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What mean impacts miss: distributional effects of welfare reform experiments

Bitler, Marianne P.; Gelbach, Jonah B.; Hoynes, Hilary W. - 2005

, and income. Yet most welfare reform research focuses on mean impacts. We investigate the importance of heterogeneity using … impacts. We conclude that welfare reform's effects are likely both more varied and more extensive than has been recognized. …

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What mean impacts miss : distributional effects of welfare reform experiments

Bitler, Marianne (contributor); … - 2005

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Effects of maternal work incentives on adolescent social behaviors

Dave, Dhaval; Corman, Hope; Kalil, Ariel; … - 2019

This study investigates the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s, which dramatically limited cash … reform implementation across states and over time in a difference-in-difference-in-differences framework to identify … plausibly causal effects of welfare reform on a range of prosocial and antisocial behaviors (volunteering, participating in …

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Self-Targeting in U.S. Transfer Programs

Rafkin, Charlie; Solomon, Adam; Soltas, Evan - 2023

Transfer receipt is voluntary and costly, generating “self-targeting” through selective take-up among the eligible. How does self-targeting select on need, and what are its policy implications? We show self-targeting is advantageous in eight U.S. transfers: On average, recipients have lower...

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Coverage, Counter-cyclicality and Targeting of Work Requirement Waivers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Corinth, Kevin; O'Rourke, Thomas; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Non-disabled, working age adults without children are required to work 20 hours per week in order to maintain eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. However, states may waive the work requirement for areas that meet conditions reflective of a weak labor market. We...

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Long-Run Effects of Food Assistance : Evidence from the Food Stamp Program and Administrative Data

Bitler, Marianne; Figinski, Theodore F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Previous work using mostly self-reports shows large, positive effects of early-life exposure to Food Stamps on self-sufficiency, health, and well-being-lasting well into adulthood. We combine this same adoption timing with administrative data on earnings, employment, and use of disability...

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The Effects of Lump-Sum Food Benefits during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Spending, Hardship, and Health

Bauer, Lauren L.; Ruffini, Krista J.; Schanzenbach, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper examines how providing families with lump-sum in-kind assistance during the pandemic affected food hardship, economic well-being, and maternal health. We study the introduction of a new program, P-EBT, that provided grocery vouchers worth approximately $300 per student during spring...

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Take-up and targeting : experimental evidence from SNAP

Finkelstein, Amy; Notowidigdo, Matthew J. - 2018

This paper develops a framework for evaluating the welfare impact of various interventions designed to increase take-up of social safety net programs in the presence of potential behavioral biases. We calibrate the key parameters using a randomized field experiment in which 30,000 elderly...

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Mothers as Insurance : Family Spillovers in WIC

Bitler, Marianne; Currie, Janet M.; Hoynes, Hilary W.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a widely used program. Previous research shows that WIC improves birth outcomes, but evidence about impacts on children and families is limited. We use a regression discontinuity leveraging an age five when...

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Stigma in Welfare Programs

Celhay, Pablo A.; Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Stigma of welfare participation is important for policy and survey design, because it deters program take-up and increases misreporting. Stigma is also relevant to the literature on social image concerns, yet empirical evidence is scant because stigma is difficult to empirically identify. We use...

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