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Working Papers

2024

1. The Effects of Utility Shutoff and Eviction Moratoria during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Use of Alternative Financial Services Loans
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2010

2. How Much Does Snap Reduce Food Insecurity?
   Contractor and Cooperator Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (15)

2008

3. Effect of State Food Stamp and TANF Policies on Food Stamp Program Participation
   Contractor and Cooperator Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (15)

2005

4. Gender and the Impact of Credit and Transfers
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
5. Use of the formal and informal financial sectors: does gender matter? empirical evidence from rural Bangladesh
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)

2000

6. The Relationship between Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Locations, Changing Welfare Policies, and the Employment of Single Mothers
   JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (23)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Impacts of COVID-19-era economic policies on consumer debt in the United Kingdom
   Journal of Economics and Business, 2024, 129, (C)
2. The effects of state utility shutoff moratoria on credit delinquencies during the COVID-19 pandemic
   Journal of Economics and Business, 2024, 129, (C)

2021

3. The effect of the US safety net on material hardship over two decades
   Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 197, (C) View citations (7)

2015

4. Explaining Variation in Title Charges: A Study of Five Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Markets
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2015, 46, (2), 145-167

2014

5. Disparities in Wealth Accumulation and Loss from the Great Recession and Beyond
   American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 240-44 View citations (10)
6. Do Racial Disparities in Private Transfers Help Explain the Racial Wealth Gap? New Evidence From Longitudinal Data
   Demography, 2014, 51, (3), 949-974 View citations (24)

2013

7. Prohibitions, price caps, and disclosures: A look at state policies and alternative financial product use
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 95, (C), 207-223 View citations (14)

2011

8. How Much Does the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reduce Food Insecurity?
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2011, 93, (4), 1082-1098 View citations (126)
9. Weathering the storm: How have IDA homebuyers fared in the foreclosure crisis?
   Housing Policy Debate, 2011, 21, (4), 605-625 View citations (1)

2008

10. The dynamics of poverty in the United States: A review of data, methods, and findings
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008, 27, (3), 577-605 View citations (21)

2005

11. Taming the beast: Categorizing state welfare policies: A typology of welfare policies affecting recipient job entry
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, 24, (2), 443-460 View citations (3)

2003

12. Empirical Evidence on the Determinants of Rent-to-Own Use and Purchase Behavior
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2003, 17, (1), 33-52 View citations (7)

2002

13. The Impact Of Microcredit Programs On Self-Employment Profits: Do Noncredit Program Aspects Matter?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 84, (1), 93-115 View citations (76)

2001

14. Welfare Reforms and Employment of Single Mothers: Are Rural Areas Keeping Pace?
    Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 2001, 16, (3) View citations (1)

1999

15. Credit programs for the poor and reproductive behavior in low-income countries: Are the reported causal relationships the result of heterogeneity bias?
    Demography, 1999, 36, (1), 1-21 View citations (46)