This paper responds to Karen Christopher's recent Feminist Economics paper that posits that welfare leavers did not benefit much financially during the Clinton-era economic boom. On the contrary, this paper finds that child poverty rates declined dramatically as did material hardships while the...

This paper accepts the thesis that marriage decisions reflect rational behavior based on weighing benefits and costs. It develops a concept of a marriage price that measures the excess services one spouse provides to the other when there are differences in the number of men and women seeking...

The authors argue that it is time to take redistribution seriously and still cut taxes. They argue that we need refundable tax credits that are stacked in favor of families with incomes below the median level.

Proposal combines EITC, child credit, and dependent allowance into one child-related benefit program so that the tax code is simplified. It allows the phasing down of benefits to be less than 6 percent so that the marginal tax rate is reduced, especially for families that are currently subject...

This paper critiques Bonacich's application of her middleman minority theory to the American Jewish experience. American Jewish immigrants did not have a sojourner outlook nor did they shift to the intermediary positions that Bonacich's theory anticipates. In contrast to Bonacich's model, Jews...