Caroline E. Ratcliffe

The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center

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1.

Child Poverty and its Lasting Consequence

Urban Institute Low-Income Working Families Working Paper No. 21
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Jan 2013
Caroline E. Ratcliffe and Signe-Mary McKernan
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center and The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population
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Children and Youth, Education, Poverty, Assets and Safety Net, Race/Ethnicity/Gender

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How Much Does SNAP Reduce Food Insecurity?

American Journal Of Agricultural Economics Vol. 93 No. 4 2011
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2015
Caroline E. Ratcliffe and Signe-Mary McKernan
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center and The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population
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Children and Youth, Families and Parenting, Poverty and Safety Net, food stamps, SNAP, food insecure, food insufficient, instrumental variables, selection bias

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Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty

The Urban Institute, September 2002
Number of pages: 119 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline E. Ratcliffe
The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population and The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center
Downloads 183 (343,504)
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families and parenting, poverty and safety net

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The Effect of Specific Welfare Policies on Poverty

The Urban Institute, April 2006
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline E. Ratcliffe
The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population and The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center
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children and youth, poverty and safety net

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Assessment of Survey Data for the Analysis of Marriage and Divorce at the National, State, and Local Levels

The Urban Institute, September 2008
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2013
Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Gregory P. Acs, Timothy Dore, David Z. Moskowitz and David Z. Moskowitz
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, The Urban Institute, The Urban Institute and The Urban InstituteStanford University
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The Dynamics of Poverty in the United States: A Review of Data, Methods, and Findings

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 25 Jan 2013
Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline E. Ratcliffe
George Washington University - School of Public Policy and Public Administration (SPPPA), The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population and The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center
Downloads 135 (443,372)
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Economy/Taxes

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Modeling Income in the Near Term 5

Number of pages: 367 Posted: 25 Jan 2013
Karen E. Smith, No Name, Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Barbara A. Butrica, Eric J. Toder and Jon Bakija
Urban Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, The Urban Institute, Urban Institute and Williams College - Department of Economics
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retirement and older Americans

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Prohibitions, Price Caps, and Disclosures: A Look at State Policies and Alternative Financial Product Use

The Urban Institute, November 2010
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Jan 2013
Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline E. Ratcliffe and Daniel Kuehn
The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center and Independent
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Economy/Taxes, Families and Parenting, Poverty and Safety Net, Race/Ethnicity/Gender

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Employment Factors Influencing Food Stamp Program Participation

The Urban Institute, June 2003
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline E. Ratcliffe and Emily Rosenberg
The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center and The Urban Institute
Downloads 110 (519,003)
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employment, families and parenting, Poverty and Safety Net

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Progress toward Self-Sufficiency for Low-Wage Workers

The Urban Institute, January 2010
Number of pages: 124 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Gregory P. Acs, Pamela Loprest and Caroline E. Ratcliffe
The Urban Institute, Urban Institute and The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center
Downloads 109 (522,480)
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employment

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Asset Building for Today's Stability and Tomorrow's Security

New England Community Developments, Issue 2, 2009
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 25 Jan 2013
Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline E. Ratcliffe
The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population and The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center
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Economy/Taxes, Families and Parenting, Housing, Poverty and Safety Net

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Modeling Income in the Near Term: Projections of Retirement Income through 2020 for the 1931-60 Birth Cohorts

The Urban Institute, September 1999
Number of pages: 331 Posted: 25 Jan 2013
Eric J. Toder, Cori E. Uccello, John O'Hare, No Name, Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Karen E. Smith, Gary Burtless and Barry Bosworth
Urban Institute, American Academy of Actuaries, The Urban Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, Urban Institute, Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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Retirement and Older Americans

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Evaluation Design for the Next Phase of the Assets for Independence Program: Final Literature Review

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Evaluation Design for the Next Phase of the Assets for Independence Program: Final Literature Review

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Erica Hecht Zielewski, Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Signe-Mary McKernan, Lissa Johnson and Michael W. Sherraden
The Urban Institute, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population, Washington University in St. Louis - Center for Social Development and Washington University in St. Louis - George Warren Brown School of Social Work
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Economy/Taxes, Education, Housing, Poverty, Assets and Safety Net

Evaluation Design for the Next Phase of the Assets for Independence Program: Final Literature Review

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Erica Hecht Zielewski, Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Signe-Mary McKernan, Lissa Johnson and Michael W. Sherraden
The Urban Institute, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population, Washington University in St. Louis - Center for Social Development and Washington University in St. Louis - George Warren Brown School of Social Work
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Economy/Taxes, Education, Housing, Poverty, Assets and Safety Net

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Welfare Reform, Living Arrangements, and Economic Well-Being: A Synthesis of Literature

The Urban Institute, June 2002
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Signe-Mary McKernan and Emily Rosenberg
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population and The Urban Institute
Downloads 76 (655,931)
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families and parenting, poverty and safety net

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Impact of the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test on 62-64 Year-Olds

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Jan 2013
Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Jillian Berk, Kevin Perese and Eric J. Toder
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, Independent, U. S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) - Long-Term Modeling Group and Urban Institute
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Private Transfers, Race, and Wealth

The Urban Institute, Report 5, 2012
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Margaret Simms and Sisi Zhang
The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, The Urban Institute and The Urban Institute
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Economy/Taxes, immigrants, Poverty and Safety Net

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Can Expanding the Use of Computers Improve the Performance of Small Minority- and Women-Owned Enterprises?

The Urban Institute, March 2004
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Jan 2013
Robert I. Lerman, Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Hal Salzman, Doug Wissoker and Jennifer Gaudet
The Urban Institute, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, Rutgers University, The Urban Institute and The Urban Institute
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Economy/Taxes, Employment, Race/Ethnicity/Gender

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Virginia's Workforce: Strategies for Achieving a Skilled, Productive, and Educated Workforce

The Urban Institute, November 14, 2003
Number of pages: 162 Posted: 25 Jan 2013
Kelly Mikelson, Caroline E. Ratcliffe and Demetra Nightingale
The Urban Institute, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center and The Urban Institute
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Cities and Neighborhoods, Employment, Poverty and Safety Net

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Tax Time Account Direct Mail Pilot Evaluation

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Caroline E. Ratcliffe and Signe-Mary McKernan
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center and The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population
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Economy/Taxes, Poverty Assets and Safety Net

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When Welfare Recipients Fail to Comply with Work Requirements: Indiana's Experience with Partial Benefit Sanctions

Journal of Applied Social Sciences, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2000
Posted: 03 Feb 2013
Pamela Holcomb and Caroline E. Ratcliffe
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center

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Are Single Mothers Finding Jobs Without Displacing Other Workers?

Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 124, No. 7, 2001
Posted: 03 Feb 2013
Robert I. Lerman and Caroline E. Ratcliffe
The Urban Institute and The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center

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How Much Does the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reduce Food Insecurity?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 93, No. 4, 2011
Posted: 02 Feb 2013
Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Signe-Mary McKernan and Sisi Zhang
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population and The Urban Institute

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Welfare Program Performance: An Analysis of South Carolina's Family Independence Program

American Review of Publis Administration, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2007
Posted: 01 Feb 2013
Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Demetra Nightingale and Patrick Sharkey
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, The Urban Institute and New York University (NYU)

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Weathering the Storm: Have IDA's Helped Low-Income Homebuyers Avoid Foreclosure?

Housing Policy Debate, Vol. 21, No. 4, 2011
Posted: 25 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013
Signe-Mary McKernan, Ida Rademacher, Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Kasey Wiedrich and Megan Gallagher
The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population, Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) and The Urban Institute

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Economy/Taxes, Housing, Poverty and Safety Net

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The Effect of State Food Stamp and TANF Policies on Food Stamp Program Participation

Social Service Review Vol. 82 No. 2 2008
Posted: 24 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013
Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Signe-Mary McKernan and Kenneth Finegold
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population and The Urban Institute

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poverty and safety net

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The Effects of Welfare and IDA Program Rules on the Asset Holdings of Low-Income Families

Social Science Research , Vol. 39, No. 1, 2010
Posted: 23 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013
Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline E. Ratcliffe and Yunju Nam
The Urban Institute - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center and Washington University in St. Louis

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poverty, safety net

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Premarital Childbearing and Welfare Receipt: The Role of Mothers' Receipt

Posted: 11 Apr 2003
Caroline E. Ratcliffe
The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center

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welfare, AFDC, premarital childbearing, intergenerational transmission, PSID