Showing papers by "Robert Haveman published in 2001"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore whether behaviors of youths that are likely to result in a teen non-marital birth event are influenced by their expectations of the net economic benefits or costs associated with the occurrence of such a birth.
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TL;DR: The concept of Self-Reliant poverty as mentioned in this paper is based on the ability of a family, using its own resources, to support a level of consumption in excess of needs, which is similar to the concept of capability poverty.
Abstract: In this paper we present a new concept of poverty, Self-Reliant poverty, which is based on the ability of a family, using its own resources, to support a level of consumption in excess of needs. This concept closely parallels the “capability poverty” measure that has been proposed by Amartya Sen. We use this measure to examine the trend and composition of the Self-Reliant poor population from 1975 to 1997. We find that Self-Reliant poverty has increased more rapidly over this period than has official poverty. Families considered to be the most vulnerable—those headed by minorities, single women with children, and individuals with low levels of education—have the highest levels of Self-Reliant poverty. However, these groups have also experienced the smallest increases in poverty. Conversely, families largely thought to be economically secure—those headed by whites, married men with children, and highly educated individuals—have the lowest levels of Self-Reliant poverty, but have experienced the largest increases in poverty. We also find that the Self-Reliant poor is increasingly composed of vulnerable groups relative to the composition of the official poor. The labor market, demographic, and policy sources of the divergent trends in Self-Reliant and official poverty, and of the gender, race and family structure changes in poverty rates are explored.
34 citations
01 Jan 2001
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the state of the art in the field of bio-medical data collection and analysis, with a focus on the use of medical data.
Abstract: This article is reproduced from the previous edition, volume 17, pp. 11917–11924, © 2001, Elsevier Ltd.
5 citations
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TL;DR: The 1996 U.S. welfare reform legislation established the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as discussed by the authors, which represents the ascendance of the view that market work should be substituted for benefit recipiency.
Abstract: The 1996 U.S. welfare reform legislation established the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. TANF represents the ascendance of the view that market work should be substituted for benefit recipiency. We describe the problems inherent in U.S. social welfare policy prior to TANF (emphasizing its serious labor supply disincentives), catalogue the wide variety of economic changes implicit in TANF, and describe the policies undertaken by the state of Wisconsin, a leader in implementing the new federal policy. We conclude by asking if this U.S. reform can serve as a model for other nations.
2 citations
01 Jan 2001
1 citations