Research Page
Lawrence M. Mead

Published papers:

"Welfare Reform: Meaning and Effects," Policy Currents 11, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 7-13.

"Welfare Reform in Wisconsin: The Local Role," Administration and Society, vol. 33, no. 5 (November 2001): 523-54.

"Welfare Reform: The Institutional Dimension," Focus, vol. 22, no. 1 (Special Issue 2002): 39-45.

"Welfare Caseload Change: An Alternative Approach," Policy Studies Journal 31, no. 2 (May 2003): 163-85.

"State Political Culture and Welfare Reform," Policy Studies Journal 32, no. 2 (May 2004): 271-96.

"Research and Welfare Reform," Review of Policy Research 22, no. 3 (May 2005): 401-21.

"Policy Research: The Field Dimension," Policy Studies Journal 33, no. 4 (November 2005): 535-57..

"Why Anglos Lead,"The National Interest, no. 82 (Winter 2005/06): 124-31.

Unpublished papers:

"Poverty and Political Theory," presented at the 1996 conference of the American Political Science Assocation.

Welfare politics study:

"Welfare Politics in Congress," 4th draft, presented at the 2006 conference of the American Political Science Association.

Coding instructions

Low-income men:

Robert I. Lerman, "Helping Out-of-School Youth Attain Labor Market Success: What We Know and How to Learn More" (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 2004).

:"Toward a Mandatory Work Policy for Men," August 2006.