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Direct linkSullivan, James X.; Turner, Lesley; Danziger, Sheldon – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
This paper examines the relationship between income and the extent of material hardship and explores other factors that might affect hardship. Using panel data from the Women's Employment Study, we examine the incidence of material hardship from 1997 to 2003 among current and former welfare recipients. We then consider the extent to which income…
Descriptors: Income, Welfare Recipients, Low Income Groups, Females
Cawley, John; Danziger, Sheldon – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
This paper utilizes a rich longitudinal data set--the Women's Employment Study (WES)--to investigate whether obesity, which is common among women of low socioeconomic status, is a barrier to employment and earnings for current and former welfare recipients. We find that former welfare recipients who are both White and morbidly obese have been less…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Females, Dropouts, Welfare Recipients
Danziger, Sheldon; Heflin, Colleen M.; Corcoran, Mary E.; Oltmans, Elizabeth; Wang, Hui-Chen – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2002
The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act requires welfare recipients to look for work and has made it more difficult for nonworking recipients to remain on the welfare rolls. In addition, the economic boom of the 1990s and changes in federal and state policies have raised the net income gain associated with moving…
Descriptors: Income, Poverty, Mothers, Welfare Recipients
