The decline in the employment-population ratios for men and women over the period 2000-2007 prior to the Great Recession represents an historic turnaround in the evolution of U.S. employment. The decline is disproportionately concentrated among the less educated and younger groups within the...

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...

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 -...