline implications for future legislation.