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Working Papers

2001

1. Measuring Wage Growth Among Former Welfare Recipients
   Working Papers, Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources Development View citations
2. The Limits to Wage Growth: Measuring the Growth Rate of Wages For Recent Welfare Leavers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2000

3. Le projet d'autosuffisance apres trente-six mois: effets d'un incitatif financier sur l'emloi et le revenu
   Working Papers, Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources Development
4. When Financial Incentives Pay for Themselves: Early Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project's Applicant Study
   JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations

1999

5. Financial Incentives for Increasing Work and Income Among Low- Income Families
   HEW, EconWPA View citations
   Also in Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1999) View citations
   JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research (1999) View citations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations
6. La PAS plus favorise-t-il l'emploi? Resultat de l'ajout de services aux incitatifs financiers du projet d'autosuffisance
   Working Papers, Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources Development
7. Quand les incitatifs financiers a l'emploi font leus frais. Premieres constatations de l'etude sur les demandeures du Projet d'autosuffisance
   Working Papers, Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources Development

1998

8. Would Financial Incentives for Leaving Welfare Lead Some People to Stay on Welfare Longer? An Experimental Evaluation of 'Entry Effects' in the SSP
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1997

9. Would Financial Incentives for Leaving Welfare Lead Some People to Stay on Welfare Longer? An Experimental Evaluation of 'Entry Effects' in the Self-Sufficiency Project
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations

1996

10. Do Financial Incentives Encourage Welfare Recipients to Work? Early Findings from the Canadian Self Sufficiency Project
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations
11. Do Financial Incentives Encourage Welfare Recipients to Work? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of the Self-Sufficiency Project
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1992

12. Simulation Estimates on the Net Employment Impacts of Six Employment Subsidy Programs for Long-Term Welfare Recipients in Canada
    Working Papers, Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources Development View citations

1991

13. Issues in the Design of the Canadian SSP Experiment
    Working Papers, Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources Development

Undated

14. Are Two Carrots Better Than One? The Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Industrial and Labor Relations Review (2008)
15. Effects of Beauty, Personality, and Grooming on High School GPA
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics
16. Incorporating Nonmarket Time Into Benefit-Cost Analyses of Social Programs: An Application to the Self-Sufficiency Project
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2008)
17. The relationship between child support enforcement tools and child support outcomes
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations
18. Welfare benefits and family-size decisions of never-married women
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Effects of physical attractiveness, personality, and grooming on academic performance in high school
   Labour Economics, 2009, 16, (4), 373-382

2008

2. Are Two Carrots Better Than One? The Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients
   Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61, (3), 410-423
   See also Working Paper
3. Incorporating nonmarket time into benefit-cost analyses of social programs: An application to the self-sufficiency project
   Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (3-4), 766-794
   See also Working Paper

2005

4. Conducting Meta-Analyses of Evaluations of Government-Funded Training Programs
   Review of Policy Research, 2005, 22, (3), 345-367
5. How important are "entry effects" in financial incentive programs for welfare recipients? Experimental evidence from the Self-Sufficiency Project
   Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 125, (1-2), 113-139 View citations
6. The Labor Market Consequences of Childhood Maladjustment
   Social Science Quarterly, 2005, 86, (s1), 1170-1195
7. When financial work incentives pay for themselves: evidence from a randomized social experiment for welfare recipients
   Journal of Public Economics, 2005, 89, (1), 5-29 View citations

2004

8. What Happens To The Effects Of Government-Funded Training Programs Over Time?
   Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (1)

2003

9. A meta-analysis of government-sponsored training programs
   Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2003, 57, (1), 31-53 View citations

2002

10. Employment and child-care choices of single-parent families in Canada and the United States
    Journal of Population Economics, 2002, 15, (3), 465-493 View citations

2001

11. Parental disruption and the labour market performance of children when they reach adulthood
    Journal of Population Economics, 2001, 14, (1), 137-172 View citations
12. Using financial incentives to encourage welfare recipients to become economically self-sufficient
    Economic Policy Review, 2001, (Sep), 105-123

2000

13. Employment and child-care choices in Canada and the United States
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2000, 33, (2), 435-470 View citations

1997

14. Evaluating Government Training Programs for the Economically Disadvantaged
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1997, 35, (4), 1809-1855 View citations

1995

15. Evaluating Program Evaluations: New Evidence on Commonly Used Nonexperimental Methods
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (4), 923-37 View citations

1991

16. Determinants of Voluntary Overtime Decisions
    Economic Inquiry, 1991, 29, (1), 79-91 View citations
17. Turnover in Child Care Arrangements
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991, 73, (1), 152-57 View citations

1990

18. A DECADE OF DECLINING WELFARE PARTICIPATION: SORTING OUT THE CAUSES
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1990, 8, (1), 110-123
19. Job Search Outcomes for the Employed and Unemployed
    Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (3), 637-55 View citations

1988

20. Child-Care Costs and Family Labor Supply
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1988, 70, (3), 374-81 View citations

1986

21. Child Support, Welfare Dependency, and Poverty
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 768-88 View citations
22. Job search, wage offers, and unemployment insurance
    Journal of Public Economics, 1986, 29, (2), 173-197 View citations
23. Labor Supply Response to Welfare Programs: A Dynamic Analysis
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (1), 82-104 View citations
24. Sample Attrition and Labor Supply Response in Experimental Panel Data: A Study of Alternative Correction Procedures
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1986, 4, (3), 329-38

1985

25. Government Programs, Job Search Requirements, and the Duration of Unemployment
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1985, 3, (3), 337-62 View citations

1984

26. The Labor Supply Response of Twenty-Year Families in the Denver Income Maintenance Experiment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1984, 66, (3), 491-95

1980

27. A Dynamic Model of Employment Behavior: An Application to the Seattle and Denver Income Maintenance Experiments
    Econometrica, 1980, 48, (4), 1031-52 View citations

1979

28. The economics of child care and public policy
    Children and Youth Services Review, 1979, 1, (1), 55-74 View citations

1978

29. An Econometric Model of the Demand for Child Care
    Economic Inquiry, 1978, 16, (1), 83-94 View citations

1974

30. The Effects of State Usury Ceilings on Single Family Homebuilding
    Journal of Finance, 1974, 29, (1), 227-35 View citations