Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report no. 85 The Employment, Earnings, and Income of Single Mothers in Wisconsin Who Left Cash Assistance: Comparisons among Three Cohorts Maria Cancian Robert Haveman Daniel R. Meyer Barbara Wolfe Institute for Research on Poverty University of Wisconsin–Madison January 2003 This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Data were provided by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions. The authors thank Sandra Barone and Yoonyoung Cho for research assistance, Tom Kaplan and Ingrid Rothe for substantive discussions on this topic, Dawn Duren and Elizabeth Evanson for preparation of the manuscript, and Pat Brown and Dan Ross for assistance with the data. IRP Publications (discussion papers, special reports, and the newsletter Focus) are available on the Internet. The IRP Web site can be accessed at the following address: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/