IRP Discussion Papers - 1985

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Social Security, pensions, and the wealth holdings of the poor

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Wolff, E. N.
DP 799-85. 1985. 46 pp.

Weighted log-likelihood functions, weighted orthogonality conditions, and sample design

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Butler, J. S.
DP 798-85. 1985. 26 pp.

Sex-role socialization and occupational segregation: An exploratory investigation

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Corcoran, M. E. and Courant, P. N.
DP 797-85. 1985. 48 pp.

The impacts of media messages on the attitudes of the public toward welfare state liberalism

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Entman, R. M.
DP 796-85. 1985. 36 pp.

The relationship between migration and labor force participation for American Indian and white couples

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Sandefur, G. D.
DP 795-85. 1985. 22 pp.

Health status and medical expenditures: Is there a link?

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Wolfe, B. L.
DP 794-85. 1985. 25 pp.

Reforming Wisconsin's child support system

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Nichols-Casebolt, A., Garfinkel, I., and Wong, P.
DP 793-85. 1985. 34 pp.

The economics of information exchange and automation in third-party insurance: A study of Medicaid in Wisconsin

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Andreano, R., Smolensky, E., and Helminiak, T.
DP 792-85. 1985. 56 pp.

Minority concentration and earnings inequality: A revised formulation

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Tienda, M. and Lii, D. T.
DP 791-85. 1985. 31 pp.

The level and trend of poverty, 1939-1979

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Ross, C., Danziger, S., and Smolensky, E.
DP 790-85. 1985. 48 pp.

Behavioral responses to Social Security retrenchment: Estimates from a trichotomous choice model

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Haveman, R., Wolfe, B., and Warlick, J.
DP 789-85. 1985. 32 pp.

Health care expenditures for the elderly: Are prospective payment systems and community care the paths to cost reductions?

Wolfe, B. L.
DP 788-85. 1985. 31 pp.

Work incentives in transfer programs (revisited)

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Moffitt, R.
DP 787-86. 1986. 39 pp.

Married women's economic dependency: 1940-1980

Sørensen, A. and McLanahan, S.
DP 786-85. 1985. 38 pp.

Social Security, work effort, and poverty among elderly men, 1939-1979

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Ross, C., Danziger, S., and Smolensky, E.
DP 785-85. 1985. 34 pp.

Evaluating basic needs to determine welfare benefits

MacDonald, M.
DP 784-85. 1985. 38 pp.

The self-employment of immigrants

Borjas, G. J.
DP 783-85. 1985. 24 pp.

The sensitivity of labor demand functions to choice of dependent variable

Borjas, G. J.
DP 782-85. 1985. 24 pp.

Marital disruption and poverty: The role of survey procedures in artificially creating poverty

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Holden, K. C., Burkhauser, R. V., and Myers, D. A.
DP 781-85. 1985. 28 pp.

Disaggregating the effects of economic growth on the distribution of income

Blank, R. M.
DP 780-85. 1985. 49 pp.

Full income estimates of the relative well-being of the elderly and the nonelderly

Smeeding, T. M.
DP 779-85. 1985. 72 pp.

Taxes, transfers, and labor supply: The evolving views of U.S. economists

Burtless, G. and Haveman, R.
DP 778-85. 1985. 27 pp.

Immigration and public assistance participation: Dispelling the myth of dependency

Tienda, M. and Jensen, L.
DP 777-85. 1985. 58 pp.

The feminization of poverty: Nature, causes, and a partial cure

Garfinkel, I. and McLanahan, S.
DP 776-85. 1985. 28 pp.

Disability status as an unobservable: Estimates from a structural model

Haveman, R. and Wolfe, B.
DP 775-85. 1985. 26 pp.

The dynamics of poverty among the elderly: Income transitions at older stages of life

Holden, K. C., Burkhauser, R. V., and Myers, D. A.
DP 774-85. 1985. 20 pp.

A longitudinal analysis of nonparticipation in the Food Stamp program by eligible households

Coe, R. D.
DP 773-85. 1985. 72 pp.

Private social agencies: Auspices, sources of funds, and problems covered

Sosin, M. R.
DP 772-85. 1985. 35 pp.

Dynamic models of criminal careers

Flinn, C.
DP 771-85. 1985. 55 pp.

The impact of assimilation on the earnings of immigrants: A reexamination of the evidence

Borjas, G. J.
DP 769-84. 1985. 40 pp.

Lifetime measures of labor supply of men and women

Cain, G. G.
DP 749-84. 1985. 60 pp.

AFDC: An examination of the growing caseload

Bassi, L. J.
DP 748-84. 1985. 30 pp.