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Tibor Barna: The redistributive impact of taxes and socialpolicies in the UK: 1937-2005
Glennerster, Howard - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
incomes and giving benefits in cash andkind to households redistributes income from rich to poor. The first attempt to do … in kind are treated as income.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354014
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Government Regulation and Changes in the Affordable Housing Stock
Somerville, Craig Tsuriel; Mayer, Christopher J. - University of British Columbia <Vancouver, British …; … - 2003
thedynamics of the low-income housing stock. We find that,consistent with theoretical models of housing, restrictions onthe supply … targeted toward new, higher income owner-occupiedsuburban housing can have unintended negative consequencesfor lower income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869787
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Effects of Homeownership on Children: The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics and Family Income
Harkness, Joseph M.; Newman, Sandra J. - Johns Hopkins University <Baltimore, Md.> / Department … - 2003
[...]This exploratory paper first tests whether homeownershiphas equally positive effects for children of low-income … andhigher income families. Focusing on the low-income group, itthen examines whether, and how, these homeownership effectsare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869792
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The Impacts of New Neighborhoods on Poor Families: Evaluating thePolicy Implications of the Moving to Opportunity Demonstration
Goering, John - City University <New York, NY> - 2003
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s(HUD) Moving to Opportunity for Fair HousingDemonstration, or MTO, is a large, federally funded socialexperiment designed to test whether improved neighborhoodopportunities may significantly affect the life chances of lowincomepublic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869794
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Changing the Culture of the Welfare Office: The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients with Jobs
Pavetti, LaDonna; Derr, Michelle K.; Anderson, Jacquelyn; … - Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. <Washington, DC> - 2001
system.Some have expanded the role of former income maintenance(eligibility) workers to include more tasks related to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869884
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Welfare Reform and New York City’s Low-Income Population
Chernick, Howard; Reimers, Cordelia - Graduate School and University Center <New York, NY> - 2001
[...]Although our analysis compares outcomes before and afterPRWORA, it should be made clear that because the formalstate plan for welfare reform did not take effect until 1999, weare not really evaluating welfare reform in New York City.Instead, our results primarily reflect the net effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869888
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The Timing and Funding of Fedwire Funds Transfers
McAndrews, James; Rajan, Samira - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; Harvard … - 2000
[...]In this article, we measure banks’ alternative fundingsources for Fedwire funds transfers throughout the day, usinga data set that includes all banks’ Fedwire funds transfers andFederal Reserve System deposits. This approach allows us togauge the importance of incoming payments as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870019
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Housing Outcomes: An Assessment of Long-Term Trends
Orr, James A.; Peach, Richard W. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1999
of the household’s income, andthe household’s assessment of the quality of its neighborhoodand of its local public … services. In this paper, weexamine trends in housing outcomes over the past twodecades for income quintiles, controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870043
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A Look at Real Housing Prices and Incomes: Some Implications for Housing Affordability and Quality
Gyourko, Joseph E.; Tracy, Joseph - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999
affordability forhouseholds at the bottom of the income distribution. Real house prices at the lower end of the price distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870045
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The Changing Relationship between Income and Crime Victimization
Levitt, Steven D. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY> - 1999
This paper explores changes in the relationship betweenrace, income, and criminal victimization over time. Interestin … income earned by the top 5 percentof American families increased from 15.3 percent to 20.1 percent.Families in the bottom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870046