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Globalization and International Development: Critical Issues of the 21st Century

Asefa, Sisay (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

These papers address globalization issues with a special emphasis on its impact on poverty. In general, the contributors recommend expanding the flows between countries to accelerate growth and reduce inequalities. These flows include international trade and capital, migration, remittances, and...

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Against the Tide: Household Structure, Opportunities, and Outcomes among White and Minority Youth

Hill, Carolyn J.; Holzer, Harry J.; Chen, Henry - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book examines the effects of household structure on youth and young adults and how these effects might have contributed to the negative trends in educational and labor-market outcomes observed for young minorities over time.

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Working after Welfare: How women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform

Seefeldt, Kristin S. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book offers insights into the lives of women in a urban Michigan county who left welfare for work and the role their family decisions play in their labor market decisions.

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Single Mothers, Social Capital, and Work-Family Conflict

Ciabattari, Teresa - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to examine work-family conflict among low-income, unmarried mothers. I examine how social capital affects work-family conflict and how both social capital and work-family conflict affect employment. I analyze the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a national...

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The Labor Supply Effects of Welfare Reform

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1998

Will welfare reform increase unemployment and reduce wages? The answer depends in part on how much welfare reform increases labor supply. This paper considers the labor supply effects of the welfare reforms that have occurred since 1993, when President Clinton entered office with a promise to...

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Examining the Effect of Industry Trends and Structure on Welfare Caseloads

Bartik, Timothy J.; Eberts, Randall W. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1999

Previous studies of the macro-economic determinants of welfare caseloads have had difficulty in explaining changes in welfare caseloads during the last decade or so using the simple macroeconomic measure of unemployment. Because welfare recipients will typically get entry- level jobs, employment...

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Rural Wages and Returns to Education: Differences Between Whites, Blacks, and American Indians

Kimmel, Jean - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1994

Workers in rural areas earn lower wages than nonrural workers and previous evidence has attributed these differences to lower returns to worker characteristics. This paper builds on that data by examining racial and gender differences within the broader group of rural workers. While there is...

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Solving the Reemployment Puzzle: From Research to Policy

Wandner, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book provides a detailed insider's view under the Clinton and Bush administrations of the process by which eight social science experiments influenced federal laws and policies to alleviate joblessness in the United States.

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Human Capital and Economic Development

Asefa, Sisay (contributor); Huang, Wei-Chiao (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book explores human capital and its relationship to issues such as demographics, population growth, families …

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The Effects of Metropolitan Job Growth on the Size Distribution of Family Income

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1991

Current Population Survey data on the income distribution in different metropolitan areas from 1979 through 1988. Faster … that economic development programs to increase metropolitan job growth will have a progressive effect if the cost per job … created is low, and these costs are financed by personal taxes. But economic development programs with a high cost per job …

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