This paper investigates the relationship between labor market experiences and poverty levels for white, black, and … analyses the relationship between wage discrimination and poverty over the years 1988 to 2002. In particular it focuses on how … the poverty levels of black and Hispanic women would be different if they were paid the same wages as white women with the …

services affect areas beyond employment, even when other areas of life are participants' primary goals. We find some evidence …A new wave of social service programs aims to build a pathway out of poverty by helping clients define their own goals … controlled trial of one such program. Participants randomly assigned to intensive, holistic, wrap-around services have 10 …

Plus Assistance group. The individuals who apply or enroll in response to either intervention receive lower benefits and …

poverty of households with U.S. citizen children by 4 percent. The effect is robust to a number of identification tests …

This paper measures the 2007-13 evolution of employment tax rates in the U.K. and the U.S. The U.S. changes are greater …, in the direction of taxing a greater fraction of the value created by employment, and primarily achieved with new … employment during its "austerity" period. Tax rate measurements are a first ingredient for cross-country comparisons of labor …

Policy changes in the United States in the 1990s resulted in sizable increases in employment rates of single mothers … experience, single mothers' real wages and employment have remained relatively unchanged. The empirical analysis suggests that an …

benefits to children, and extend choice for parents in finding their preferred work-life strategy. Indeed, the United States …

This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of … sizable and statistically meaningful reductions in employment up to at least nine quarters later, with an estimated size of 2 …

Policy changes in the United States in the 1990s resulted in sizable increases in employment rates of single mothers … experience, single mothers’ real wages and employment have remained relatively unchanged. The empirical analysis suggests that an …

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 …