A 2016 study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that, among those subject to work requirements, employment increases “were modest and faded over time” and that stable employment “proved the exception, not the norm.” It determined that the most successful programs were those boosting “the education and skills of those subject to work requirements, rather than simply requiring them to search for work or find a job,” and that “such requirements do little to reduce poverty, and in some cases, push families deeper into it.”
