Details about Philip Kenneth Robins

Access statistics for papers by Philip Kenneth Robins.

Last updated 2023-05-08. Update your information in the RePEc Author Service.

Short-id: pro189

Working Papers

2007

1. 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 View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Are Two Carrots Better Than One? The Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2008) View citations (9) (2008)
2. Effects of Beauty, Personality, and Grooming on High School GPA
   Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics
3. 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 Incorporating nonmarket time into benefit-cost analyses of social programs: An application to the self-sufficiency project, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (19) (2008)

2001

4. Measuring Wage Growth Among Former Welfare Recipients
   Working Papers, Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources Development View citations (14)
5. 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 (18)

2000

6. 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
7. 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 (5)

1999

8. Financial Incentives for Increasing Work and Income Among Low- Income Families
   HEW, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (45)
   Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1999) View citations (29)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (31)
   JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research (1999) View citations (28)
   Economics Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1999) View citations (61)
9. 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
10. 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

11. 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 (6)

1997

12. 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 (4)

1996

13. 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 (15)
14. 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 (19)

1992

15. 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 (1)

1991

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

Undated

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 (12)
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 (5)

Journal Articles

2018

1. Using Administrative Data to Explore the Effect of Survey Nonresponse in the UK Employment Retention and Advancement Demonstration
   Evaluation Review, 2018, 42, (5-6), 491-514 View citations (2)

2016

2. Tattoos, Employment, and Labor Market Earnings: Is There a Link in the Ink?
   Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 82, (4), 1212-1246

2015

3. Breaking the low pay, no pay cycle: the effects of the UK Employment Retention and Advancement programme
   IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 4, (1), 1-32 View citations (1)
4. What You Do in High School Matters: High School GPA, Educational Attainment, and Labor Market Earnings as a Young Adult
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2015, 41, (3), 370-386 View citations (13)

2013

5. A Multilevel Analysis of the Impacts of Services Provided by the U.K. Employment Retention and Advancement Demonstration
   Evaluation Review, 2013, 37, (2), 63-108 View citations (2)

2011

6. Beauty and the Labor Market: Accounting for the Additional Effects of Personality and Grooming
   LABOUR, 2011, 25, (2), 228-251 View citations (18)
7. Have Welfare-to-Work Programs Improved over Time in Putting Welfare Recipients to Work?
   ILR Review, 2011, 64, (5), 910-920 View citations (7)

2009

8. Effects of physical attractiveness, personality, and grooming on academic performance in high school
   Labour Economics, 2009, 16, (4), 373-382 View citations (15)

2008

9. Are Two Carrots Better Than One? The Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients
   ILR Review, 2008, 61, (3), 410-423 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Are Two Carrots Better Than One? The Effects of Adding Employment Services to Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients, Working Papers (2007) View citations (6) (2007)
10. 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 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Incorporating Nonmarket Time Into Benefit-Cost Analyses of Social Programs: An Application to the Self-Sufficiency Project, Working Papers (2007) (2007)

2007

11. Welfare Reform and Child Care
    Evaluation Review, 2007, 31, (5), 440-468 View citations (1)

2005

12. Conducting Meta‐Analyses of Evaluations of Government‐Funded Training Programs
    Review of Policy Research, 2005, 22, (3), 345-367
13. 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 (25)
14. The Labor Market Consequences of Childhood Maladjustment*
    Social Science Quarterly, 2005, 86, (s1), 1170-1195 View citations (2)
15. 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 (49)

2004

16. What Happens To The Effects Of Government-Funded Training Programs Over Time?
    Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (1) View citations (9)

2003

17. A Meta-Analysis of Government-Sponsored Training Programs
    ILR Review, 2003, 57, (1), 31-53 View citations (41)
18. Book Review: Economic and Social Security and Substandard Working Conditions: The New World of Welfare
    ILR Review, 2003, 56, (4), 735-736

2002

19. 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 (35)

2001

20. Financial incentives and welfare reform in the United States
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2001, 20, (1), 129-150
21. Parental disruption and the labour market performance of children when they reach adulthood
    Journal of Population Economics, 2001, 14, (1), 137-172 View citations (29)
22. Using financial incentives to encourage welfare recipients to become economically self-sufficient
    Economic Policy Review, 2001, (Sep), 105-123 View citations (4)

2000

23. Employment and child-care choices in Canada and the United States
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2000, 33, (2), 435-470 View citations (48)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2000, 33, (2), 435-470 (2000) View citations (3)

1998

24. A dynamic analysis of turnover in employment and child care
    Demography, 1998, 35, (1), 83-96 View citations (11)

1997

25. Evaluating Government Training Programs for the Economically Disadvantaged
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1997, 35, (4), 1809-1855 View citations (115)
26. The Distributional Impacts of Social Programs
    Evaluation Review, 1997, 21, (5), 531-553 View citations (18)

1996

27. CHOICE CHARACTERISTICS AND PARENTS' CHILD-CARE DECISIONS
    Rationality and Society, 1996, 8, (4), 453-495 View citations (2)

1995

28. A Comment on "Why Did Child Support Award Levels Decline from 1978 to 1985?" by Philip K. Robins
    Journal of Human Resources, 1995, 30, (3), 622-632 View citations (3)
29. Evaluating Program Evaluations: New Evidence on Commonly Used Nonexperimental Methods
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (4), 923-37 View citations (65)
30. MAKING WORK PAY FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1995, 13, (3), 39-52 View citations (2)
31. Using Microsimulation To Help Design Pilot Demonstrations
    Evaluation Review, 1995, 19, (6), 687-706 View citations (2)

1992

32. A Structural Model of Labor Supply and Child Care Demand
    Journal of Human Resources, 1992, 27, (1), 166-203 View citations (119)
33. Why Did Child Support Award Levels Decline from 1978 to 1985?
    Journal of Human Resources, 1992, 27, (2), 362-379 View citations (2)

1991

34. Child care demand and labor supply of young mothers over time
    Demography, 1991, 28, (3), 333-351 View citations (50)
35. Determinants of Voluntary Overtime Decisions
    Economic Inquiry, 1991, 29, (1), 79-91 View citations (4)
36. Turnover in Child Care Arrangements
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991, 73, (1), 152-57 View citations (1)

1990

37. A DECADE OF DECLINING WELFARE PARTICIPATION: SORTING OUT THE CAUSES
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1990, 8, (1), 110-123
38. Explaining Recent Declines in Afdc Participation
    Public Finance Review, 1990, 18, (2), 236-255 View citations (1)
39. Job Search Outcomes for the Employed and Unemployed
    Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (3), 637-55 View citations (231)
40. The Wisconsin Child Support Assurance System: Estimated Effects on Poverty, Labor Supply, Caseloads, and Costs
    Journal of Human Resources, 1990, 25, (1), 1-31 View citations (14)

1989

41. Fertility, Employment, and Child-Care Costs
    Demography, 1989, 26, (2), 287-299 View citations (53)

1988

42. Child-Care Costs and Family Labor Supply
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1988, 70, (3), 374-81 View citations (236)

1987

43. Training Programs and Wages: A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Effects of Program Size
    Journal of Human Resources, 1987, 22, (1), 113-125 View citations (6)

1986

44. Child Support, Welfare Dependency, and Poverty
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 768-88 View citations (27)
45. Job search, wage offers, and unemployment insurance
    Journal of Public Economics, 1986, 29, (2), 173-197 View citations (39)
46. Labor Supply Response to Welfare Programs: A Dynamic Analysis
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (1), 82-104 View citations (12)
47. 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 View citations (4)
48. The changing role of social experiments in policy analysis
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1986, 5, (2), 340-362 View citations (9)

1985

49. A Comparison of the Labor Supply Findings from the Four Negative Income Tax Experiments
    Journal of Human Resources, 1985, 20, (4), 567-582 View citations (70)
50. Child support and welfare dependence: A multinomial logit analysis
    Demography, 1985, 22, (3), 367-380 View citations (5)
51. Government Programs, Job Search Requirements, and the Duration of Unemployment
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1985, 3, (3), 337-62 View citations (23)

1984

52. 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 View citations (2)

1980

53. A Dynamic Model of Employment Behavior: An Application to the Seattle and Denver Income Maintenance Experiments
    Econometrica, 1980, 48, (4), 1031-52 View citations (14)
54. Effects of SIME/DIME on Changes in Employment Status
    Journal of Human Resources, 1980, 15, (4), 545-573 View citations (4)
55. Experimental Design, the Conlisk-Watts Assignment Model, and the Proper Estimation of Behavioral Response
    Journal of Human Resources, 1980, 15, (4), 480-498 View citations (8)
56. Labor Supply Response Over Time
    Journal of Human Resources, 1980, 15, (4), 524-544 View citations (10)
57. Program Participation and Labor-Supply Response
    Journal of Human Resources, 1980, 15, (4), 499-523 View citations (6)

1979

58. Book Review: Labor Market: The New Jersey Income-Maintenance Experiment, Volume II: Labor-Supply Responses
    ILR Review, 1979, 32, (4), 561-562
59. The economics of child care and public policy
    Children and Youth Services Review, 1979, 1, (1), 55-74 View citations (4)
60. Work Incentives and the Negative Income Tax
    Challenge, 1979, 22, (1), 52-55

1978

61. An Econometric Model of the Demand for Child Care
    Economic Inquiry, 1978, 16, (1), 83-94 View citations (22)
62. The Labor-Supply Effects and Costs of Alternative Negative Income Tax Programs
    Journal of Human Resources, 1978, 13, (1), 3-36 View citations (8)

1974

63. The Effects of State Usury Ceilings on Single Family Homebuilding
    Journal of Finance, 1974, 29, (1), 227-35 View citations (7)

Edited books

2001

1. Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (12)