, the employment-weighted mean volatility of firm growth rates has declined by more than 40% since 1982. This result stands … volatility among privately held firms. This pattern holds in every major industry group. Employment shifts toward older …, we exploit the recently developed Longitudinal Business Database (LBD), which contains annual observations on employment …

Homelessness is arguably the most extreme hardship associated with poverty in the United States, yet people … experiencing homelessness are excluded from official poverty statistics and much of the extreme poverty literature. This paper … population, including the first national estimates of income, employment, and safety net participation based on administrative …

A new wave of social service programs aims to build a pathway out of poverty by helping clients define their own goals … percentage points higher employment rates after one year compared with a control group offered only help with an immediate need … services affect areas beyond employment, even when other areas of life are participants' primary goals. We find some evidence …