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Levels and changes in income poverty, consumption poverty, and material well-being: A response to Shaefer and Rivera (2018)
Meyer, Bruce D.; Sullivan, James X. - 2018
on trends in income and consumption-based poverty measures in the United States. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439190
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The use and misuse of income data and extreme poverty in the United States
Meyer, Bruce D.; Wu, Derek; Mooers, Victoria R.; … - 2019
More than half of all misclassified households have incomes from the administrative data above the poverty line, and … contrast, the households kept from extreme poverty by in-kind transfers appear to be among the most materially deprived …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439208
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Ending homelessness: More housing or fewer shelters?
Corinth, Kevin C. - 2015
Over the past decade, a major effort to "end homelessness" has lead to a marked expansion in permanent housing for the homeless relative to shelters. In this paper, I use community-level data over the period 2007-2014 in the United States to estimate short and long run associations between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439260
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Using linked survey and administrative data to better measure income: Implications for poverty, program effectiveness and holes in the safety net
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2015
analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … also greatly understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often …. Using the combined data rather than survey data alone, the poverty reducing effect of all programs together is nearly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439292
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The impact of social ties on homelessness
Corinth, Kevin C.; Rossi-de Vries, Claire - 2017
While almost all homeless people are poor, most poor people do not experience homelessness. We use a detailed national survey to explore the role of social ties - including connection to relatives, friends and religious community - in explaining why only a subset of poor adults fall into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439308
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The impact of GILTI and FDII on the investment location choice of U.S. multinationals
Mathur, Aparna; Singh, Kartikeya - 2018
This paper analyses the impact of two new international tax provisions, GILTI and FDII, passed under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, on U.S. multinational corporations' location of new capital. We analyze whether these rules help retain internationally mobile rents within the U.S. tax base and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439100
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Economic shocks and clinging
Veuger, Stan; Strain, Michael R. - 2019
Michael Strain and Stan Veuger find that the economic effects of globalization do indeed change the attitudes of whites toward immigrants, minorities, religion, and guns. More specifically, they find evidence of significant hardening of existing attitudes – that is, the impact of these import...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439101
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Health insurance, medical debt, and financial well-being
Ippolito, Benedic N.; Batty, Michael; Gibbs, Christa - 2021
We use credit reports, survey data, and two natural experiments that increase health insurance coverage—Medicare eligibility and the Affordable Care Act's Under 26 provision—to study the financial protection provided by health insurance.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439102
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Economic impacts of mobile broadband innovation: Evidence from the transition to 4G
Eisenach, Jeffrey; Kulick, Robert - 2020
This study reports estimates from a model of the economic effects of 4G mobile wireless technology adoption in the United States on employment and economic growth and, based on those results, projects the benefits of 5G adoption under different counterfactual scenarios.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439104
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Statistical challenges of stress test financial stability assessments
Kupiec, Paul H. - 2020
Banking system stress tests are a key component of IMF/World Bank financial stability assessments.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439105