Browsing La Follette Working Papers by Author "Haveman, Robert"
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Access to Higher Education: Exploring the Variation among Research Universities in the Prevalence of Pell Grant Recipients
Steinberg, Matthew P.; Piraino, Patrizio; Haveman, Robert (2007)The prevalence of low-income students at 148 public and private research universities is studied using receipt of a federal Pell Grant as a proxy for low-income status. The authors consider the factors that may contribute ... -
The Benefits and Costs of the Section 8 Housing Subsidy Program: A Framework and First-Year Estimates
Haveman, Robert; Carlson, Deven; Wolfe, Barbara; Kaplan, Thomas (2009-11)The authors provide estimates of the social benefits and costs of the Section 8 housing subsidy program. Their analysis rests on a series of studies in which they estimate the effects of voucher receipt on a variety of ... -
The Chicago O'Hare Expansion: A Case Study of Administrative Manipulation of Benefit-Cost Principles
Haveman, Robert (2006)The author describes the application of benefit-cost analysis principles by the Federal Aviation Administration to a major infrastructure investment proposal: the expansion of OHare International Airport. -
Do Newly Retired Workers in the U.S. Have Sufficient Resources to Maintain Well-Being?
Haveman, Robert; Holden, Karen; Wolfe, Barbara; Sherlund, Shane (2005)This paper explores whether older adults have the resources they need beyond Social Security to maintain economic well-being after they retire. The discussion examines motivations for accumulating wealth to save for ... -
Do Youth Nonmarital Childbearing Choices Reflect Expected Income and Relationship Consequences?
Wolfe, Barbara; Haveman, Robert; Pence, Karen; Schwabish, Jonathan (2006)The authors explore whether the perceptions unmarried, adolescent females have about the consequences of choices they make affect those choices and the teens' behavior. The analysis considers expectations about ... -
Economic Inequality in College Access, Matriculation, and Graduation
Haveman, Robert; Wilson, Kathryn (2005)This paper concerns the extent to which colleges and universities have succeeded in their desire to promote merit, foster economic mobility, and serve youth from less advantaged families. -
Gender Issues and Social Security Reform: Assessing the Role of Social Security and Personal Savings in Well-Being During Retirement
Haveman, Robert; Holden, Karen; Wolfe, Barbara; Romanov, Andrei (2006)The adequacy of retirement savings is central to the U.S. debate about the effects of Social Security reform and pension changes that would place greater responsibility on individuals for accumulation of retirement ... -
Generational Income Mobility: A Review Essay
Piraino, Patrizio; Haveman, Robert (2006)This essay discusses studies collected by Miles Corak that examine changes in economic status from one generation to the next. The essays cover 15 countries, 10 of them North American or European. -
Long-Term Effects of Public Low-Income Housing Vouchers on Work, Earnings, and Neighborhood Quality
Carlson, Deven; Haveman, Robert; Kaplan, Thomas; Wolfe, Barbara (2008)This analysis of the federal Section 8 housing voucher program finds that voucher recipients live in better neighborhoods within five years of receiving vouchers. The results also show that voucher receipt initially causes ... -
SCHIP Expansion and Parental Coverage: An Evaluation of Wisconsin's BadgerCare
Wolfe, Barbara; Kaplan, Thomas; Haveman, Robert; Cho, Yoonyoung (2005)In the wake of the expansion of Wisconsin's public health-insurance program, this research explores the extent to which a program like Wisconsin's BadgerCare reduces the proportion of the low-income population without ... -
The Sufficiency of Retirement Savings: A Comparison of Two Cohorts of Retired Workers at the Time of Retirement
Haveman, Robert; Holden, Karen; Wolfe, Barbara; Romanov, Andrei (2006)This paper compares the savings adequacy of two groups of retirees, one of people who retired in 1980-81, the other of people retiring 20 years after that. The results suggest that single people and those with low ... -
U.S. Health Care Reform: A Primer and an Assessment
Haveman, Robert; Wolfe, Barbara (2010-08)The authors examine the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. They describe the existing structure of the U.S. health-care system, identify its major weaknesses, describe the primary features introduced by ... -
What Does Increased Economic Inequality Imply about the Future Level and Dispersion of Human Capital?
Campbell, Mary; Haveman, Robert; Sandefur, Gary D.; Wolfe, Barbara (2005)With longitudinal data on 1,200 children, the authors consider whether the persistent increase in economic inequality among families and geographic areas has implications for the levels of educational attainment of ... -
What Does It Mean to be Poor in a Rich Society?
Haveman, Robert (2009)The author extends the discussion of poverty and its measurement beyond the current U.S. model that dates to the mid-1960s. He explores European Union and United Kingdom proposals for comprehensive measures that consider ... -
Work and Earnings of Low-Skill Women: Do Survey Response and Administrative Records Provide Consistent Information?
Haveman, Robert; Wallace, Geoffrey L. (2005)The authors find substantial differences in mean earnings and mean employment rates between survey data and Unemployment Insurance data.