Hubs
Workers' Comp.
Senior staff / Experts
- Timothy J. Bartik, Senior Economist
- Randall W. Eberts, Executive Director
Working papers
- Do Temporary Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from Random Assignments, David Autor and Susan N. Houseman (WP05-124),
2005.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Temporary Agency Employment as a Way out of Poverty?, David Autor and Susan N. Houseman (WP05-123),
2005.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Instrumental Variable Estimates of the Labor Market Spillover Effects
of Welfare Reform, Timothy J. Bartik (WP02-078), 2002.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Thinking about Local Living Wage Requirements, Timothy J. Bartik (WP02-076),
2002.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Nonstandard Work and Child Care Choices of Married Mothers, Jean Kimmel and
Lisa M. Powell (WP01-74), 2001.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - The Effect of Child Care Costs on the Labor Force Participation and Welfare
Recipiency of Single Mothers: Implications for Welfare Reform, Rachel Connelly and Jean
Kimmel (WP01-69), 2001.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Solving the Many Problems with Inner City Jobs, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00-66),
2000.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - The Role of Public Policy in Skills Development of Black Workers in the 21st
Century, Timothy J. Bartik and Kevin Hollenbeck (WP00-64), 2000.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Group Wage Curves, Timothy J. Bartik (WP00-63), 2000.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - A Note on Commutes and the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis, Kelly J. DeRango
(WP00-59), 2000.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Marital Status and Full-time/Part-time Work Status in Child Care Choices:
Changing the Rules of the Game, Rachel Connelly and Jean Kimmel (WP99-58),
1999.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Aggregate Effects in Local Labor Markets of Supply and Demand
Shocks,
Timothy J. Bartik (WP99-057), 1999.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Examining the Effect of Industry Trends and Structure on Welfare Caseloads,
Timothy J. Bartik and Randall W. Eberts
(WP99-054), 1999.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - The Labor Supply Effects of Welfare Reform, Timothy J. Bartik, 1998.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - The Use of Profiling to Target Services in State Welfare-to-Work Programs:
An Example of Process and Implementation, Randall W. Eberts (WP98-052),
1997.
[ Abstract | Full Text | Figures ] - Short-Term Employment Persistence for Welfare Recipients: The "Effects"
of Wages, Industry, Occupation and Firm Size, Timothy J. Bartik (WP97-046),
1997.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Reducing the Welfare Dependence of Single-Mother Families:
Health-Related Employment Barriers and Policy Responses,
Jean Kimmel
(WP96-043), 1996.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Using Performance Indicators to Improve the Effectiveness of
Welfare-to-Work Programs, Timothy J. Bartik
(WP95-036), 1995.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - The Effects of Local Labor Demand on Individual Labor Market Outcomes for Different Demographic Groups and the Poor, Timothy J. Bartik (WP93-023), 1993.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - Child Care and the Employment Behavior of Single and Married Mothers, Jean Kimmel (WP93-014), 1993.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] - The Effects of Local Labor Demand on Individual Labor Market Outcomes for Different Demographic Groups and the Poor, Timothy J. Bartik (WP93-023), 1993.
Technical reports
- Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Work
First Profiling Pilot Project,
by Randall W. Eberts, March 2002.
Other papers
- Displacement and Wage Effects of Welfare Reform, by Timothy J. Bartik, January 1999.
Conferences
Books
- A Future of Good Jobs? America's Challenge in the Global Economy, Timothy J. Bartik and Susan N. Houseman, Editors, - read the first chapter now
- The Geography of American Poverty: Is There a Need for Place-Based Policies?, Mark D. Partridge and Dan S. Rickman, - read the introductory chapter now
- Welfare and Work: Experiences in Six Cities, Christopher T. King and Peter R. Mueser and Pamela Loprest, - read the introductory chapter now
- Communities and Workforce Development, Edwin Meléndez, Editor, - read the first chapter now
- Leaving Welfare: Employment and Well-Being of Families that Left Welfare in the Post-Entitlement Era, Gregory Acs and Pamela Loprest, - read the introductory chapter now
- Helping Working Families: The Earned Income Tax Credit, Saul D. Hoffman and Laurence S. Seidman, - read the introductory chapter now
- Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform, Bruce A. Weber, Greg J. Duncan, and Leslie A. Whitener, Editors, - read the first chapter now
- Jobs for the Poor:
Can Labor Demand Policies Help?, Timothy J. Bartik, 2001.
* Co-published with and available from Russell Sage Foundation. - Rising Wage Inequality: The 1980s Experience in Urban Labor Markets, Thomas Hyclak, - read the first chapter now
- Changes in Income Inequality within U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Janice F. Madden, - read the first chapter now
- Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform, Sheldon H. Danziger, Editor - read the first chapter now
- Lessons for Welfare Reform: An Analysis of the AFDC Caseload and Past Welfare-to-Work Programs, Dave M. O'Neill and June Ellenoff O'Neill, 1997.- read the first chapter now
- Of Heart and Mind: Social Policy Essays in Honor of Sar A. Levitan, Garth Mangum and Stephen Mangum, Editors, 1996.- read the first chapter now
- A Second Chance Training for Jobs, Sar A. Levitan and Frank Gallo, 1988.
- Public Service Employment: The Experience of a Decade, Robert F. Cook, Charles F. Adams Jr., and V. Lane Rawlins, 1985.
Employment Research
- Urban Welfare and Work Experiences, by Christopher T. King and Peter R. Mueser
- Leaving Welfare: Challenges in a New Economy, by Gregory Acs and Pamela Loprest
- Living Wages and Local Governments, by Timothy J. Bartik
- As the Dust Settles: Welfare Reform in Rural America, by Leslie A. Whitener, Bruce A. Weber, and Greg J. Duncan
- Rising Wage Inequality in Urban Labor Markets, by Thomas Hyclak, Lehigh University
- Employment as a "Solution" to Welfare: Challenges over the Next Ten Years, by Timothy J. Bartik
- Will Welfare Reform Cause Displacement?, by Timothy J. Bartik
- Jobs for Welfare Recipients, by Timothy J. Bartik
- From the Executive Director, Randall W. Eberts discusses a welfare-to-work profiling model being tested in Michigan.
- Performance Standards and Welfare Reform, by Timothy J. Bartik
- Welfare to Work: Local Observations on a National Issue, by Randall W. Eberts
- The Role of Child Care Assistance in Welfare Reform, by Jean Kimmel
Current Grantees
- Kristin S. Seefeldt, University of Michigan, Moving Up or Getting Stuck? Former Welfare Recipients' Job Retention and Advancement
- Nan Maxwell, California State University-Hayward, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Employment-Based Health Insurance and the Plight of Low-Skilled Workers
- Rucker Johnson, University of California-Berkeley, Work After Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children: Evidence from the Michigan Women's Employment Survey
Links
- Joint Center for Poverty Research - Northwestern University/University of Chicago
- University of Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy
- University of Wisconsin's Institute for Research on Poverty
- U.S. Department of Labor
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