Research on Labor Markets, Welfare, and Human Capital Investments
Domestic labor markets are influenced by an array of government policies and regulations. The program's basic goals in labor market research are to examine the assumptions underlying the policy debate, to identify the trends that policymakers must consider, and to determine how policy alternatives affect the economic environment for different groups. Much of the program's work in U.S. labor markets has focused on racial and ethnic disparities in incomes, the changing role of women in the labor force, child care, changes in wage structure, the labor market effects of schooling and training, immigration, and the labor market for older Americans.
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Amin, Shahina, and Julie S. DaVanzo, The Impact of Wives' Earnings Inequality among Married-Couple Households in Malaysia, DRU-2881-WFHF, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2003 (available in PDF).
Arkes, Jeremy, "Trends in Long-run Versus Cross-section Earnings Inequality in the 1970s and 1980s," Review of Income and Wealth, Series 44, No. 2, 1998, pp. 199-213 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-916).
Banks, James, Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, and Arthur van Soest, International Comparisons of Work Disability, WR-155, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004 (available in PDF).
Beckett, Megan , Angela Hawken, and Alison Jacknowitz, Accountability for After-School Care: Devising Standards and Measuring Adherence to Them, MR-1411-SSCCP, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
Beckett, Megan, Angela Hawken, and Alison Jacknowitz, Evaluating After-School Care, RB-2505, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
Bergstrom, Ted, and Robert F. Schoeni, "Income Prospects and Age at Marriage," Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 9, No. 2, May 1996, pp. 115-130 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-554).
Bitler, Marianne P., Jonah B. Gelbach, and Hilary W. Hoynes, Welfare Reform and Health, WR-102-1-NICHD/NIA, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004 (available in PDF).
Bitler, Marianne P., Jonah B. Gelbach, and Hilary W. Hoynes, Welfare Reform and Children's Living Arrangements, WR-111-NICHD/NIA, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2003 (available in PDF).
Bitler, Marianne P., Jonah B. Gelbach, and Hilary W. Hoynes, What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments, WR-109-NICHD/NIA, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2003 (available in PDF).
Bitler, Marianne P., Jonah B. Gelbach, Hilary W. Hoynes and Madeline Zavodny, The Impact of Welfare Reform on Marriage and Divorce, WR-110-NICHD/NIA, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004 (available in PDF).
Bloom, David , David Canning, and Jaypee Sevilla, Banking the "Demographic Dividend": How Population Dynamics Can Affect Economic Growth, RB-5065, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002.
Cancian, Maria, and Robert F. Schoeni, "Wives' Earnings and the Level and Distribution of Married Couples' Earnings in Developed Countries," Journal of Income Distribution, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1998, pp. 45-61 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-891).
Cannon, Jill, Lynn A. Karoly, and M. Rebecca Kilburn, Directions for Cost and Outcome Analysis of Starting Early Starting Smart: Summary of a Cost Expert Meeting, CF-161-TCFP, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
Cox, Amy G., Women in the New Economy: How Are They Faring? DRU-2719, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002.
Cox, Amy G., Jacob Alex Klerman, Welfare Reform in California: Results of the Second CalWORKs Program Staff Survey, DRR-2757-CDSS, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002.
Cox, Amy G., and Harriet B. Pressere, "Nonstandard Employment Schedules Among American Mothers: The Relevance of Marital Status," Chapter in Work and Family: Research Informing Policy, ed., by Toby Parcel and Dan Cornfield. Sage, Inc., 2000.
Cox, Amy G., Joan M. Hermsen, Jacob Alex Klerman, "Economic Opportunities and the Transition to Marriage Among Young Women." Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies: Demographic Issues. eds. Brigida Garcia, Richard Anker, Antonella Pinnelli, Oxford University Press, 2003.
Cox, Amy G., Nicole Humphrey, Jacob Alex Klerman, Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1999 CalWORKs Program Staff Survey, RAND, 2000.
Cox, Amy G., Jacob Alex Klerman, and Ingrid Aguirre Happoldt, "Medi-Cal After Welfare Reform: Enrollment Among Former Welfare Recipients," Medi-Cal Policy Institute Issue Brief Number 4, 2001, pp. 1-12. (also available as RAND Reprint RP-1007).
Currie, Janet, "Early Childhood Intervention Programs: What Do We Know?" Journal of Economic Perspectives, forthcoming.
Currie, Janet, and Joseph Ferrie, "The Law and Labor Strife in the U.S., 1881-1894," Journal of Economic History, Vol. 60, No. 1, March 2000, pp. 42-66.
Currie, Janet, and Duncan Thomas, "School Quality and the Longer-Term Effects of Head Start," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 35, No. 4, Fall 2000, pp. 755-774.
Currie, Janet, and Duncan Thomas, "Does Head Start Help Hispanic Children?" Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 74, No. 2, 1999, pp. 235-262 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-881).
Currie, Janet, and Duncan Thomas, "Does Head Start Make a Difference?" American Economic Review, Vol. 85, No. 3, June 1995, pp. 341-364 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-440).
Currie, Janet, and Aaron Yelowitz, "Health Insurance and Less Skilled Workers," in D. Card and R. Blank, eds., Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform, New York: Russell Sage, 2000.
Dertouzos, James N., and Patricia A. Ebener, A Profile of San Bernardino County CalWORKs Caseload, DB-304-SBC, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2000.
Dertouzos, James N., and Lynn A. Karoly, "The Implications of Employment Liability for Welfare Reform," Journal of Labor Research, Vol. XIX, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 295-311.
Dertouzos, James N., and Lynn A. Karoly, "Employment Effects of Worker Protection: Evidence from the U.S.," in C. F. Buechtemann, ed., Employment Security and Labor Market Behavior: Interdisciplinary Approaches and International Evidence, Ithaca, NY: Industrial Labor Relations Press, Cornell, 1993.
Dertouzos, James N., and Lynn A. Karoly, Labor Market Responses to Employer Liability, R-3989, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1992.
Dertouzos, James N., and Robert F. Schoeni, "Preparing for Welfare Block Grants: Issues Facing California," in J. Hosek and R. Levine, eds., The New Fiscal Federalism and the Social Safety Net: A View from California, Santa Monica, California: RAND, 1996.
Desai, Sonalde, and Linda J. Waite, "Women's Employment During Pregnancy and After the First Birth: Occupational Characteristics and Work Commitment," American Sociological Review, Vol. 56, No. 4, August 1991, pp. 551-556; N-3353-NICHD, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1991.
Dow, William H., and Tomas Philipson, "An Empirical Examination of the Implications of Assortative Matching on the Incidence of HIV," Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 15, No. 6, 1996.
Dow, William H., Paul J. Gertler, Robert F. Schoeni, John Strauss, and Duncan Thomas, Health Care Prices, Health and Labor Outcomes: Experimental Evidence, DRU-1588, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1997.
Dow, William H., Jose Gomez de Leon, Erik Bloom, Ricardo Bitran, Beatriz Straffon, and Monica Orozc, "The Demand for Health Care in Mexico," Mexico: National Population Council, 1995.
Ebener, Patricia A., and Jacob Alex Klerman, Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1999 All-County Implementation Survey, MR-1180-CDSS, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001 (available in PDF).
Ebener, Patricia A., and Jacob Alex Klerman, Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey, MR-1052-CDSS, 1999 (also available in PDF).
Ebener, Patricia A., Elizabeth A. Roth, and Jacob Alex Klerman, Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey, Appendix, MR-1052/1.1-CDSS, 1999.
Eloundou-Enyegue, Parfait M., and Julie S. DaVanzo, "Economic Downturns in Schooling Inequality, Cameroon, 1987-95" Population Studies, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2003, pp. 183-197.
Frankenberg, Elizabeth, James P. Smith, and Duncan Thomas, "Economic Shocks, Wealth, and Welfare," The Journal of Human Resources, 2003, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 280-321 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-1066).
Frankenberg, Elizabeth, Duncan Thomas, and Kathleen Beegle, The Real Costs of Indonesia's Economic Crisis: Preliminary Findings from the Indonesia Family Life Surveys, DRU-2064, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1999.
Garces, Eliana, Janet Currie, and Duncan Thomas,"Longer-Term Effects of Head Start," The American Economic Review, Vol. 92, No. 4, 2002, pp. 999-1012, 2002 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-1055).
Gertler, Paul L., and John W. Molyneaux, How Economic Opportunities and Family-Planning Programs Control Population Growth, RB-5008, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1995.
Goldscheider, Frances K., and Calvin Goldscheider, "Family Structure, Leaving Home, and Investments in Young Adulthood," in N. Marcil-Gratton, A. Norves, C. LeBourdais and C. Roilte, eds., Cahiers Quebecois de Demographie (Special Issue on Childhood), Vol. 23, No. 1, 1994, pp. 75-100.
Greenwell, Lisa, Arleen Leibowitz, and Jacob Alex Klerman, "Welfare Background, Attitudes, and Employment After Childbirth," Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 60, No. 1, 1998, pp. 175-193 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-738).
Greenwell, Lisa, Arleen Leibowitz, and Jacob Alex Klerman, Do Women's Early Work Commitment and Welfare Attitudes Predict Employment After Childbirth? DRU-427-1, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1994.
Gresenz, Carole Roan, An Empirical Investigation of the Role of AFDC Benefits in Location Choice, DRU-1611, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1997.
Gresenz, Carole Roan, and Jacob Alex Klerman, "Beyond Medi-Cal: Health Insurance Coverage among Former Welfare Recipients," Medi-Cal Policy Institute, 2002 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-1005).
Grogger, Jeffrey, and Lynn A. Karoly, Welfare Reform: Effects of a Decade of Change, 2005, Non-RAND Document (352 pp.) CB-398, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2005.
Grogger, Jeffrey, Steven J. Haider, and Jacob Alex Klerman, "Why Did the Welfare Rolls Fall During the 1990's? The Importance of Entry," The American Economic Review, Vol. 93, No. 2, May 2003, pp. 288-292 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-1087; DRU-3004).
Grogger, Jeffrey, Lynn A. Karoly, and Jacob Alex Klerman, Consequences of Welfare Reform: A Research Synthesis, a report prepared for the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, DRU-2676, 2002 (available in PDF and HTML).
Grogger, Jeffrey, Lynn A. Karoly, and Jacob A. Klerman, A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Child Well-Being, RB-5068, Santa Monica: RAND, 2002.
Grogger, Jeffrey, Lynn A. Karoly, and Jacob A. Klerman, A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Welfare Usage and Economic Outcomes, RB-5067, Santa Monica: RAND, 2002.
Guarino, Cassandra M., Reinterpreting the Skill-biased Technological Change Hypothesis: A Study of Technology, Firm Size, and Wage Inequality in the California Hospital Industry, WR-316, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2005.
Haider, Steven J., Earnings Instability and Earnings Inequality of Males in the United States: 1967-1991, DRU-2375, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2000 (available in PDF).
Haider, Steven J., and Jacob Alex Klerman, Dynamic Properties of the Welfare Caseload, DRU-3005, Santa Monica, RAND, 2002 (available in PDF).
Haider, Steven J., and David Loughran, Elderly Labor Supply: Work or Play? DRU-2582, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001 (available in PDF).
Haider, Steven J., and Gary Solon, Nonrandom Selection in the HRS Social Security Earnings Sample, DRU-2254-NIA, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004.
Haider, Steven J., Alison Jacknowitz, and Robert F. Schoeni, Welfare Work Requirements and Individual Well-Being: Evidence from the Effects on Breastfeeding, DRU-2730, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002.
Haider, Steven J., Jacob Alex Klerman, and Elizabeth Roth, "The Relationship Between the Economy and the Welfare Caseload: A Dynamic Approach," in Worker Well-being and Public Policy, Research in Labor Economics, 2003, Vol. 22, pp. 39-69 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-1080).
Haider, Steven J., Robert T. Reville, and Anne R. Pebley, Geographic Variation of Social Services in Los Angeles County on the Eve of Welfare Reform, DRU-2006, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1998.
Haider, Steven J., Robert F. Schoeni, Yuhua Bao, and Caroline Danielson, Immigrants, Welfare Reform, and the Economy in the 1990s, DRU-2681, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
Hao, Lingxin, "How Does a Single Mother Choose Kin and Welfare Support?" Social Science Research, Vol. 24, 1995, pp. 1-27 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-425).
Hao, Lingxin, "Poverty, Public Assistance, and Children in Intact and Single-Mother Families," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Vol. 16 (2/3), Fall 1995, pp. 181-205 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-489).
Hao, Lingxin, Kin Support, Welfare, and Out-of-Wedlock Mothers, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1994.
Hao, Lingxin, and Arleen Leibowitz, Public Policies, Private Support and Single Mothers' Schooling, Work, and Child Care, DRU-853, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1994.
Heeb, Randal, M. Rebecca Kilburn, The Effects of State Regulations on Childcare Prices and Choices, WR-137-NICHD, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004 (available in PDF).
Hotz, V. Joseph, Guido W. Imbens, Jacob Alex Klerman, The Long-Term Gains from GAIN: A Re-Analysis of the Impacts of the California GAIN Program, DRU-2340, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
Hurd, Michael D., "Labor Market Transitions in the HRS: Effects of the Subjective Probability of Retirement and of Pension Eligibility," in J. P. Smith and R. Willis, eds., Wealth, Work and Health: Innovations in Measurement in the Social Science, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999, pp. 267-290.
Hurd, Michael D., "The Effect of Labor Market Rigidities on the Labor Force Behavior of Older Workers," in D. Wise, ed., Advances in the Economics of Aging, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996, pp. 11-58.
Hurd, Michael D., and Monika Reti, The Effects of Large Capital Gains on Work and Consumption: Evidence from Four Waves of the HRS, DRU-3011, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
Jacknowitz, Alison, Megan Beckett, Angela Hawken, and James Chiesa, Measuring Stone Soup's Adherence to After-School Care Practices, DRU-2576, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
Jasso, Guillermina, Mark R. Rosenzweig, and James P. Smith, The Changing Skill of New Immigrants to the United States: Recent Trends and Their Determinants, NBER Working Papers 6764, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998.
Johansen, Anne S., Parents' Demand for Child Care, DRU-741, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1994.
Johansen, Anne S., Arleen Leibowitz, and Linda J. Waite, "The Importance of Child-Care Characteristics to Choice of Care," Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 58, No. 3, 1996, pp. 759-772 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-582).
Johansen, Anne S., Arleen Leibowitz, and Linda J. Waite, "Child Care and Children's Illness," American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 78, No. 9, 1988, pp. 1175-1177.
Johnson, Richard, "The Impact of Human Capital Investments on Pension Benefits," Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1996, pp. 520-524.
Johnson, Richard, The Impact of Worker Preferences on Pension Coverage in the HRS, DRU-636, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1994.
Kapteyn, Arie, and Jan Potters, Evaluation Periods and Assett Prices in a Market Experiment, DRU-2801, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002 (available in PDF).
Kapteyn, Arie, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest, Self-reported Work Disability in the US and The Netherlands, WR-206, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004 (available in PDF).
Karoly, Lynn A., Changes in the Distribution of Individual Earnings in the United States: 1967-1986, RP-173, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004.
Karoly, Lynn A., Estimating the Effect of Work Requirements on Welfare Recipients: A Synthesis of the National Literature, CT-185 , Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001 (also available in PDF).
Karoly, Lynn A. Investing in the Future: Reducing Poverty Through Human Capital Investments, in Understanding Poverty, Sheldon Danziger and Robert Haveman, eds., published by Russell Sage Foundation and Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 314-356. New York, NY and Cambridge, MA. LRP-200100-61.
Karoly, Lynn A., The Widening Income and Wage Gap in the United States, CT-116, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1994.
Karoly, Lynn A., "Changes in the Distribution of Individual Earnings in the U.S.: 1967-1986," The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 74, No. 1, February 1992, pp. 107-115 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-173).
Karoly, Lynn A., "The Trend in Inequality Among Families, Individuals and Workers in the United States: A 25-Year Perspective," in P. Gottschalk and S. Danziger, eds., Uneven Tides: Rising Inequality in the 1980s, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1993; R-4206-RC, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1992.
Karoly, Lynn A., "The Widening Income and Wage Gap Between Rich and Poor: Trends Causes and Policy Options," in J. B. S. a. D. W. Lyon, ed. Urban America: Policy Choices for Los Angeles and the Nation, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1992, pp. 55-81.
Karoly, Lynn A., and Gary Burtless, "Demographic Change, Rising Earnings Inequality, and the Distribution of Personal Well-Being, 1959-1989," Demography, Vol. 32, No. 3, August 1995, pp. 379-405.
Karoly, Lynn A., and Jacob Alex Klerman, Demographics, Sectoral Change, and Changing Relative Wages: A Regional Approach, DRU-795, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1994.
Karoly, Lynn A., and Jacob Alex Klerman, "Using Regional Data to Reexamine the Contribution of Demographic and Sectoral Changes to Increasing U.S. Wage Inequality," in J. H. Bergstrand, T. F. Cosimano, J. W. Houck and R. G. Sheehan, eds., The Changing Distribution of Income in an Open U.S. Economy, Amsterdam: North-Holland: 1994, pp. 183-216 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-277).
Karoly, Lynn A., and Julie Zissimopoulos, Self-Employment Trends and Patterns Among Older U.S. Workers, (available in PDF) WR-136. Also published in The Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 127, No. 7, July 2004, pp. 24-47 (available online at: http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/07/art3abs.htm).
Karoly, Lynn A., M. Rebecca Kilburn, James H. Bigelow, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Jill S. Cannon, Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Application to the Starting Early Starting Smart Program, MR-1336-CFP, Santa Monica CA: RAND, 2001.
Karoly, Lynn A., M. Rebecca Kilburn, James H. Bigelow, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Jill S. Cannon, and James Chiesa, Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions, RB-5051-CFP, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
Karoly, Lynn A., Peter W. Greenwood, Susan S. Everingham, Jill Hoube, M. Rebecca Kilburn, C. Peter Rydell, Matthew Sanders, and James Chiesa, Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings, RB-5014, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1998.
Karoly, Lynn A., Peter W. Greenwood, Susan S. Everingham, Jill Hoube, M. Rebecca Kilburn, C. Peter Rydell, Matthew Sanders, and James Chiesa, Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions, MR-898-TCWF, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1998 (also available in PDF).
Kilburn, M. Rebecca, and Ashlesha Datar, The Availability of Child Care Centers in China and Its Impact on Child Care and Maternal Work Decisions, DRU-2924, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002 (available in PDF).
Kintner, Hallie, Thomas Merrick, Peter A. Morrison, and Paul Voss, Demographics: A Casebook for Business and Government, MR-904, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1997.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, The Pace of CalWORKs Implementation, CT-166, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2000 (also available in PDF).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, The Pace of CalWORKs Implementation, CT-165, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1999 (also available in PDF).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, "Welfare Reform and Abortion: Research Perspectives," in R. M. Moffitt, ed., Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Research Perspectives, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1998, pp. 98-133 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-717).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, Characterizing Leave for Maternity, DRU-505, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1993.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Caroline Danielson, Why Did the Welfare Caseload Decline? WR-167, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004 (available in PDF).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Dana P. Goldman, "Job Loss Due to Health Insurance Mandates," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 272, No. 7, August 17 1994, pp. 552-556 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-332).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Steven J. Haider, A Stock-Flow Analysis of the Welfare Caseload: Insights from California Economic Conditions, DRU-2463-DHHS, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004 (available in PDF).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Lynn A. Karoly, The Transition to Stable Employment: The Experience of U.S. Youth in Their Early Labor Market Career, MR-564, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1995.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Lynn A. Karoly, "Trends and Future Directions in Youth Labor Markets: Implications for Army Recruiting," in M. J. E. a. S. L. Mehay, ed., Marching Toward the 21st Century: Military Manpower and Recruiting, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994, pp. 41-65 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-310).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Lynn A. Karoly, "Young Men and the Transition to Stable Employment," Monthly Labor Review, August 1994, pp. 31-48 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-338).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Arleen A. Leibowitz, "Job Continuity Among New Mothers," Demography, Vol. 36, No. 2, May 1999, pp. 145-155 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-804); RB-5032, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2000.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Arleen A. Leibowitz, "Labor Supply Effects of State Maternity Leave Legislation," in F. Blau and R. Ehrenberg, eds., Gender and Family Issues in the Workplace, New York: Sage Press, 1997, pp. 65-91 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-715).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Arleen A. Leibowitz, Labor Supply Effects of State Maternity Leave Legislation, DRU-1260-NICHD, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1995.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Arleen A. Leibowitz, "Time Out" for New Mothers: Some Issues for Maternity-Leave Policy, RB-5009, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1995.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Arleen A. Leibowitz, "The Work-Employment Distinction Among Mothers of Very Young Children," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 29, No. 2, Spring 1994, pp. 277-303 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-319).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Arleen A. Leibowitz, "Women's Employment During Pregnancy and Following Birth," Washington, DC: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1992.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, and Arleen A. Leibowitz, "Child Care and Women's Return to Work After Childbirth," American Economic Review, Vol. 80, No. 2, 1990, pp. 282-288; R-4040-NICHD, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1991.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, Elaine Reardon, and Paul Steinberg, RAND's CalWORKs Evaluation: An Overview, DB-252-CDSS, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1998.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, Jeanne S. Ringel, and Beth Roth, Under-Reporting of Medicaid and Welfare in the Current Population Survey, WR-169-3, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2005 (available in PDF).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, V. Joseph Hotz, Elaine Reardon, Amy G. Cox, Donna O. Farley, Steven J. Haider, Guido Imbens, and Robert F. Schoeni, Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis, MR-1358-CDSS, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, Gail L. Zellman, Tammi J. Chun, Nicole Humphrey, Elaine Reardon, Donna O. Farley, Patricia A. Ebener, and Paul Steinberg, Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year, MR-1177; Executive Summary, MR-1177/1, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
Klerman, Jacob Alex, Gail L. Zellman, Tammi J. Chun, Nicole Humphrey, Elaine Reardon, Donna O. Farley, Patricia A. Ebener, and Paul Steinberg, Implementing CalWORKs: The Need for Added Capacity, RB-5040, Santa Monica, CA: RAND 2000 (HTML or PDF).
Klerman, Jacob Alex, Gail L. Zellman, Tammi J. Chun, Nicole Humphrey, Elaine Reardon, Donna O. Farley, Patricia A. Ebener, and Paul Steinberg, Implementing CalWORKs: The Problem of Noncompliance, RB-5038, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2000 (HTML or PDF).
Klerman, Jacob Alex , Gail L. Zellman, Tammi J. Chun, Nicole Humphrey, Elaine Reardon, Donna O. Farley, Patricia A. Ebener, and Paul Steinberg, Implementing CalWORKs: The Timing of Job Club, RB-5039, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2000 (HTML or PDF).
Lam, David, and Robert F. Schoeni, "Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 29, No. 4, Fall 1994, pp. 1235-1258 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-384).
Lam, David, and Robert F. Schoeni, "Effects of Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil," Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 101, No. 4, 1993, pp. 710-740.
Lara-Cinisomo, Sandra , Anne R. Pebley, Los Angeles County Young Children's Literacy Experiences, Emotional Well-Being and Skills Acquisition: Results from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, DRU-3041, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2003.
Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz and Paul Steinberg,Meeting Funder Compliance: A Case Study of Challenges, Time Spent and Dollars Invested. MG-505, 2006
Leibowitz, Arleen, "Child Care: Private Cost or Public Responsibility?" in V. R. Fuchs, ed., Individual and Social Responsibility: Child Care, Education, Medical Care, and Long-Term Care in America, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996, pp. 33-54.
Leibowitz, Arleen A., and Jacob Alex Klerman, "Explaining Changes in Married Mothers Employment Over Time," Demography, Vol. 32, No. 3, August 1995, pp. 365-378 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-465).
Leibowitz, Arleen A., Jacob Alex Klerman, and Linda J. Waite, "Employment of New Mothers and Child Care Choice: Differences by Children's Age," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 27, No. 1, Winter 1992, pp. 112-133 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-119).
Leibowitz, Arleen A., Jacob Alex Klerman, Linda J. Waite, Women's Employment During Pregnancy and Following Childbirth, N-3392-DOL/NICHD, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1992.
Leibowitz, Arleen, Linda J. Waite, and Christina Witsberger, "Child Care for Preschoolers: Differences by Child's Age," Demography Vol. 25, No. 2, May 1988, pp. 205-220.
Lillard, Lee A., and M. Rebecca Kilburn, Assortative Mating and Family Links in Permanent Earnings, DRU-1578, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1997.
Lillard, Lee A., and M. Rebecca Kilburn, Intergenerational Earnings Links: Sons and Daughters, DRU-1125, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1995.
Lillard, Lee A., and Hong Tan, "Private Sector Training: Who Gets It and What Are Its Effects," Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 13, JAI Press, 1993, pp. 1-62 (also available as RAND Report R-3331).
Lillard, Lee A., and Robert J. Willis, "Intergenerational Educational Mobility: Effects of the Family and State in Malaysia," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 29, No. 4, Fall 1994, pp. 1126-1166 (also available as RAND Reprint RP-382).
Lillard, Lee A., Constantijn W. A. Panis, and Dawn M. Upchurch, Interdependencies Over the Life Course: Women's Fertility, Marital, and Educational Experiences, DRU-763, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1994.
Lim, Nelson, Friends or Foes?: Immigrant Competition Hypothesis Revisited, DRU-2913, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2003 (available in PDF).
Lim, Nelson, Who Has More Soft-skills?: Employers' Subjective Ratings of Work Qualities of Racial and Ethnic Groups, DRU-2912, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2003.
Loughran, David, Does Variance Matter? The Effect of Rising Male Wage Inequality on Female Age at First Marriage, DRU-2347, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2000 (also available in PDF).
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