Table 12

Effects of the MFSP Demonstration on Selected Outcomes,
Quarters 7-10 After Application

 AUL CET OIC WOW
Outcomes Treatment Control Impact | Treatment Control Impact | Treatment Control Impact | Treatment Control Impact

Employment and
Earnings
 |  |  |
  Average monthly
   employment rate
50.9 49.7 1.2 | 46.1 42.0 4.1 | 37.9 38.9 -1.1 | 54.8 49.7 5.1**
  Average monthly
   hours
76.1 75.7 0.4 | 73.3 65.0 8.2 | 54.9 58.0 -3.1 | 83.8 77.2 6.6
  Average monthly
   earnings
$432 $425 $6 | $506 $405 $101** | $343 $323 $20 | $520 $477 $43
  Average hourly
   wage
$5.56 $5.35 $.21 | $6.65 $6.01 $.64** | $5.79 $5.55 $.24 | $5.95 $5.95 $0.0

Public Assistance and
Total Income
 |  |  |
  Average percent
   receiving welfare
50.2 51.4 -1.2 | 48.3 49.6 -1.3 | 66.7 64.4 2.3 | 42.7 45.8 -3.1
  Average monthly
   welfare income
$198 $210 -$12 | $284 $318 -$34 | $368 $369 -$1 | $186 $208 -$23
  Average earnings
   
$442 $427 $15 | $551 $450 $101** | $376 $354 $22 | $553 $515 $38
  Average monthly
   income
$697 $699 -$1 | $885 $832 $53 | $796 $792 $4 | $786 $788 -$3

Training  |  |  |
  Average percent in
   training
24.2 15.1 9.1*** | 22.7 14.7 8.0*** | 31.6 14.8 16.8 | 21.4 15.8 5.6
  Average percent
   working or in
   training
61.2 53.7 7.5*** | 60.2 48.5 11.7*** | 55.7 41.4 14.3 | 59.1 54.6 4.5

Statistical significance: *** = 1 percent; ** = 5 percent; * = 10 percent.

Source: Gordon and Burghardt (1990), Table 4.1.
      Rangarajan, Burghardt, and Gordon (1992), Tables IV.1, V.1, V.4.