Native Competition and Low-Skilled Immigrant Inflows
In: The journal of human resources, Band 48, Heft 4, S. 910-944
ISSN: 1548-8004
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In: The journal of human resources, Band 48, Heft 4, S. 910-944
ISSN: 1548-8004
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Working paper
In: IZA world of labor: evidence-based policy making
ISSN: 2054-9571
In: NBER Working Paper No. w19272
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Working paper
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 12586
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Working paper
In: Social science quarterly, Band 87, Heft 4, S. 808-817
ISSN: 1540-6237
Objectives. Since the implementation of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, many analysts have attempted to measure the effects of new state welfare policies, particularly work requirements, sanctions, and time limits, on the Act's key goals—reducing cash assistance caseloads and increasing employment among single mothers. De Jong et al. present new measures of state policy variations, but they do not attempt to evaluate the relationships between these measures and welfare reform outcomes. For their analysis to be meaningful, it should contribute to a better understanding of cross‐state variations in caseload declines and increased employment among single mothers.Methods. We first raise conceptual questions about the extent to which their measures are meaningful in a policy sense. We then present analyses of Current Population Survey data.Results. We find that differences in the De Jong et al. stringency measures (factor scores) are not significantly correlated with differences in welfare reform outcomes by state.
In: Social science quarterly, Band 87, Heft 4
ISSN: 0038-4941
Objectives: Since the implementation of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, many analysts have attempted to measure the effects of new state welfare policies, particularly work requirements, sanctions, and time limits, on the Act's key goals-reducing cash assistance caseloads and increasing employment among single mothers. De Jong et al. present new measures of state policy variations, but they do not attempt to evaluate the relationships between these measures and welfare reform outcomes. For their analysis to be meaningful, it should contribute to a better understanding of cross-state variations in caseload declines and increased employment among single mothers. Methods: We first raise conceptual questions about the extent to which their measures are meaningful in a policy sense. We then present analyses of Current Population Survey data. Results: We find that differences in the De Jong et al. stringency measures (factor scores) are not significantly correlated with differences in welfare reform outcomes by state. Tables, Figures, References. Adapted from the source document.
In: Journal of labor economics: JOLE, Band 39, Heft 4, S. 1043-1082
ISSN: 1537-5307
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 16221
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 9167
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In: Journal of international economics, Band 145, S. 103832
ISSN: 0022-1996
In: IZA world of labor: evidence-based policy making