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Demography (2002) 39 (4): 617–637.
Published: 01 November 2002
...Magnus Lofstrom; Frank D. Bean Abstract Researchers infrequently have focused on assessing the degree to which the changes in welfare policy legislated during the 1990s have affected immigrants’ receipt of welfare. Using data from the March Current Population Survey, we analyze the contribution...
View articletitled, Assessing immigrant <span class="search-highlight">policy</span> options: Labor market conditions and postreform declines in immigrants’ receipt of <span class="search-highlight">welfare</span>
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Demography (2005) 42 (3): 469–496.
Published: 01 August 2005
... Institute’s Welfare Rules Database, and state economic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Modeling both destination (pull) and departure (push) effects of welfare policy measures and selected covariates in a nested discrete-time event-history migration analysis, we found robust support for the thesis...
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Demography (2006) 43 (2): 309–335.
Published: 01 May 2006
... that increases in female incarcerations and reductions in cash welfare benefits played dominant roles in explaining the growth in foster care caseloads over this period. Our results highlight the need for child welfare policies designed specifically for the children of incarcerated parents and parents who...
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 479–497.
Published: 01 August 2003
... in 2000. Such negative consequences of these policies must be weighed against potential benefits as states refine their welfare programs. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2003 2003 Welfare Reform Welfare Policy Work Requirement Welfare Caseload Sanction Policy...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Welfare</span> work requirements and child well-being: Evidence from the effects on breast-feeding
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Demography (2016) 53 (2): 393–418.
Published: 24 February 2016
... remains scant. To address this gap, I use the timing and characteristics of welfare-reform policies implemented during the 1990s and fixed-effects, instrumental variable regression modeling to show that policies seeking to increase LFP rates for low-skilled single mothers inadvertently led to labor force...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Welfare</span> Reform and Labor Force Exit by Young, Low-Skilled Single Males
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for article titled, <span class="search-highlight">Welfare</span> Reform and Labor Force Exit by Young, Low-Skilled Single Males
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 451–478.
Published: 01 August 2003
... labor markets and local policy contexts are potentially important mediating characteristics of marriage and cohabitation. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2003 2003 Single Mother Union Formation Welfare Policy Marital Dissolution Cohabitation Rate References...
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Demography (2024) 61 (6): 2081–2105.
Published: 01 December 2024
...Margot I. Jackson; Christopher Wimer; Chloe Zilkha Abstract High levels of poverty and economic precarity in the United States relative to other countries have led to academic and policy debates about whether welfare state investments accomplish what they are intended to. Although social safety net...
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Demography (2004) 41 (4): 607–627.
Published: 01 November 2004
... of parents’ time and money, those who were born to the least-educated women are losing resources. The forces behind these changes include feminism, new birth control technologies, changes in labor market opportunities, and welfare-state policies. I contend that Americans should be concerned about the growing...
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Demography (2006) 43 (2): 223–240.
Published: 01 May 2006
.... A. ( 1989 ). National Estimates of Cohabitation . Demography , 26 , 615 – 25 . 10.2307/2061261 Carlson , M. , Garfinkel , I. , McLanahan , S. , Mincy , R. , & Primus , W. ( 2004 ). The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Union Formation . Population...
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Demography (2023) 60 (6): 1791–1813.
Published: 01 December 2023
...Ariel Kalil; Hope Corman; Dhaval Dave; Ofira Schwarz-Soicher; Nancy E. Reichman Abstract This study investigates the effects of welfare reform—a major policy shift in the United States that increased low-income mothers' employment and reliance on earnings instead of cash assistance—on the quality...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Welfare</span> Reform and the Quality of Young Children's Home Environments
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Demography (2004) 41 (2): 189–212.
Published: 01 May 2004
... consistent evidence that waivers affected female headship of families. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2004 2004 Female Headship Earning Disregard Minnesota Family Investment Program Income Maintenance Experiment Welfare Policy Variable References Acs G...
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Demography (1985) 22 (3): 367–380.
Published: 01 August 1985
... of families for which child support enforcement policies may have the great est impact are identified. Overall, the results indicate that receipt of child support has a modest impact on reducing welfare dependency. However, the results also indicate that if child support obligations can be established...
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Demography (2012) 49 (2): 719–746.
Published: 09 March 2012
... consequences in terms of family structure or employment, while the results are less clear for targeted social policy. Although debates often focus on altering the behavior or characteristics of single mothers, welfare universalism could be an even more effective anti-poverty strategy. In addition, universal...
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View articletitled, Targeting, Universalism, and Single-Mother Poverty: A Multilevel Analysis Across 18 Affluent Democracies
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Demography (2025) 62 (1): 311–334.
Published: 01 February 2025
... persistently low fertility rates are often linked to limited welfare support for families. We surveyed 4,022 respondents aged 20–44 and exposed them to various scenarios characterized by different family policy packages. We asked them to ascribe short-term fertility behavior to a fictitious couple under each...
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View articletitled, Can Family <span class="search-highlight">Policies</span> Enhance Fertility? An Ex Ante Evaluation Through Factorial Survey Experiments
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Demography (2022) 59 (1): 37–49.
Published: 01 February 2022
... to the literature, we show that pregnancy timing is relevant for a number of maternal outcomes, such as the onset of depression and intimate partner violence, changes in smoking behavior, and receipt of medical care. These findings suggest that policy intended to improve infant welfare by preventing unintended...
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View articletitled, Do Pregnancy Intentions Matter? A Research Note Revisiting Relationships Among Pregnancy, Birth, and Maternal Outcomes
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for article titled, Do Pregnancy Intentions Matter? A Research Note Revisiting Relationships Among Pregnancy, Birth, and Maternal Outcomes
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1401–1421.
Published: 01 August 2021
... intergenerational process. I also highlight positive externalities from educational-centered policies, such as long-term economic growth, poverty reduction, and reduction of social welfare dependency. Copyright © 2021 The Author 2021 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of a Creative...
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Demography (2008) 45 (1): 31–53.
Published: 01 February 2008
...: Why Cities Matter to Welfare Reform . Washington, DC : Brookings Institution, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy . Allesandri S.M. ( 1992 ). Effects of Maternal Work Status in Single-Parent Families on Children’s Perception of Self and Family and School Achievement . Journal...
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Demography (2020) 57 (5): 1853–1879.
Published: 25 August 2020
...Axel Börsch-Supan; Tabea Bucher-Koenen; Felizia Hanemann Abstract This study explores the interrelated roles of health and welfare state policies in the decision to take up disability insurance (DI) benefits due to work disability (WD), defined as the (partial) inability to engage in gainful...
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View articletitled, Early Determinants of Work Disability in an International Perspective
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Demography (2004) 41 (1): 61–86.
Published: 01 February 2004
... Caseloads: Is the Council of Economic Advisers Right? . Washington, DC : The Urban Institute . Meyer B. , & Rosenbaum D. ( 2000 ). Making Single Mothers Work: Recent Tax and Welfare Policy and Its Effects . National Tax Journal , 53 , 1027 – 62 . Meyer B...
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Demography (2005) 42 (1): 75–90.
Published: 01 February 2005
... to differences in remarriage rates, marital stability, welfare participa- tion, and female labor supply. M any social scientists and policy makers have expressed concern about the high frac- tion of black children who are living in single-parent families. Whereas about one fifth of white children live...
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