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Cellini, Stephanie Riegg; McKernan, Signe-Mary; Ratcliffe, Caroline – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
This paper reviews the literature on poverty dynamics in the U.S. It surveys the most prevalent data, theories, and methods used to answer three key questions: How likely are people to enter, exit, and reenter poverty? How long do people remain in poverty? And what events are associated with entering and exiting poverty? The paper then analyzes…
Descriptors: Poverty, Probability, Time Perspective, Social Theories
Liu, Cathy Yang – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2009
This paper examines the impact of living in ethnic enclaves in different parts of a metropolitan area on low-skilled Latino immigrants' employment accessibility. It does so by comparing the employment status and commuting times of Latinos living in and out of ethnic neighborhoods in central city, inner-ring suburbs, and outer-ring suburbs in…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Employment Level, Urban Areas, Suburbs
Leininger, Lindsey Jeanne; Kalil, Ariel – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
Using data on approximately 2,000 low-income welfare recipients in a three-site random-assignment intervention conducted in the early 1990s (the NEWWS), we examine the role of cognitive and non-cognitive factors in moderating experimental impacts of an adult education training program for women who lacked a high school degree or GED at the time of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Females, Adult Education, Probability
Stafford, Sarah L. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007
Facilities that self-police under the Environmental Protection Agency's Audit Policy are eligible for reduced penalties on disclosed violations. This paper investigates whether self-policing has additional consequences; in particular, whether self-policing reduces future enforcement activity. Using data on U.S. hazardous waste enforcement and…
Descriptors: Inspection, Hazardous Materials, Environmental Standards, Audits (Verification)
Duggan, Mark G.; Kearney, Melissa Schettini – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007
We use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to investigate the impact that child Supplemental Security Income (SSI) enrollment has on household outcomes, including poverty, household earnings, and health insurance coverage. The longitudinal nature of the SIPP allows us to control for unobserved, time-invariant…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Probability, Family Income, Poverty
Lopoo, Leonard M. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
Over the last 30 years, the tenet of promoting self-sufficiency through work has become one of the primary objectives of many social welfare policies in the United States. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the author asks if a mother's work hours influence her daughter's teenage fertility. The findings suggest a negative relationship, with…
Descriptors: Mothers, Employed Women, Daughters, Early Parenthood
Powell, Lisa M.; Chaloupka, Frank J. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
This paper jointly examines the importance of parental influences, prices, and tobacco control policies on the smoking behavior of youths. Data are drawn from the Audits & Surveys (A&S) 1996 survey of high school students across the United States from "The Study of Smoking and Tobacco Use Among Young People" to examine the impact…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Public Policy, Probability, Opinions