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The Correlates of Work in a Post-AFDC World: The Results from a Longitudinal State-Level Analysis

Lewis, Dan; Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Altenbernd, Lisa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Much of the research that has followed welfare reform and new policies such as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) has focused on identifying the variations in how different states have put the new policy into practice. Less is known however, about how this new policy affects the...

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Neighborhood effects and housing vouchers

Davis, Morris A.; Gregory, Jesse; Hartley, Daniel A.; … - In: Quantitative Economics 12 (2021) 4, pp. 1307-1346

model with estimates of how locations affect adult earnings of children to understand how a voucher policy that restricts … neighborhoods in which voucher-recipients may live affects both the location decisions of households and the adult earnings of … aggregate adult earnings of children of households offered these vouchers. …

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Neighborhood effects and housing vouchers

Davis, Morris A.; Gregory, Jesse; Hartley, Daniel A.; … - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 12 (2021) 4, pp. 1307-1346

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Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty in the Rich Countries

Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...

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Desarrollo socioeconómico y pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe

Mora-Alfaro, Jorge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

The political and economical reforms applied in Latina American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, since the 80 decade, in the structural adjustment context, produced a break in relation to the development model followed for the majority of these nations, with evident differences between them, in...

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Social Quality and Precarity: Approaching New Patterns of Societal (Dis)Integration

Herrmann, Peter; Maesen, Laurent J.G. van der - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The main issue of this article is to discuss the question of ‘precarity’ in the context of the theory of social quality (see Beck et al, 2001), with which to pave the way for developing further the theoretical foundation of precarity. Societal practice is the main challenge this concept...

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MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS, INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS AND DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE: WHAT CAUSES WELFARE CASELOADS?

Ayala, Luis; Pérez, César - Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Ministerio de Economía …

Some of the possible determinants of the changes observed in the welfare caseloads have been analysed in this study. Our model attempts to explain variations in the welfare caseloads on the basis of four different factors: macroeconomic conditions, interactions with other income maintenance...

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Deprivation of Basic Amenities in Andhra Pradesh

Motkuri, Venkatanarayana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Despite the noble concept of equity wherein every citizen has equal right to live a decent life irrespective of their socio-economic and regional/geographic characteristics, the phenomenon of inequality is persistent in everyday life of people especially those living in developing countries such...

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On the Deprivation of Basic Amenities in Rural India: An Analysis of Census 2001

Motkuri, Venkatanarayana; Joe, William - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

The present paper is an attempt to examine the levels of deprivation of rural people in terms of their access to basic amenities like, housing, drinking water, sanitation etc. And also it evaluates the degree of relative disadvantage of rural people when compared with their urban counterparts....

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Migration and Financial Constraints: Evidence from Mexico

Angelucci, Manuela - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 97 (2015) 1, pp. 224-228

This paper shows that poor householdsâ€™ entitlement to an exogenous, temporary, but guaranteed income stream increases Mexican migration to the United States, although this income is mainly consumed. Some households use the entitlement to this income stream as collateral to finance the...

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