Discussion Paper
IRP’s Discussion Paper series enables Affiliates to share early findings from their research in progress to stimulate feedback and discussion from their peers. Submissions from IRP Affiliates are welcome.
Resources

Education Levels and Mortgage Application Outcomes: Evidence of Financial Literacy
- J. Michael Collins
- Discussion Paper
- December 2009

Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty
- Andrea Brandolini, Silvia Magri, and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Discussion Paper
- November 2009

Contracting Welfare-to-Work Services: Use and Usefulness
- Pierre Koning
- Discussion Paper
- November 2009

Experimental Estimates of the Barriers to Food Stamp Enrollment
- Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
- Discussion Paper
- September 2009

Does Debt Discourage Employment and Payment of Child Support? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
- Maria Cancian, Carolyn Heinrich, and Yiyoon Chung
- Discussion Paper
- July 2009

Stepping Stone or Dead End? The Effect of the EITC on Earnings Growth
- Molly Dahl, Thomas DeLeire, and Jonathan Schwabish
- Discussion Paper
- April 2009

Changing Poverty and Changing Antipoverty Policies
- Maria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger
- Discussion Paper
- April 2009

Long-Term Effects of Public Low-Income Housing Vouchers on Labor Market Outcomes
- Deven Carlson, Robert Haveman, Tom Kaplan, and Barbara Wolfe
- Discussion Paper
- April 2009

From Policy to Polity: Democracy, Paternalism, and the Incorporation of Disadvantaged Citizens
- Sarah K. Bruch, Myra Marx Ferree, and Joe Soss
- Discussion Paper
- January 2009

The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit
- Gordon Dahl and Lance Lochner
- Discussion Paper
- January 2009