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Working Papers

2022

1. Investing in Early Childhood Development in Preschool and at Home
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
2. Unconditional Cash and Family Investments in Infants: Evidence from a Large-Scale Cash Transfer Experiment in the U.S
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2021

3. Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2020

4. Elusive Longer-Run Impacts of Head Start: Replications Within and Across Cohorts
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (1)

2013

5. Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity
   Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (131)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (134)
   See also Journal Article Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (136) (2013)

2012

6. Can Intensive Early Childhood Intervention Programs Eliminate Income-Based Cognitive and Achievement Gaps?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Can Intensive Early Childhood Intervention Programs Eliminate Income-Based Cognitive and Achievement Gaps?, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2013) View citations (54) (2013)
7. Neighborhood Effects on the Long-Term Well-Being of Low-Income Adults
   Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (143)
8. The relative importance of adolescent skills and behaviors for adult earnings: A cross-national study
   DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (7)

2011

9. Neighborhoods, Obesity and Diabetes –-- A Randomized Social Experiment
   Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (54)

2008

10. What Can We Learn about Neighborhood Effects from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment?
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (70)

2006

11. Moving At-Risk Teenagers Out of High-Risk Neighborhoods: Why Girls Fare Better Than Boys
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (7)
12. Neighborhood Effects on Barriers to Employment: Results From a Randomized Housing Mobility Experiment in Baltimore
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (19)
13. Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (114)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Education Research Section. (2004) View citations (5)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2004) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2006) View citations (107) (2006)

2005

14. Panel and Pseudo-Panel Estimation of Cross-Sectional and Time Series Elasticities of Food Consumption: The Case of American and Polish Data
    Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL View citations (44)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2005) View citations (41)
    Working Papers, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (2002) View citations (6)

2004

15. Empathy or antipathy? The impact of diversity
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website
    See also Journal Article Empathy or Antipathy? The Impact of Diversity, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (160) (2006)
16. Like Mother, Like Daughter? SES and the Intergenerational correlation of Traits, Behaviors and Attitudes
    Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

2002

17. ISSUES IN FOOD ASSISTANCE - REFORMING WELFARE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR RURAL AREAS?
    Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (2)

2001

18. Welfare Reform and Child Well-being
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (14)

2000

19. Neighborhood Effects on Economic Self-Sufficiency: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (12)
20. Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2001) View citations (261) (2001)
21. Using Sibling Samples to Assess the Effect of Childhood Family Income on Completed Schooling
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (23)

1999

22. Can Anti-Poverty Programs Improve Family Functioning and Enhance Children's Well-Being?
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
23. Housing Vouchers and Economic Self-Sufficiency: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
    Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy View citations (4)
24. Optimal indicators of socioeconomic status for health research
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Optimal indicators of socioeconomic status for health research, American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association (2002) View citations (78) (2002)

1998

25. A Comparison of Consumption Models Estimated on American and Polish Panel and Pseudo-Panel Data
    Papiers du Laboratoire de Microéconomie Appliquée, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1) View citations (15)
26. How Different ARE Welfare and Working Families? And Do Those Differences Matter for Children's Achievement?
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (4)
27. Neighborhoods and Adolescent Development: How Can We Determine the Links?
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (7)

1997

28. Earnings mobility and instability, 1969-1995
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (2)
29. Time Limits and Welfare Reform: New Estimates of the Number and Characteristics of Affected Families
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (6)
    Also in IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (5)

1991

30. Whither the Middle Class'? A Dynamic View
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (3)

1989

31. Measurement Error In Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Labor Market Surveys: Results From Two Validation Studies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)

1983

32. Was Adam Smith Right, After All? Another Test of the Theory of Compensating Wage Differentials
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (94)
    See also Journal Article Was Adam Smith Right after All? Another Test of the Theory of Compensating Wage Differentials, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1983) View citations (100) (1983)

1979

33. The Use of Time and Technology by Households in the United States
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (12)

Undated

34. Does Childhood Poverty Affect the Life Chances of Children?
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University
35. Effects of Participation in the WIC Food Assistance Program on Children’s Health and Development: Evidence from NLSY Children
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations (4)
36. Fathers' Activities and Children's Attainments
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University
37. Initial Welfare Spells: Trends, Events, and Duration, with Implications for Welfare Reform
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (1)
38. Slow Motion:Earnings Mobility of Young Workers in the 1970s and 1980s
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University
39. The National Children's Study 2014: Commentary on a Recent National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Report
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
40. The PSID and Me
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (1)
41. The Structure of Achievement and Behavior Across Middle Childhood
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University
42. Vim Will Win: Long-Run Effects of Motivation and Other "Noncognitive" Traits on Success
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Poverty, work, and welfare: Cutting the Gordian knot
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, 117, (29), 16713-16715 View citations (1)

2018

2. Boosting school readiness: Should preschool teachers target skills or the whole child?
   Economics of Education Review, 2018, 65, (C), 107-125 View citations (3)
3. Maternal Age and Child Development
   Demography, 2018, 55, (6), 2229-2255 View citations (20)

2017

4. Increasing Inequality in Parent Incomes and Children’s Schooling
   Demography, 2017, 54, (5), 1603-1626 View citations (15)

2016

5. The added impact of parenting education in early childhood education programs: A meta-analysis
   Children and Youth Services Review, 2016, 70, (C), 238-249 View citations (6)

2013

6. Can Intensive Early Childhood Intervention Programs Eliminate Income-Based Cognitive and Achievement Gaps?
   Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48, (4) View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper Can Intensive Early Childhood Intervention Programs Eliminate Income-Based Cognitive and Achievement Gaps?, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (6) (2012)
7. Investing in Preschool Programs
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2013, 27, (2), 109-32 View citations (143)
8. Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity
   American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 226-31 View citations (136)
   See also Working Paper Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity, Scholarly Articles (2013) View citations (131) (2013)

2012

9. The Importance of Early Childhood Poverty
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2012, 108, (1), 87-98 View citations (40)

2011

10. Adolescents' expectations for the future predict health behaviors in early adulthood
    Social Science & Medicine, 2011, 73, (3), 391-398 View citations (12)

2010

11. Gautreaux mothers and their children: an update
    Housing Policy Debate, 2010, 20, (1), 7-25 View citations (9)
12. The durability of gains from the Gautreaux Two residential mobility program: a qualitative analysis of who stays and who moves from low-poverty neighborhoods*
    Housing Policy Debate, 2010, 20, (1), 119-146 View citations (2)

2009

13. Early childhood poverty and adult body mass index
    American Journal of Public Health, 2009, 99, (3), 527-532 View citations (7)
14. Kindergarten skills and fifth-grade achievement: Evidence from the ECLS-K
    Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28, (4), 415-427 View citations (31)

2008

15. When to promote, and when to avoid, a population perspective
    Demography, 2008, 45, (4), 763-784 View citations (8)

2006

16. Child characteristics and successful use of housing vouchers: Estimates from the moving to opportunity demonstration
    Housing Policy Debate, 2006, 17, (4), 727-754 View citations (2)
17. Cleaning up their act: The effects of marriage and cohabitation on licit and illicit drug use
    Demography, 2006, 43, (4), 691-710 View citations (71)
18. Connecting Child Care Quality to Child Outcomes
    Evaluation Review, 2006, 30, (5), 611-630 View citations (8)
19. Empathy or Antipathy? The Impact of Diversity
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (5), 1890-1905 View citations (160)
    See also Working Paper Empathy or antipathy? The impact of diversity, Natural Field Experiments (2004) (2004)
20. Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment
    Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41, (4) View citations (107)
    See also Working Paper Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (114) (2006)

2005

21. Fifteen years later: Can residential mobility programs provide a long-term escape from neighborhood segregation, crime, and poverty
    Demography, 2005, 42, (1), 51-73 View citations (37)
22. Housing mobility programs and economic self-sufficiency: Evidence from a randomized experiment
    Journal of Public Economics, 2005, 89, (1), 131-156 View citations (18)
23. Panel and Pseudo-Panel Estimation of Cross-Sectional and Time Series Elasticities of Food Consumption: The Case of U.S. and Polish Data
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2005, 23, 242-253 View citations (45)
24. Participation in a residential mobility program from the client's perspective: Findings from Gautreaux Two
    Housing Policy Debate, 2005, 16, (3-4), 361-392 View citations (1)

2004

25. Single Mother Work and Poverty under Welfare Reform: Are Policy Impacts Different in Rural Areas?
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2004, 30, (1), 31-51 View citations (14)

2003

26. How Welfare Policies Affect Child and Adolescent Achievement
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 299-303 View citations (28)
27. Optimal ses indicators cannot be prescribed across all outcomes [3] (multiple letters)
    American Journal of Public Health, 2003, 93, (1), 12-13 View citations (1)

2002

28. Effects of participation in the WIC program on birthweight: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
    American Journal of Public Health, 2002, 92, (5), 799-804 View citations (43)
29. Erratum: Optimal indicators of socioeconomic status for health research (American Journal of Public Health (2002) 92 (1151-1157))
    American Journal of Public Health, 2002, 92, (8), 1212 View citations (44)
30. Optimal indicators of socioeconomic status for health research
    American Journal of Public Health, 2002, 92, (7), 1151-1157 View citations (78)
    See also Working Paper Optimal indicators of socioeconomic status for health research, Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory (1999) View citations (8) (1999)

2001

31. As Ye Sweep, So Shall Ye Reap
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 150-154 View citations (15)
32. Childhood family structure and young adult behaviors
    Journal of Population Economics, 2001, 14, (2), 271-299 View citations (43)
33. Covariance Structure Models for Fixed and Random Effects
    Sociological Methods & Research, 2001, 30, (2), 271-288 View citations (14)
34. Reforming Welfare: Implications for Rural America
    Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 2001, 16, (3) View citations (4)
35. Sibling, peer, neighbor, and schoolmate correlations as indicators of the importance of context for adolescent development
    Demography, 2001, 38, (3), 437-447 View citations (44)
36. Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (2), 655-679 View citations (261)
    See also Working Paper Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment, JCPR Working Papers (2000) View citations (3) (2000)
37. Welfare Reform in Rural America: What have We Learned?
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001, 83, (5), 1282-1292 View citations (5)

2000

38. Correlations Between Neighboring Children In Their Subsequent Educational Attainment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 82, (3), 383-392 View citations (135)
39. Premiums and penalties for surplus and deficit education: Evidence from the United States and Germany
    Economics of Education Review, 2000, 19, (2), 169-178 View citations (96)

1999

40. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL
    Rationality and Society, 1999, 11, (1), 79-110 View citations (12)

1998

41. Income inequality and mortality risk in the United States: is there a link?
    FRBSF Economic Letter, 1998, (oct3) View citations (1)

1997

42. Income dynamics and adult mortality in the United States, 1972 through 1989
    American Journal of Public Health, 1997, 87, (9), 1476-1483 View citations (48)
43. Premiums and Penalties for Over- and Undereducation Cross-Time and Cross-National Comparisons in the United States and Germany
    Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 1997, 66, (1), 25-31 View citations (3)

1996

44. Data Watch: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (2), 155-168 View citations (22)
45. Economic mobility of young workers in the 1970s and 1980s
    Demography, 1996, 33, (4), 497-509 View citations (10)

1995

46. Extent and consequences of welfare dependence among America's children
    Children and Youth Services Review, 1995, 17, (1-2), 157-182 View citations (10)
47. L'accès à une première propriété: quels revenus considérer ? Analyse du "Panel Study of Income Dynamics"
    Économie et Prévision, 1995, 121, (5), 65-74
48. The Effect of Incomes, Wages, and AFDC Benefits on Marital Disruption
    Journal of Human Resources, 1995, 30, (1), 19-41 View citations (49)

1994

49. Evidence on the Validity of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Labor Market Data
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1994, 12, (3), 345-68 View citations (253)

1993

50. Poverty Dynamics in Eight Countries
    Journal of Population Economics, 1993, 6, (3), 215-34 View citations (92)

1991

51. Remarriage patterns among recent widows and widowers
    Demography, 1991, 28, (3), 361-374 View citations (7)
52. United States Public Policy and the Elderly: The Disproportionate Risk to the Well-Being of Women
    Journal of Population Economics, 1991, 4, (3), 217-31 View citations (4)
53. Wife or frau, women do worse: A comparison of men and women in the United States and Germany after marital dissolution
    Demography, 1991, 28, (3), 353-360 View citations (37)

1990

54. ECONOMIC BURDENS OF MARITAL DISRUPTIONS: A COMPARISON OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1990, 36, (4), 319-333 View citations (20)
55. Welfare benefits, economic opportunities, and out-of-wedlock births among black teenage girls
    Demography, 1990, 27, (4), 519-535 View citations (71)

1989

56. Assessing the Quality of Household Panel Data: The Case of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1989, 7, (4), 441-52 View citations (24)

1988

57. A Comparison of Choice-Based Multinomial and Nested Logit Models: The Family Structure and Welfare Use Decisions of Divorced or Separated Women
    Journal of Human Resources, 1988, 23, (4), 550-562 View citations (16)
58. Multinomial and conditional logit discrete-choice models in demography
    Demography, 1988, 25, (3), 415-427 View citations (81)
59. Out of Work, Out of Mind: Response Errors in Retrospective Reports of Unemployment
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1988, 6, (2), 221-29 View citations (62)
60. What are the economic consequences of divorce?
    Demography, 1988, 25, (4), 641-645 View citations (29)

1986

61. Welfare Dynamics and the Nature of Need
    Cato Journal, 1986, 6, (1), 31-54 View citations (2)

1985

62. A reconsideration of the economic consequences of marital dissolution
    Demography, 1985, 22, (4), 485-497 View citations (63)
63. An Investigation of the Extent and Consequences of Measurement Error in Labor-Economic Survey Data
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1985, 3, (4), 508-32 View citations (130)

1984

64. Myth and reality: The causes and persistence of poverty
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1984, 4, (4), 516-536

1983

65. A Longitudinal Analysis of White Women's Wages
    Journal of Human Resources, 1983, 18, (4), 497-520 View citations (20)
66. A New Look at the Causes of the Improved Economic Status of Black Workers
    Journal of Human Resources, 1983, 18, (2), 268-282 View citations (4)
67. Was Adam Smith Right after All? Another Test of the Theory of Compensating Wage Differentials
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1983, 1, (4), 366-79 View citations (100)
    See also Working Paper Was Adam Smith Right, After All? Another Test of the Theory of Compensating Wage Differentials, Working Paper Series (1983) View citations (94) (1983)

1982

68. Do Union Members Receive Compensating Wage Differentials? Reply
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (4), 868-72

1981

69. Sense of Efficacy and Subsequent Change in Earnings-A Replication
    Journal of Human Resources, 1981, 16, (4), 649-657 View citations (25)
70. The incidence and wage effects of overeducation
    Economics of Education Review, 1981, 1, (1), 75-86 View citations (352)

1980

71. Do Union Members Receive Compensating Wage Differentials?
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (3), 355-71 View citations (96)

1979

72. On-the-Job Training and Earnings Differences by Race and Sex
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1979, 61, (4), 594-603 View citations (47)

1977

73. Sources of Inequality in Earnings: Personal Skills, Random Events, Preferences toward Risk and Other Occupational Characteristics by Paul J. Taubman
    Journal of Human Resources, 1977, 12, (2), 266-270

1976

74. Earnings Functions and Nonpecuniary Benefits
    Journal of Human Resources, 1976, 11, (4), 462-483 View citations (29)

Books

2006

1. Income and Child Well-Being
   Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) View citations (5)

Edited books

2002

1. Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (20)

Chapters

2010

1. Child Development
   A chapter in Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited, 2010, pp 27-58 View citations (1)

1985

2. Economic Consequences of Marital Instability
   A chapter in Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-Being, 1985, pp 427-470 View citations (36)

1977

3. Labor Market Discrimination and Nonpecuniary Work Rewards
   A chapter in The Distribution of Economic Well-Being, 1977, pp 355-378 View citations (1)