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Poverty and Inequality: The Political Economy of Redistribution
Neill, Jon (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
This book provides a very useful introduction to methodologies for measuring inequality, a comprehensive overview of … changes in inequality which have occurred in the United States, and an informative discussion of a variety of policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502803
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Instrumental Variable Estimates of the Labor Market Spillover Effects of Welfare Reform
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002
By increasing the labor supply of welfare recipients, welfare reform may reduce wages and increase unemployment among other less-educated groups. These "spillover effects" are difficult to estimate because welfare caseloads decrease in response to improvements in the economy, which leads...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116763
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This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of nonelderly, nondisabled adults without dependent children (“childless...
Dague, Laura; DeLeire, Thomas; Leininger, Lindsey - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779303
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Spillover Effects of Welfare Reforms in State Labor Markets
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593480
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Earnings Inequality in Germany
Abraham, Katharine G.; Houseman, Susan N. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1993
Recent studies have documented the growth of earnings inequality in the United States during the 1980s. In contrast to … earnings inequality over the same period. Between 1978 and 1988, a reduction in the dispersion of earnings among workers in the … inequality in Germany and those in the United States. Both the high quality of the training received by non-college-bound German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005102005
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Understanding Wages: Structure, Uncertainty, Inequality
Earle, John S. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010585737
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Use of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program Benefits by Unemployment Insurance Applicants in Michigan during the Great Recession
O'Leary, Christopher J.; Kline, Ken - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014
During the Great Recession, both the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) program experienced dramatic increases in participation. Using Michigan program administrative data on all SNAP (2006-2011) recipients and all UI (2001-2010)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850006
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Growing State Economies: How Taxes and Public Services Affect Private-Sector Performance
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850035
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Issues Raised by Welfare Reform in the United States
Straits, Robert A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850060
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Displacement and Wage Effects of Welfare Reform
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850068