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Instrumental Variable Estimates of the Labor Market Spillover Effects of Welfare Reform

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

By increasing the labor supply of welfare recipients, welfare reform may reduce wages and increase unemployment among other less-educated groups. These "spillover effects" are difficult to estimate because welfare caseloads decrease in response to improvements in the economy, which leads...

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This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of nonelderly, nondisabled adults without dependent children (“childless adults”). We use regression discontinuity and propensity score matching difference-in-differences methods to take advantage of the sudden imposition of an enrollment cap, comparing the labor supply of enrollees to ...

Dague, Laura; DeLeire, Thomas; Leininger, Lindsey - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014

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"Mass Privatisation and the Post-Communist Mortality Crisis": Is There Really a Relationship?

Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2010

determinant of differences in adult mortality trends in postcommunist countries" (Stuckler, King and McKee, 2009). Our analysis … shows that the estimated correlation of privatization and mortality in country-level data is not robust to recomputing the … mass-privatization measure, to assuming a short lag for economic policies to affect mortality, and to controlling for …

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The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure

Lachowska, Marta; Myck, Michal - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2015

In order to study whether public pension systems displace private saving, we use the quasi-experimental variation in pension wealth created by Poland’s 1999 pension reform. Using the 1997–2003 Polish Household Budget Surveys, we begin by estimating “difference-in-differences”...

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Use of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program Benefits by Unemployment Insurance Applicants in Michigan during the Great Recession

O'Leary, Christopher J.; Kline, Ken - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014

a separating job in retail trade, health care, or hospitality. …

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Growing State Economies: How Taxes and Public Services Affect Private-Sector Performance

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Issues Raised by Welfare Reform in the United States

Straits, Robert A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Displacement and Wage Effects of Welfare Reform

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Lessons Learned from a State-Funded Workplace Literacy Program

Hollenbeck, Kevin; Timmeney, Bridget - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

Findings from an evaluation of a workplace literacy program funded by the State of Indiana are presented. Working with employers, providers were given considerable latitude to design their own training regimens. The state awarded certificates to workers who achieved certain levels of proficiency...

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Temporary Agency Employment as a Way out of Poverty?

Autor, David; Houseman, Susan - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005

The high incidence of temporary agency employment among participants in government employment programs has catalyzed debate about whether these jobs help the poor transition into stable employment and out of poverty. We provide direct evidence on this question through analysis of a Michigan...

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