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Demography (2005) 42 (3): 469–496.
Published: 01 August 2005
...Gordon F. De Jong; Deborah Roempke Graefe; Tanja St. Pierre Abstract The thesis of this study is that as a result of increased inequalities in welfare rules, the 1996 welfare reform act not only enhanced incentives for poor families to move but also (and perhaps more important) created...
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Demography (2004) 41 (2): 189–212.
Published: 01 May 2004
...John M. Fitzgerald; David C. Ribar Abstract While much of the focus of recent welfare reforms has been on moving recipients from welfare to work, many reforms were also directed at decisions regarding living arrangements, pregnancy, marriage, and cohabitation. This article assesses the impact...
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Demography (2004) 41 (2): 213–236.
Published: 01 May 2004
... was widely believed to discourage marriage because it provided benefits primarily to single mothers. However, welfare reform may have actually decreased the incentives to be married by giving women greater financial independence via the program’s new emphasis on work. This article uses vital statistics data...
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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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Published: 01 December 2023
Fig. 1 Event-study analyses of the effects of welfare reform (WR) on standardized HOME-SF scores. Coefficients representing the lead and lagged effects of WR on the standardized HOME-SF scale and its subscales, denoted by π j in Eq. (2) (event-study analysis for the stacked difference
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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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Published: 24 February 2016
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 479–497.
Published: 01 August 2003
...Steven J. Haider; Alison Jacknowitz; Robert F. Schoeni Abstract A central theme of welfare reform is that recipients are required to engage in work activities. In many states, these work requirements apply to mothers whose children are a few months old, which may increase the costs and decrease...
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Demography (2006) 43 (2): 223–240.
Published: 01 May 2006
...Daniel T. Lichter; Zhenchao Qian; Leanna M. Mellott Abstract The objective of this paper is to identify the incentives and barriers to marriage among cohabiting women, especially disadvantaged mothers who are targets of welfare reform. We use the newly released cohabitation data from the National...
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Demography (2002) 39 (4): 617–637.
Published: 01 November 2002
... and states account for at least one-third of the observed relative decrease among immigrants. The policy implications of the findings are discussed. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2002 2002 Labor Market Current Population Survey Labor Market Condition Welfare Reform...
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Demography (2004) 41 (1): 61–86.
Published: 01 February 2004
... Welfare Reform References Aaron H. ( 1967 ). The Foundations of the War on Poverty Reexamined . American Economic Review , 57 , 1229 – 40 . Anderson L. ( 1964 ). Trickling Down: The Relationship Between Economic Growth and the Extent of Poverty Among American Families...
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1401–1421.
Published: 01 August 2021
.... (Eds.), Handbook of the economics of education (Vol. 1 , pp. 577 – 633 ). Amsterdam, the Netherlands : North Holland . Hao L. , & Cherlin A. J. ( 2004 ). Welfare reform and teenage pregnancy, childbirth, and school dropout . Journal of Marriage and Family , 66 , 179 – 194...
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Demography (2006) 43 (2): 309–335.
Published: 01 May 2006
... Implications of Welfare Reform for Older Caregivers, Kinship Care, and Family Confluration . Children and Youth Services Review , 21 , 843 – 64 . 10.1016/S0190-7409(99)00056-0 Bertrand , M. , Duflo , E. , & Mullainathan , S. ( 2004 ). How Much Should We Trust Differences...
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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 (2009) 46 (1): 169–191.
Published: 01 February 2009
..., are consistent with American citizenship conferring greater economic opportunities. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2009 2009 Latin American Country Dominican Republic Naturalization Rate Welfare Reform Naturalize Citizen References Baker, B. 2007. “Trends...
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Demography (2018) 55 (1): 189–221.
Published: 29 January 2018
... University Press . Bitler , M. P. , & Hoynes , H. W. ( 2010 ). The state of the social safety net in the post-welfare reform era . Brookings Papers on Economic Activity , 2010 ( 2 ), 71 – 127 . Bitler , M. , & Hoynes , H. ( 2016 ). The more things change the more...
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 451–478.
Published: 01 August 2003
... programs. Both countries underwent economic recessions and experienced a dramatic growth in their welfare caseloads in the early 1990s, and both implemented sweeping welfare reform legislation in 1996. Canada s benefits are more generous than those in the United States in several Figure 1. The SSP...
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Demography (2015) 52 (3): 729–749.
Published: 06 June 2015
... expansionary welfare reform plans fail 1980 Ronald Reagan elected president after campaign proposing retrenchment 1984 Charles Murray publishes Losing Ground 1988 President George H. W. Bush’s expansionary work-based welfare reform plan passes Congress but later is judged a failure 1996...
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Demography (2021) 58 (3): 1119–1141.
Published: 01 June 2021
... choices have contributed to the aggregate decline in cash support from TANF. The results provide clarity on the evolution of cash assistance within the TANF program and provide broader evidence on the role of welfare reform in shaping trends in poverty in the United States. This study proceeds in two...
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Demography (2014) 51 (3): 857–880.
Published: 12 April 2014
... : MDRC . Gennetian , L. A. , & Knox V . ( 2003 ). Staying single: The effects of welfare reform policies on marriage and cohabitation ( The Next Generation Working Paper Series No. 13 ). New York, NY : MDRC . Gennetian , L. A. , Miller , C. , & Smith , J...
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