Journal of Human Resources articles from September 1995

Journal of Human Resources archives from September 1995

The effect of food stamp cashout on food expenditures: an assessment of the findings from four demonstrations.
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction Are food stamps more effective than cash assistance in increasing expenditures on food by low-income households? Beginning with Southworth's (1945) theoretical analysis of methods to subsidize food consumption, a large...

The receipt of transfer payments by immigrants to Canada. (includes appendix)
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction Canada has a relatively extensive "social safety net." The viability of its transfer programs is currently being debated, however, in response to growing government deficits. One element of this discussion is the role of...

The disutility of time spent on the United Kingdom's National Health Service waiting lists. (includes appendix)
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction Queues and waiting lists are used widely as allocation mechanisms and are a central feature of health care markets in which money price is relatively unimportant. It is generally accepted that queuing - waiting in person -...

Pension coverage and borrowing constraints.
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction This paper examines the extent to which differences in workers' rates of time preferences can explain pension coverage outcomes. We argue that workers with a high rate of time preference will avoid jobs with pensions because...

Sex discrimination and women's labor market outcomes.
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction The central tenet of the human capital explanation of sex differences in wages is that, because of specialization in household production, women intend to work in the labor market more intermittently than men, and therefore...

Safe port in a storm: the impact of labor market conditions on community college enrollments.
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction Recessions drive people into community colleges, as community college administrators have long observed. Newly unemployed people enter community college to retrain for occupations less buffeted by unemployment, while some...

Welfare reform at three years: the case of Washington State's Family Independence Program.
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction The Family Support Act of 1988 aims to assist recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in obtaining the skills needed for the employment that will enable them to manage on their own. The centerpiece of the...

Baby boomers and their parents: how does their economic well-being compare in Middle Age? (includes appendix)
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction How does the economic well-being of baby boomers in 1989 compare to that of their parents' generation when they were the same ages in the early 1960s? This paper uses survey data to look at the income and consumption of the two...

The effects of U.S. trade laws on poverty in America.
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction International trade and trade policy have always had important effects on domestic markets. These effects have been the subject of intense study by international economists. Less attention has been given, however, to the...

Black/white differences in schooling and employment.
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction Until the late 1970s, most Blacks could be confident that their sons and daughters would continue the ascent toward economic equality. Access to schools and jobs was widening, and historic disparities in the provision of public...

Decomposing wage variation: a comment on Michael P. Keane's "Individual heterogeneity and interindustry wage differentials." (response to Michael Keane article on Journal of Human Resources, vol. 28, p. 134, 1993)
September 22, 1995... I. Introduction In a recent article in the Journal of Human Resources; Keane (1993) considers the forces behind industry differentials that arise in wage equation estimates from the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Men. There are two...