Journal of Human Resources articles from September 1998

Journal of Human Resources archives from September 1998

The market work behavior and wages of women: 1975-94.
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction Women are working in labor markets much more than they did 20 or so years ago - this is well known. Less widely known are the differences among women in their increasing attachment to the market. Thus, although the...

On the road: marriage and mobility in Malaysia.
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction Many empirical models of migration focus on the perspective of an individual and compare individual benefits and costs of migration. This is unfortunate since several recent papers, which explore the links between family...

Will extending Medicaid to two-parent families encourage marriage?
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction In the United States, the Medicaid program provides public health insurance for poor, eligible families. Although the program varies across states, in all instances Medicaid furnishes a basic set of subsidized health care...

The effect of family planning programs on the fertility of welfare recipients: evidence from Medicaid claims.
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction This paper examines the effectiveness of family planning services subsidized by the Medicaid program in lowering the fertility of women supported by public assistance. Family planning services have been a mandatory Medicaid...

Why do small establishments hire fewer blacks than large ones?
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction It is well known that some establishments are more likely to hire blacks (or other minorities) than others. For instance, federal contractors are more likely to hire blacks than are noncontractors, due to federal...

Using sibling data to estimate the impact of neighborhoods on children's educational outcomes.
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction There is substantial evidence that family background characteristics play an important role in the educational development of children. However, how neighborhoods, schools, and peer groups affect children remains unsettled....

Gender wage discrimination bias? A meta-regression analysis.
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction Do female researchers tend to overestimate the gender wage gap? Or are male authors overly dismissive of gender discrimination? Has the magnitude of the gender wage gap been declining as our society attempts to remedy its...

Instrumental variables methods for the correlated random coefficient model: estimating the average rate of return to schooling when the return is correlated with schooling.
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction A random coefficients model of the economic return to schooling has been an integral part of the human capital literature since the seminal research of Becker and Chiswick (1966), Chiswick (1974), Chiswick and Mincer (1972)...

The dynamics of receipt of Aid to Families with Dependent Children among teenage parents in inner cities.
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction In recent years, there has been rising concern about the welfare patterns of teenage mothers. This concern has been triggered to a large extent by evidence that teenage mothers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent...

Rising income among families with members receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
September 22, 1998... I. Introduction Beginning in the mid-1980s, major household survey data sets show gradual improvement in the economic status of families with members receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). This pattern is not...