In this paper, we consider the potential impact of moving off of welfare and of entering the work force (both separately and together) upon the wellbeing of parents and children. Our premise is that the new welfare policies limiting the availability of public assistance and mandating increased...

Applying comprehensive decomposition analyses to the micro data from Thailand, this paper shows that growth and income distribution dynamics are closely linked through occupation, financial intermediation, and education. The compositional change of these characteristics accounts for more than...

In this paper, the effect of business cycles on the employment, earnings, and income of persons in different demographic groups are examined. Individuals are classified by sex, education and race. The analysis uses data from the Current Population Survey's Outgoing Rotation Group file, covering...

In 1993, Iowa obtained a waiver to enact many of the key provisions of TANF in its welfare assistance and initiated the Iowa Family Investment Program (FIP). We use Iowa state administrative data for the period 1993-95 and study why some low-income households successfully leave public assistance...

This paper will focus on the child care decisions of women who differ by their level of skill, as measured by their level of education, and the role that costs play in determining their labor force participation. Our analysis will include four separate components. First, we will review the...

This paper examines the associations between food insecurity, National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation, and children?s well-being. We address problems of selection by restricting our sample to children in families in which at least one child participates in the NSLP. Results suggest...

Rising immigrant inflows have substantially affected the size and composition of the U.S. workforce. They are also exerting an even bigger intergenerational effect: at present one-in-ten native born children are in the "second generation" - born to immigrant parents. In this paper we present a...

This paper examines the degree to which after-tax wages, benefit guarantees, child care expenses, and other factors affect labor market participation and transfer program participation. We first carefully model the budget constraints that families face using a SIPP-based microsimulation model...

In this paper we examine the effect of the EITC on the employment rates of adults who received welfare (AFDC) during the 1990s. The first part of the paper begins with a description of the changes in the EITC over the last ten years, its administration, and what is known about its of the changes...