Jacob Alex Klerman

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Economist
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Education

M.A. in economics, University of Chicago

Overview

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Principal investigator of the statewide evaluation of the California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program
  • California's implementation of the national Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program

Selected Publications

Jacob Alex Klerman et al., Early Results on Activations and the Earnings of Reservists, RAND Corporation, 2006

Jacob Alex Klerman, "Performance Measurement in Government," in Robert Klitgaard and Paul C. Light, eds., High-Performance Government: Structure, Leadership, Incentives, 2005

J. Grogger et al., "Why Did the Welfare Rolls Fall During the 1990s? The Importance of Entry," American Economic Review, 2003

J. A. Klerman and A. Leibowitz, "Job Continuity Among New Mothers," Demography, 36(2), 1999

Publications

The Effect of Military Enlistment on Earnings and Education - 2011

Informing, Enrolling, and Reenrolling CalWORKs Leavers in Food Stamps and Medi-Cal - 2010

Program Take-Up Among CalWORKs Leavers: Medi-Cal, Food Stamps, and the EITC: An Evaluation of Participation in Work-Support Programs by CalWORKs Leavers - 2010

Data for DoD Manpower Policy Analysis - 2009

Military Enlistment of Hispanic Youth: Obstacles and Opportunities - 2009

Understanding the Current Population Survey's Insurance Estimates and the Medicaid 'Undercount' - 2009

Explaining the Increase in Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers During the Global War on Terror - 2008

How Do Earnings Change When Reservists Are Activated? A Reconciliation of Estimates Derived from Survey and Administrative Data - 2008

Recent Trends in Veteran Unemployment as Measured in the Current Population Survey and the American Community Survey - 2008

Rethinking the Reserves - 2008

Sanctions in the CalWORKs Program - 2008

The RAND SLAM Program - 2008

Medicaid Under-reporting in the Current Population Survey and One Approach for a Partial Correction - 2007

Activation and the Earnings of Reservists - 2006

Effect of Activation on Reservist Earnings - 2006

The Effect of Reserve Activations and Active-Duty Deployments on Local Employment During the Global War on Terrorism - 2006

Why Did the Food Stamp Caseload Decline (and Rise)? Effects of Policies on the Economy - 2006

Early Results on Activations and the Earnings of Reservists - 2005

High-Performance Government: Structure, Leadership, Incentives - 2005

Multi-Site Implementation: Medicaid Section 1931(b) in California - 2005

Today or Last Year? How Do Interviewees Answer the CPS Health Insurance Questions? - 2005

Under-Reporting of Medicaid and Welfare in the Current Population Survey - 2005

What Factors Affect the Military Enlistment of Hispanic Youth? A Look at Enlistment Qualifications - 2005

Why Did the Welfare Rolls Fall During the 1990's? The Importance of Entry - 2005

A Random-Effects Approach to Attrition Bias in the SIPP Health Insurance Data - 2004

A Stock-Flow Analysis of the Welfare Caseload - 2004

Employment Change and Continuation of Health Insurance Coverage - 2004

Employment Effect of Mandated Health Benefits - 2004

Employment of New Mothers and Child Care Choice - 2004

Labor Turnover and Health Insurance - 2004

Pitfalls of Panel Data: The Case of the SIPP Health Insurance Data - 2004

Results from the First California Health and Social Services Survey - 2004

The Relationship Between the Economy and the Welfare Caseload: A Dynamic Approach - 2004

Why Did the Welfare Caseload Decline? - 2004

Dynamic Properties of the Welfare Caseload - 2003

Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis - 2003

Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis, Executive Summary - 2003

Why Did the Welfare Rolls Fall During the 1990s? : The Importance of Entry - 2003

A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We’ve Learned About Welfare Usage and Economic Outcomes - 2002

A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We’ve Learned About Child Well-Being - 2002

Beyond Medi-Cal: Health Insurance Coverage Among Former Welfare Recipients - 2002

Consequences of Welfare Reform: A Research Synthesis - 2002

Countywide Evaluation of the Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency Plan: Assessing the Utility of the LTFSS Plan Service Delivery and Planning Framework - 2002

Countywide Evaluation of the Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency Plan: Countywide Evaluation Report - 2002

Countywide Evaluation of the Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency Plan: Establishing the Baselines - 2002

Final Report for Policy Evaluation of the Effect of the 1996 Welfare Reform Legislation on SSI Benefits for Disabled Children - 2002

Medi-Cal After Welfare Reform: Enrollment Among Former Welfare Recipients - 2002

Medi-Cal Enrollment Among Former Cash Welfare Recipients - 2002

RAND Review: Vol. 26, No. 3, Fall 2002 - 2002

State Monitoring of National School Lunch Program Nutritional Content - 2002

State Monitoring of National School Lunch Program Nutritional Content: State by State Results Appendix - 2002

The Relationship Between the Economy and the Welfare Caseload: A Dynamic Approach - 2002

A Stock-Flow Analysis of the Welfare Caseload: Insights from California Economic Conditions - 2001

Effects of the 1996 Welfare Reform Changes on the SSI Program - 2001

Implementing CaLWORKS: The Need for Added Capacity - 2001

Implementing CalWORKs: The Problem of Noncompliance - 2001

Implementing CalWORKs: The Timing of Job Club - 2001

Military Recruiting: Trends, Outlooks, and Implications - 2001

The Long-Term Gains from GAIN: A Re-Analysis of the Impacts of the California GAIN Program - 2001

Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1999 All-County Implementation Survey - 2001

Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year: Executive Summary - 2001

Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year - 2001

Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1999 CalWORKs Program Staff Survey - 2001

What Effects Decisions to Enlist in the Military - 2001

Job Continuity Among New Mothers - 2000

Job Continuity Among New Mothers - 2000

RAND Statewide CalWORKS Evaluation Welfare Reform in California: Design of the Impact Analysis: Preliminary Investigations of Caseload Data - 2000

RAND Statewide CalWORKs Evaluation Welfare Reform in California: Design of the Impact Analysis - 2000

The Pace of CalWORKs Implementation (February 2000) - 2000

U.S. Abortion Policy and Fertility - 2000

Attracting College-Bound Youth into the Military: Toward the Development of New Recruiting Policy Options - 1999

Competing with College: Developing New Recruiting Options for the Military - 1999

Enlistment Decisions in the 1990s: Evidence From Individual-Level Data - 1999

The Economics of Fertility in Developed Countries: A Survey - 1999

The Pace of CalWORKs Implementation (December 1999) - 1999

U.S. Abortion Policy and Fertility - 1999

Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey - 1999

Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey, Appendix - 1999

Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the First Year - 1999

Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the First Year -- Executive Summary - 1999

Welfare background, attitudes, and employment among new mothers - 1999

Background and Study Design Report for Policy Evaluation of the Effect of the 1996 Welfare Reform Legislation on SSI Benefits for Disabled Children - 1998

Estimating AFQT Scores for National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS) Respondents - 1998

How Much Would Individual Insurance Premiums Cost Under Kassebaum-Kennedy? - 1998

Labor Supply Effects of State Maternity Leave Legislation - 1998

RAND's Statewide CalWORKs Evaluation: An Overview - 1998

The Effects of Changing the Staffing in Military Treatment Facilities - 1998

Welfare reform and abortion - 1998

Health Insurance Among Children of Unemployed Parents - 1997

Welfare Waivers State-Specific Descriptions - 1997

A Chronicle of Abortion Legality, Medicaid Funding, and Parental Involvement Laws, 1967-1994 - 1996

A Review of Abortion Policy: Legality, Medicaid Funding, and Parental Involvement, 1967-1994 - 1996

Insights into heaping from retrospective breastfeeding data - 1996

New Estimates of the Effect of Kassebaum-Kennedy's Group-to-Individual Conversion Provision on Premiums for Individual Health Insurance - 1996

The Economics of Fertility in Developed Countries: A Survey - 1996

The New Fiscal Federalism and the Social Safety Net: A View from California - 1996

Welfare Reform and Abortion: Research Perspectives - 1996

''Time Out'' for New Mothers: Some Issues for Maternity-Leave Policy - 1995

Economic Perspectives on Fertility and Unintended Pregnancy - 1995

Explaining Changes in Married Mothers' Employment Over Time - 1995

The Transition to Stable Employment: The Experience of U.S. Youth in Their Early Labor Market Career - 1995

The Transition to Stable Employment: The Experience of U.S. Youth in Their Early Labor Market Career - 1995

When Do They Settle Down? : Young People in the U.S. Labor Market - 1995

Demographics, Sectoral Change, and Changing Relative Wages: A Regional Approach - 1994

Do Women's Early Work Commitment and Welfare Attitudes Predict Employment After Childbirth? - 1994

Job Loss Due to Health Care Reform - 1994

Job Loss Due to Health Care Reform: Testimony before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, October 19, 1993 - 1994

Job loss due to health insurance mandates - 1994

More evidence for the public health value of family planning - 1994

The Work-Employment Distinction Among New Mothers - 1994

Trends and future directions in youth labor markets : implications for Army recruiting - 1994

Using regional data to reexamine the contribution of demographic and sectoral changes to increasing U.S. wage inequality - 1994

Young men and the transition to stable employment - 1994

Characterizing Leave for Maternity: Modeling the NLS-Y Data - 1993

Employment Continuity Among New Mothers - 1993

Fixed Effects, Public Policy and Teenage Fertility - 1993

Heaping in Retrospective Data: Insights from Malaysian Family Life Surveys' Breastfeeding Data - 1993

The work-employment distinction among new mothers - 1993

Women's Employment During Pregnancy and Following Childbirth - 1992

Child Care and Women's Return to Work After Childbirth - 1991

Preliminary Results from an Evaluation of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative - 1990