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Welfare usage in the U.S.: does immigrant birthplace and immigration status matter?
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Oyolola, Maharouf - 2009
The study of welfare participation in the U.S. prior to the 1996 welfare reform act and even afterward has focused on …, there is no study yet that tests for difference in welfare usage among immigrant groups and immigrant status. We do not … expect welfare usage to differ among immigrant groups if we control for the factors that should predict welfare usage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269552
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Welfare Usage in the U.S.: Does Immigrant Birthplace and Immigration Status Matter?
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Oyolola, Maharouf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The study of welfare participation in the U.S. prior to the 1996 welfare reform act and even afterward has focused on …, there is no study yet that tests for difference in welfare usage among immigrant groups and immigrant status. We do not … expect welfare usage to differ among immigrant groups if we control for the factors that should predict welfare usage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497593
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Economic vs. Epidemiological Approaches to Measuring the Human Capital Impacts of Infectious Disease Elimination
Chuard, Caroline; Schwandt, Hannes; Becker, Alex; … - 2022
A rich economic literature has examined the human capital impacts of disease-eliminating health interventions, such as the rollout of new vaccines. This literature is based on reduced-form approaches which exploit proxies for disease burden, such as mortality, instead of actual infection counts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351959
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Natural Resources, Demand for Skills, and Schooling Choices
Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
This paper studies the consequences of the buildup of a new economic sector—the Norwegian petroleum industry—on investment in human capital. We assess both short-term and long-term effects for a broad set of educational margins, by comparing individuals in regions exposed to the new sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377189
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Gender, Perceived Discrimination and the Overruling of Roe v. Wade
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Secor, Alan - 2025
Have the recent changes in reproductive rights changed women's perceptions of discrimination and fair treatment relative to men's perceptions? To address this question, we collected online survey data (N=1,374) during spring 2023 using a randomized design that provided information about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015398812
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Making Activation for Young Welfare Recipients Mandatory
Dahl, Espen S.; Hernaes, Øystein - 2022
Activation policies to promote self-sufficiency among recipients of welfare and other types of benefits are becoming … more common in many welfare states. We evaluate a law change in Norway making welfare receipt conditional on participation … in an activation program for all welfare recipients below the age of 30. Analyzing the program's staggered implementation …
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Universal Credit: Welfare Reform and Mental Health
Brewer, Mike; Dang, Thang; Tominey, Emma - 2022
The UK Universal Credit (UC) welfare reform simplified the benefits system whilst strongly incentivising a return to … requirements dominate any positive welfare effects of the reduced administrative burden of claiming benefits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351717
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Does Cutting Child Benefits Reduce Fertility in Larger Families? Evidence from the UK’s Two-Child Limit
Reader, Mary; Portes, Jonathan; Patrick, Ruth - 2022
We study the impact of restricting child-related social assistance to the first two children in the family on the fertility of third and subsequent births. As of April 2017, all third and subsequent born children to low-income families in the UK did not receive means-tested child benefits,...
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The Employment Effects of Generous and Unconditional Cash Support
Verlaat, Timo; Todeschini, Federico; Ramos, Xavier - 2023
While unconditional cash transfers have been studied extensively in developing countries, little is known about their effects in a wealthier context. Through a randomized controlled trial, we study the employment effects of a generous and unconditional transfer targeting low-income families in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296720
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Female Labour Supply, Human Capital and Welfare Reform
Dias, Monica Costa; Meghir, Costas; Shaw, Jonathan - 2013
especially for women with more than basic formal education. For those with lower education the welfare programs are shown to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319448