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Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World represents the second stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security and labor. In the first volume, Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise revealed enormous disincentives to continued work at older ages...
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America’s expansion to one of the richest nations in the world was partly due to a steady increase in labor productivity, which in turn depends upon the invention and deployment of new technologies and on investments in both human and physical capital. The accumulation of human capital—the...
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America's expansion to one of the richest nations in the world was partly due to a steady increase in labor productivity, which in turn depends upon the invention and deployment of new technologies and on investments in both human and physical capital. The accumulation of human capital-the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011680014
Few United States government programs are as controversial as those designed to aid the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, aid to needy families is surrounded by debate-on what benefits should be offered, what forms they should take, and how they should be administered. The past few...
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Few government programs in the United States are as controversial as those designed to help the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, the size and structure of the American safety net is an issue of constant debate. These two volumes update the earlier Means-Tested Transfer Programs in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014482063
Few government programs in the United States are as controversial as those designed to help the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, the size and structure of the American safety net is an issue of constant debate. These two volumes update the earlier Means-Tested Transfer Programs in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014482064
Few United States government programs are as controversial as those designed to aid the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, aid to needy families is surrounded by debate—on what benefits should be offered, what forms they should take, and how they should be administered. The past few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014488230
Intro -- Contents: Volume I -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - Robert A. Moffitt -- 1. The Medicaid Program - Thomas Buchmueller, John C. Ham, and Lara D. Shore-Sheppard -- 2. The Earned Income Tax Credit - Austin Nichols and Jesse Rothstein -- 3. US Food and Nutrition Programs - Hilary Hoynes...
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Intro -- Contents: Volume II -- Preface - Robert A. Moffitt -- 1. The Supplemental Security Income Program - Mark Duggan, Melissa S. Kearney, and Stephanie Rennane -- 2. Low-Income Housing Policy - Robert Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Jens Ludwig -- 3. Employment and Training Programs -...
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter, and Jean- Paul Chavas -- I. Nutrition, Health, and Human Capital Formation -- 1. Human Capital and Shocks: Evidence on Education, Health, and Nutrition / Elizabeth Frankenberg and Duncan Thomas --...
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