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An Empirical Analysis Of The Welfare Magnet Debate Using The Nlsy, Phillip B. Levine, David J. Zimmerman
An Empirical Analysis Of The Welfare Magnet Debate Using The Nlsy, Phillip B. Levine, David J. Zimmerman
Economics Faculty Scholarship
This paper examines the extent to which differences in welfare generosity across states leads to interstate migration. Using microdata from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) between 1979 and 1992, we employ a quasi-experimental design that utilizes the categorical eligibility of the welfare system. The pattern of cross-state moves among poor single women with children who are likely to be eligible for benefits is compared to the pattern among other poor households. We find little evidence indicating that welfare-induced migration is a widespread phenomenon.
The Benefit Of Additional High School Math And Science Classes For Young Men And Women, Phillip B. Levine, David J. Zimmerman
The Benefit Of Additional High School Math And Science Classes For Young Men And Women, Phillip B. Levine, David J. Zimmerman
Economics Faculty Scholarship
This paper examines the effects of taking more high school math and science classes on wages, the likelihood of entering a technical job or a job traditional for one's sex, and the likelihood of choosing a technical college major or a major traditional for one's sex. Results from two data sets show that taking more high school math increases wages and increases the likelihood of entering technical and nontraditional fields for female college graduates. No significant impact from taking more high school math is consistently observed for other workers and high school science courses have little effect on these outcomes.
The Effect Of Medicaid Abortion Funding Restrictions On Abortions, Pregnancies, And Births, Phillip B. Levine, Amy B. Trainor, David J. Zimmerman
The Effect Of Medicaid Abortion Funding Restrictions On Abortions, Pregnancies, And Births, Phillip B. Levine, Amy B. Trainor, David J. Zimmerman
Economics Faculty Scholarship
This paper considers whether state Medicaid abortion funding restrictions affect the likelihood of getting pregnant, having an abortion, and bearing a child. Aggregate, state-level data and microdata from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) are applied in the empirical work. Changes in laws resulting from Supreme Court decisions create a natural experiment which is utilized to examine fertility behavior. Multivariate models controlling for state and, in the NLSY, personal characteristics are also estimated using alternative fixed effect specifications. We find that Medicaid funding restrictions are associated with a reduction in both the number of abortions and pregnancies, resulting in …
A Comparison Of Sex-Type Of Occupational Aspirations And Subsequent Achievement, Phillip B. Levine, David J. Zimmerman
A Comparison Of Sex-Type Of Occupational Aspirations And Subsequent Achievement, Phillip B. Levine, David J. Zimmerman
Economics Faculty Scholarship
This article further explores the connection between the sex-type of a girl's occupational aspirations and the sex-type of her subsequent occupation achieved in the labor market. The authors replicate previous work by Jerry Jacobs and build on it by using more recent data and an alternative methodology to address this issue. Two cohorts of data from the National Longitudinal Surveys are employed to estimate transition probability matrices between the sex-types of aspired occupations and the sex-types of achieved occupations. Then, multivariate models of the probability of entering a traditional (i.e., female-dominated) or nontraditional (i.e., male-dominated) occupation are estimated. The authors …