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Chapter 18. Place-Based Policies
Neumark, David; Simpson, Helen - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 1197-1287). 2015
Place-based policies commonly target underperforming areas, such as deteriorating downtown business districts and disadvantaged regions. Principal examples include enterprise zones, European Union Structural Funds, and industrial cluster policies. Place-based policies are rationalized by various...
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Longer-run effects of antipoverty policies on disadvantaged neighborhoods
Neumark, David; Asquith, Brian J.; Bass, Brittany - 2019
increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance. We also find some evidence that higher welfare benefits had …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059549
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Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Employment: Evidence from the Post-Welfare Reform Era
Neumark, David; Wascher, William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
that minimum wages reduce employment, with the exception of high school dropouts. In contrast, evidence strongly suggests … that the EITC boosts employment of young women (although not teenagers). We also explore how minimum wages and the EITC … the EITC boosts employment and earnings for minority women, and coupling the EITC with a higher minimum wage appears to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763838
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Longer-run effects of antipoverty policies on disadvantaged neighborhoods
Neumark, David; Asquith, Brian J.; Bass, Brittany - 2019
increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance. We also find some evidence that higher welfare benefits had …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007136
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Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Employment : Evidence from the Post-Welfare Reform Era
Neumark, David - 2007
that minimum wages reduce employment, with the exception of high school dropouts. In contrast, evidence strongly suggests … that the EITC boosts employment of young women (although not teenagers). We also explore how minimum wages and the EITC … the EITC boosts employment and earnings for minority women, and coupling the EITC with a higher minimum wage appears to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777467
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The Effect of Means-Tested Income Support for the Elderly on Pre-Retirement Saving: Evidence from the SSI Program in the U.S.
Neumark, David; Powers, Elizabeth - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1997
We attempt to draw inferences about potential behavioral responses to means-tested" income support for the elderly by examining the effects on saving of the Supplemental Security" Income (SSI) program for the aged in the U.S. Part of the SSI program provides payments to the" poor elderly, thus...
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SSI, labor supply, and migration
Neumark, David; Powers, Elizabeth T. - 2005
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program in the United States creates incentives for potential aged recipients to reduce labor supply prior to becoming eligible, and our past research finds that older men likely to be eligible for SSI at age 65 reduce their labor supply in the years...
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SSI, Labor Supply, and Migration
Neumark, David; Powers, Elizabeth T. - Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine - 2006
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program in the United States creates incentives for potential aged recipients to reduce labor supply prior to becoming eligible, and past research finds evidence of such behavior for older men. There may be a migration response to across-state variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977012
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SSI, Labor Supply, and Migration
Neumark, David; Powers, Elizabeth T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program in the United States creates incentives for potential aged recipients to reduce labor supply prior to becoming eligible, and our past research finds that older men likely to be eligible for SSI at age 65 reduce their labor supply in the years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762397
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Does a Higher Minimum Wage Enhance the Effectiveness of The Earned Income Tax Credit?
Neumark, David; Wascher, William - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
that minimum wages reduce employment, with the exception of high school dropouts. In contrast, evidence strongly suggests … that the EITC boosts employment of young women (although not teenagers). We also explore how minimum wages and the EITC … the EITC boosts employment and earnings for minority women, and coupling the EITC with a higher minimum wage appears to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005720833