The new world of welfare Machine generated contents note: 1 Welfare Reform: An Agenda for Reauthorization Ron Haskins and Rebecca M. Blank Part II: The Biggest Issues 2 Implementation of the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 Thomas L. Gais Richard P Nathan Irene Lurie and Thomas Kaplan Comment: Susan Golonka Work Wages and Welfare Rebecca M. Blank and Lucie Schmidt Comment: Robert Topel Effects of Welfare Reform on Family Income and Poverty Ron Haskins Comment: Wendell Primus 5 Family Formation 13 Charles Murray Comment: Rebecca A. Maynard 6 The Politics of Welfare Reform 1 Hugh Heclo 7 The Politics of Conservative Welfare Reform 2 Lawrence M. Mead Part III: Specific Issues and Policies 8 Improving Employment Outcomes under TANF Julie Strawn Mark Greenberg and Steve Savner Comment: Eloise Anderson 9 State Sanctions and Time Limits LaDonna Pavetti and Dan Bloom Comment: Robert Rector 10 Financial Work Incentives for Low Wage Workers Charles Michalopoulos and Gordon Berlin Comment: Glenn C. Loury 11 Work Experience under Welfare Reform Jason A. Turner and Thomas Main Comment: Clifford M. Johnson 12 Will TANF Work for the Most Disadvantaged Families Sheila R Zedlewski and Pamela Loprest Comment: Sheldon Danziger 13 Supporting Work through Medicaid and Food Stamps Robert Greenstein andJocelyn Guyer Comment: Don Winstead Comment: Gary Stangler Welfare Reform and Immigration George Borjas Comment: Michael Fix 15 Welfare Reform and Childrens Well Being GregJ. Duncan and P Lindsay Chase Lansdale Comment: C. Eugene Steuerle Part IV Associated Program Reforms 16 Fathers Marriage and Welfare Reform Wade E Horn and Isabel V Sawhill Comment: Ronald B. Mincy 17 Child Support in the New World of Welfare Irwin Garfinkel Comment: Robert I. Lerman 18 Child Care after Welfare Reform Douglas J. Besharov with Nazanin Samari Comment: Kristin Anderson Moore Martha Zaslow Sharon McGroder and Kathryn Tout 19 Effects of the 1996 Welfare Reform Changes on the SSI Program Lynn A. Karoly Jacob Alex Klerman andJeannette A. Rogowski Comment: Matt Weidinger Contributors Index