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Unintended consequences of welfare reform: the case of divorced parents
Francesconi, Marco; Rainer, Helmut; van der Klaauw, Wilbert - 2008
This paper formulates a model to examine the effects of changes in tax-benefit policy on the behavior of divorced parents and the well-being of children in single-parent households. Noncustodial parents choose the level of a child support payment to transfer to custodians. These, in turn, decide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274406
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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A ?general to specific?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262797
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Immigrant wage and employment assimilation: A comparison of methods
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hanel, Barbara; McVicar, Duncan - 2012
We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over …-effects model generates estimated employment assimilation profiles that are flatter and significantly different to those produced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291359
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Child Care Subsidy Receipt, Employment, and Child Care Choices of Single Mothers
Tekin, Erdal - 2004
This paper examines the impact of actual subsidy receipt of single mothers on their joint employment and child care … employment while moving from parental and relative care to center care in the process. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261875
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Child Care Subsidies, Wages, and Employment of Single Mothers
Tekin, Erdal - 2002
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of employment and child care payment decisions of single mothers in the … estimate a model that examines the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment decision as well as the … decision to use paid child care among single mothers. The model distinguishes between the full-time and part-time employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262726
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Single mothers and poverty in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H.; Oviedo, Luis - 2008
Despite increasing average real family incomes in Costa Rica in the late 1990s and early 2000s, poverty rates did not fall. In this paper, we argue that during this period economic growth in Costa Rica did not translate into reduced poverty because of changes in family structure and in the labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268845
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The Determinants and Consequences of Child Care Subsidies for Single Mothers
Blau, David M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2001
care subsidy and the effects of subsidy receipt on employment, school attendance, job search, and welfare participation. We … in welfare. Ordinary least squares estimates show positive and significant effects of subsidy receipt on employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271832
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Intergenerational transmission of healthy eating behaviour and the role of household income
Goode, Alison; Mavromaras, Kostas; Smith, Murray - 2008
This paper investigates the possibility of intergenerational transmission of unhealthy eating habits from parents to adult children. It uses the 2003 Scottish Health Survey and estimates the association between the present healthy eating behaviour of adult children and the past parental death...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268566
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The economic security index: A new measure for research and policy analysis
Hacker, Jacob S.; Huber, Gregory Alain; Nichols, Austin; … - 2012
This paper presents the Economic Security Index (ESI), a new, more comprehensive measure of economic insecurity. By combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting for fluctuations in income and out-of-pocket...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289981
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Employment Patterns of Husbands and Wives and Family Income Distribution in Italy (1977-1998)
Del Boca, Daniela; Pasqua, Silvia - 2002
The pattern of employment among men and women has changed remarkably over the past decades. While the employment rate … in employment levels. In this paper we attempt to measure the impact of the changes of women and men?s employment … examine the impact of employment changes on inequality in family income distribution and how this relationship has changed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262750