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The Employer Perspective: Jobs Held by the Milwaukee County AFDC Single Parent Population1997, Pawasarat, John
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This report examines the 42,120 jobs held by single parents who were on AFDC in Milwaukee County in December 1995 and who are expected to work under "W-2," Wisconsin's new welfare initiative. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development matched all quarterly wages paid by Wisconsin employers over five quarters (January 1996 through March 1997) with the single parent population on AFDC (N=25,125). The data showed a total of 18,126 AFDC caseheads had employment at least some time during the five quarters examined. All jobs held with these employers and paying wages were analyzed. (The study did not analyze failed hires, which resulted in no wages being paid.) These DWD employment records offer a first look at the employer experience with single parent AFDC recipients expected to work under W-2 requirements and provide baseline data on the employment experiences of the AFDC population in 1996 and early 1997.