Discussion Paper Series
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Discussion Paper Series is a forum for UKCPR staff and faculty affiliates to post their latest research on issues salient to low-income populations in the South and the United States. While the research mission of UKCPR focuses on poverty and inequality in the South, the research agendas of its affiliates encompass the populations not only in the focal region but across the Nation as a whole. The papers posted on this link reflect the diversity of research questions and methodologies employed by affiliates in their quest to understand and confront poverty.
DP 2008-01 "Paying for the Relocation of Welfare Recipients: Evidence from the Kentucky Relocation Assistance Program." Authors: Brianna Briggs and Peter Kuhn
DP 2007-01 "Linking economic development and poverty: The role of innovation and innovation capacity in the South." Author: Jeremy Hall
DP 2007-02 "Transitions into and out of the WIC program: A cause for concern?" Authors: Alison Jacknowitz and Laura Tiehen.
DP 2007-03 "Evidence about the potential role for Affirmative Action in higher education." Authors: Braz Camargo, Ralph Stinebrickner, and Todd Stinebrickner
DP 2007-04 "Distributing discipline: Race, politics, and punishment at the front lines of welfare reform." Authors: Richard Fording, Joe Soss, and Sanford Schram
DP 2007-05 "From Brown to Busing." Authors: Elizabeth Cascio, Nora Gordon, Ethan Lewis, and Sarah Reber
DP 2007-06 "Does welfare reform work in rural America? A 7-year follow-up" Ann Tickamyer, Debra Henderson, and Barry Tadlock
DP2006-01 "The Impact of the Introduction of Premiums into a SCHIP Program." Author: James Marton
DP2006-02 "State Government Cash and In-kind Benefits: Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Cross-Program Substitution." Authors: James Marton and David E. Wildasin
DP2006-03 "Does Food Stamp Receipt Mediate the Relationship Between Food Insufficiency and Mental Health?" Authors: Colleen Heflin and James Ziliak
DP2006-04 "Devolution, Discretion, and Local Variation in TANF Sanctioning." Authors: Richard Fording, Sanford F. Schram, and Joe Soss
DP2006-05 "Public Preschool and Maternal Labor Supply: Evidence from the Introduction of Kindergartens in American Public Schools." Author: Elizabeth Cascio.
DP2006-06 "Understanding Poverty Rates and Gaps: Concepts, Trends, and Challenges." Author: James P. Ziliak.
DP2006-07 "Welfare and Work: Comparing Full and Partial Sanctions on the Front Lines." Author: Vicki Lens
DP2006-08 "Job Content Quality and Social Change in the New Millennium: Incorporating Job Flexibility as a Strategy to Assist Working Families." Authors: Jennifer Swanberg and Leigh Ann Simmons
DP2006-09 "Livelihood Strategies of Food-Insecure Poor, Female-Headed Families in Alabama’s Black Belt." Author: Andrew A. Zekeri
DP2006-10 "The Bottom Line, the Business Model and the Bogey: Performance Management, Sanctions, and the Brave New World of Welfare-to-Work in Florida." Authors: Richard Fording, Sanford F. Schram, and Joe Soss
DP2005-01 "Poverty and Fertility in the American South." Author: Leonard M. Lopoo
DP2005-02 "Poverty, Race and the Contexts of Achievement: Examining Educational Experiences of Children in the American South." Authors: Maryah Stella Fram, Julie Miller-Cribbs, and Lee Van Horn
DP2005-03 "Taxes, Transfers, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers." Author: James P. Ziliak
DP2005-04 "Food Assistance Through the School System: Evaluation of the Food for Kids Backpack Program." Authors: Yana V. Rodgers and Marika Milewska
DP2005-05 "Job Accessibility and Employment for TANF Cases in the Era of Welfare Reform: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis." Authors: Shiferaw Gurmu, Keith Ihlanfeldt, and William J. Smith
DP 2004-01 "The Rise of Low-Skill Immigration in the South." Author: George J. Borjas
DP 2004-02 "Prospects of Agricultural Entrepreneurship Among Resource Limited Farmers In the Central Appalachian Tobacco Belt." Authors: M'Kiaira Kimathi Miriti and Eric Scorsone
DP 2004-03 "Relative Prices and Substitution Across Wage, Welfare, and Disability Income." Author: James P. Ziliak
DP2004-04 "Does Regional Variation in Multiple Measures of Health Status Differ Across Income Levels?". Authors: Janet M. Bronstein, Shailender Swaminathan, and Joshua Klapow
DP2004-05 "The New Promised Land: Black-White Convergence in the American South, 1940-2000." Author: Jacob L. Vigdor
DP2004-06 "Poverty Rates of Refugees and Immigrants." Authors: Christopher R. Bollinger and Paul Hagstrom
DP 2003-01 "Poverty and Macroeconomic Performance Across Space, Race, and Family Structure." Authors: Craig Gundersen and James P. Ziliak
DP 2003-02 "The Role of Food Stamps in Consumption Stabilization." Authors: Craig Gundersen and James P. Ziliak
DP 2003-03 "Exit Routes From Welfare: Examining barriers to Employment, Demographic and Human Capital Factors." Author: Colleen Heflin
DP 2003-04 "Lower Class Mobilization and State Welfare Policy in the Era of Welfare Reform." Authors: James M. Avery and Mark Peffley
DP 2003-05 "Food Stamp Program Participation of Refugees and Immigrants." Authors: Christopher R. Bollinger and Paul Hagstrom
DP 2003-06 "Filling the Poverty Gap, Then and Now." Author: James P. Ziliak
DP 2003-07 "The Impact of Welfare Programs on Poverty Rates: Evidence from the American States." Authors: Richard C. Fording and William D. Berry
DP 2003-08 "Measuring Underemployment at the County Level." Authors: Christopher Bollinger, Paul Coomes, and Mark C. Berger
In addition to providing support for the UK Center for Poverty Research, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funds a National Poverty Center and two other Area Poverty Research Centers. Each center seek to improve our understanding of the nature, causes, correlates, and consequences of poverty and to inform program and policies to alleviate poverty.
Follow the links below to reach the Working Paper Series of the other Centers:
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The National Poverty Center (NPC) (University of Michigan)
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The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- The Rural Poverty Research Center (RPRC) (University of Missouri and Oregon State University)
