IRP Discussion Papers - 2008

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The School Breakfast Program and Breakfast Consumption

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Waehrer, G. M.
DP 1360-08. 2008. 28 pp.

Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes

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Almond, D., Hoynes, H. W., and Schanzenbach, D. W.
DP 1359-08. 2008. 53 pp.

Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?

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Holzer, H. J.
DP 1358-08. 2008. 32 pp.

Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology, and Management Practices

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Handel, M. J.
DP 1357-08. 2008. 63 pp.

What Does It Mean to Be Poor in a Rich Society?

[Abstract]
Haveman, R.
DP 1356-08. 2008. 35 pp.

Poverty Politics and Policy

[Abstract]
Bane, M. J.
DP 1355-08. 2008. 25 pp.

Health Care for the Poor: For Whom, What Care, and Whose Responsibility?

[Abstract]
Swartz, K.
DP 1354-08. 2008. 79 pp.

Workforce Development as an Antipoverty Strategy: What Do We Know? What Should We Do?

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Holzer, H. J.
DP 1353-08. 2008. 34 pp.

Improving Educational Outcomes for Poor Children

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Jacob, B. A. and Ludwig, J.
DP 1352-08. 2008. 42 pp.

The Role of Family Policies in Anti-Poverty Policy

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Waldfogel, J.
DP 1351-08. 2008. 30 pp.

Trends in Income Support

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Scholz, J. K., Moffitt, R., and Cowan, B.
DP 1350-08. 2008. 51 pp.

Mobility in the United States in Comparative Perspective

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Jäntti, M.
DP 1349-08. 2008. 35 pp.

Enduring Influences of Childhood Poverty

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Magnuson, K. and Votruba-Drzal, E.
DP 1348-08. 2008. 34 pp.

Immigration and Poverty in the United States

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Raphael, S. and Smolensky, E.
DP 1347-08. 2008. 61 pp.

Family Structure, Childbearing, and Parental Employment: Implications for the Level and Trend in Poverty

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Cancian, M. and Reed, D.
DP 1346-08. 2008. 39 pp.

Economic Change and the Structure of Opportunity for Less-Skilled Workers

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Blank, R. M.
DP 1345-08. 2008. 37 pp.

Poverty Levels and Trends in Comparative Perspective

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Meyer, D. R. and Wallace G. L.
DP 1344-08. 2008. 35 pp.

The Effects of Food Stamp Benefits on Weight Gained by Expectant Mothers

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Baum, C. L.
DP 1343-08. 2008. 31 pp.

The Association between Children’s Earnings and Fathers’ Lifetime Earnings: Estimates Using Administrative Data

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Dahl, M. and DeLeire, T.
DP 1342-08. 2008. 42 pp.

Expanding New York State’s Earned Income Tax Credit Program: The Effect on Work, Income, and Poverty

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Schmeiser, M. D.
DP 1341-08. 2008. 30 pp.

Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation

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Imbens, G. W. and Wooldridge, J. M.
DP 1340-08. 2008. 91 pp.

Expanding Wallets and Waistlines: The Impact of Family Income on the BMI of Women and Men Eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit

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Schmeiser, M. D.
DP 1339-08. 2008. 33 pp.

Long-Term Effects of Public Low-Income Housing Vouchers on Work, Earnings, and Neighborhood Quality

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Carlson, D., Haveman, R., Kaplan, T., and Wolfe, B.
DP 1338-08. 2008. 51 pp.

On-the-Job Search, Minimum Wages, and Labor Market Outcomes in an Equilibrium Bargaining Framework

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Flinn, C. and Mabli, J.
DP 1337-08. 2008. 33 pp.

Childlessness and the Economic Well-Being of Elders

[Abstract] (For copies of this paper, please contact the author Robert Plotnick)
Plotnick, R. D.
DP 1336-08. 2008. 33 pp.

Temporary Help Service Firms’ Use of Employer Tax Credits: Implications for Disadvantaged Workers’ Labor Market Outcomes

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Hamersma, S. and Heinrich, C.
DP 1335-08. 2008. 43 pp.

Welfare Reform: The U.S. Experience

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Moffitt, R.
DP 1334-08. 2008. 48 pp.

Human Services Systems Integration: A Conceptual Framework

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Corbett, T. and Noyes, J. L.
DP 1333-08. 2008. 18 pp.