As always, the issue is what they count, and whether it is countable. For
example, a purely quantitative approach to welfare reform can count the
increased employment among welfare mothers and ignore the decline in parental
supervision that such work demands. In fact, the commodification of child
What's your beef with MDRC?
mbs
I am very dubious about these studies. First, Manpower Demonstration
Research Corporation is among the quantoid (and therefore tunnel-visioned)
of the institutes researching welfare. . . .
What's your beef with MDRC?
mbs
I am very dubious about these studies. First, Manpower Demonstration
Research Corporation is among the quantoid (and therefore tunnel-visioned)
of the institutes researching welfare. . . .
It appears to be that they count things...
At 12:53 PM 6/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
Detroit papers headline today is that car sales are down.
the LA TIMES says that's not true for imports...
BTW, in yesterday's TIMES, they had a story about a study of "welfare
reform" in Minnesota, that indicated that the most generous substitute for
ADFC
I am very dubious about these studies. First, Manpower Demonstration Research
Corporation is among the quantoid (and therefore tunnel-visioned) of the
institutes researching welfare. Second, while income did rise 15%, this
figure brought it to just $10,800 a year. Third, when they record
