“Hilary W. Hoynes, an NBER research associate and professor of economics and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, specializes in the study of poverty, food and nutrition programs, and the impacts of government tax and transfer programs on low income families. In this video, she outlines successes and failures of federal efforts to reform welfare payments and direct recipients toward employment. Some of her recent NBER working papers are here and here. A complete list, with links, is here.”