OBJECTIVES We examined correlates of eviction and homelessness among current and former welfare recipients from 1997 to 2003 in an urban Michigan community. METHODS Longitudinal cohort data were drawn from the Women's Employment Study, a representative panel study of mothers who were receiving cash welfare in February 1997. We used logistic regression analysis to identify risk factors for bot...

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth are used to empirically isolate the impact of a secondary education on the long-term welfare participation of young female dropouts. A high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) degree is assumed to influence welfare recipiency by increasing earnings capacity. Yet, causality may run in both directions. Although an exogenous i...

In this paper, we study the 20 percent of unmarried mothers in the U.S. who have attended college. We ask whether these women constitute a distinct subgroup of unmarried mothers in terms of their attitudes toward marriage and men, the characteristics of their partners or the age at which they become mothers. We find evidence that being college educated and single is associated with holding more...

Background Exclusive breastfeeding is important for child health and growth, but its practice is low in many developing countries. This study aimed at determining the breastfeeding practices and examining the sociodemographic characteristics that influence exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending child welfare clinic at Manhean, in the Tema East Sub-Meteropolitan area of Greater Accra re...

A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN WELFARE IN A WARMING PLANET” Humberto Llavador (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) John E. Roemer (Yale University) Joaquim Silvestre (University of California, Davis) Climate science indicates that climate stabilization requires low GHG emissions. Is this consistent with nondecreasing human welfare? Our welfare index, called quality of life (QuoL), emphasizes education, know...