Understanding SSI (Supplemental Security Income)

Understanding SSI (Supplemental Security Income)

Author:

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998-03

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 078814555X

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This publication informs advocates & others in interested agencies & organizations about supplemental security income (SSI) eligibility requirements & processes. It will assist you in helping people apply for, establish eligibility for, & continue to receive SSI benefits for as long as they remain eligible. This publication can also be used as a training manual & as a reference tool. Discusses those who are blind or disabled, living arrangements, overpayments, the appeals process, application process, eligibility requirements, SSI resources, documents you will need when you apply, work incentives, & much more.


Making Sense of Incentives

Making Sense of Incentives

Author: Timothy J. Bartik

Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 0880996684

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Bartik provides a clear and concise overview of how state and local governments employ economic development incentives in order to lure companies to set up shop—and provide new jobs—in needy local labor markets. He shows that many such incentive offers are wasteful and he provides guidance, based on decades of research, on how to improve these programs.


Beyond Entitlement

Beyond Entitlement

Author: Lawrence M. Mead

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-06-30

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1439119570

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Mead's timely and closely reasoned analysis makes a strong intellectual and moral case for a more authoritative welfare policy.


The Work Incentive (WIN) Program and Related Experiences

The Work Incentive (WIN) Program and Related Experiences

Author: Leonard Goodwin

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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Report reviewing research results on psychological and social implications of work incentive welfare programmes (win) in the USA - considers problems of employment opportunity for welfare recipients (incl. Unemployed, low income families), training facilities, Motivation in welfare dependence, ethics factors, and discusses social policy alternatives. Bibliography pp. 39 to 46, flow charts and references.


Income Inequality and Employment

Income Inequality and Employment

Author: Mary Fish

Publisher:

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 844

ISBN-13:

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This study specifically describes and analyzes the process by which poverty-stricken individuals and families move out of the poverty group: from welfare, to low- wage employment, and finally, to a level above poverty, or even the middle-income category. It is a synthesis / analysis of over 50 Research and Development ( R& D ) projects sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration ( ETA), on the subjects of income and employment. In addition, selected contributions from other sources are included in order to clarify or supplement the treatment of the basic issues. Several of these contributions have examined how individuals on welfare become gainfully employed and once employed, move into jobs with wages adequate to raise their standard of living above the poverty level. Findings of these R & D projects, when examined as a body of cumulative knowledge, can be used as a framework for developing effective policies and techniques for the various employment and training programs focused on the economically disadvantaged.


Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education

Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2011-10-18

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 0309225078

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In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student achievement. The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a prominent example of such an effort, but it is only the continuation of a steady trend toward greater test-based accountability in education that has been going on for decades. Over time, such accountability systems included ever-stronger incentives to motivate school administrators, teachers, and students to perform better. Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education reviews and synthesizes relevant research from economics, psychology, education, and related fields about how incentives work in educational accountability systems. The book helps identify circumstances in which test-based incentives may have a positive or a negative impact on student learning and offers recommendations for how to improve current test-based accountability policies. The most important directions for further research are also highlighted. For the first time, research and theory on incentives from the fields of economics, psychology, and educational measurement have all been pulled together and synthesized. Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education will inform people about the motivation of educators and students and inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems. Education researchers, K-12 school administrators and teachers, as well as graduate students studying education policy and educational measurement will use this book to learn more about the motivation of educators and students. Education policy makers at all levels of government will rely on this book to inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems.