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The Graduation Gap
America needs to do a much better job of increasing its college enrollment and graduation rates, especially for less advantaged students.
November 18, 2009 | By Christopher Jencks

Welfare Redux
From our March 2006 issue: Back in 1996, we were pessimistic about reform. We were wrong. But new rules pushed through this year may confirm our worst fears.
August 22, 2006 | By Christopher Jencks, Scott Winship and Joseph Swingle | web only

Welfare Redux
Back in 1996, we were pessimistic about reform. We were wrong. But new rules just pushed through may confirm our worst fears.
February 20, 2006 | By Christopher Jencks, Scott Winship and Joseph Swingle

1990: Welfare Then and Now
May 22, 2005 | By Christopher Jencks

Our Unequal Democracy
Economic and political inequality reinforce each other and compromise democracy.
May 17, 2004 | By Christopher Jencks

The Low-Wage Puzzle
Why is America generating so many bad jobs—and how can we create more good jobs?
January 1, 2004 | By Christopher Jencks

Without a Net
November 30, 2002 | By Christopher Jencks and Joseph Swingle

Liberal Lessons from Welfare Reform
Why welfare-to-work turned out better than we expected, and what to do next.
July 14, 2002 | By Christopher Jencks

The Hidden Paradox of Welfare Reform
If former welfare beneficiaries can get jobs, they'll be better off, right? Not necessarily. Because their costs will be higher, particularly for child care and health care, they may earn more yet do worse.
May 1, 1997 | By Christopher Jencks

Do Poor Women Have a Right to Bear Children?
The current movement to reform welfare implies an uncomfortable thought: Perhaps poor women don't have the right to bear children. Are we really prepared to say that?
December 1, 1994 | By Christopher Jencks and Kathryn Edin

Unsparing Change
January 1, 1993 | By Robert Kuttner, Lester C. Thurow, Christopher Jencks, Shoshana Zuboff, Jeff Faux and Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Can We Put a Time Limit on Welfare?
Clinton's proposal for a two-year limit on AFDC payments would be the most far-reaching welfare reform since 1935. But if the goal is to make welfare mothers self-sufficient, it won't be cheap.
September 1, 1992 | By Christopher Jencks

Is Violent Crime Increasing?
News reports of an all-time record crime wave have set off a panic that America is out of control. What are the real facts?
January 1, 1991 | By Christopher Jencks

The Real Welfare Problem
A new study documents that in major cities a welfare check barely pays rent and utilities. To make ends meet, most mothers on welfare work at unreported jobs. Should public policy supress the cheating?
March 21, 1990 | By Christopher Jencks

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