Search Results - "Gennetian, Lisa A"

Journal Article

THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTY IN THE CONTEXT OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY: A BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE

by Ingrid Gould Ellen Lisa A. Gennetian Eldar Shafir Published in Journal of policy analysis and management (01.10.2015)

“...We review recent findings regarding the psychology of decisionmaking in contexts of poverty, and consider their application to public policy. Of particular...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Maternal Work Hours and Adolescents' School Outcomes among Low-Income Families in Four Urban Counties

by Lisa A. Gennetian Leonard M. Lopoo Andrew S. London Published in Demography (01.02.2008)

“...We examine how changes in maternal work hours affect adolescent children's school participation and performance outcomes using data from interviews in 1998 and...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity

by Jens Ludwig Greg J. Duncan Lisa A. Gennetian Lawrence F. Katz Ronald C. Kessler Jeffrey R. Kling Lisa Sanbonmatsu Published in The American economic review (01.05.2013)

“...We examine long-term neighborhood effects on low-income families using data from the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) randomized housing-mobility experiment. This...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Intrayear Household Income Dynamics and Adolescent School Behavior

by Lisa A. Gennetian Sharon Wolf Heather D. Hill Pamela A. Morris Published in Demography (01.04.2015)

“...Economic life for most American households is quite dynamic. Such income instability is an understudied aspect of households' economic contexts that may have...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Patterns of Income Instability Among Low-and Middle-Income Households with Children

by Sharon Wolf Lisa A. Gennetian Pamela A. Morris Heather D. Hill Published in Family relations (01.07.2014)

“...Concern about the effects of income and child poverty in the United States has spurred decades of research documenting the relationships between income level,...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Children and Welfare Reform: A View from an Experimental Welfare Program in Minnesota

by Gennetian, Lisa A Miller, Cynthia Published in Child development (01.03.2002)

“...Little is known about the effects of the most recent welfare reform initiatives—which include work mandates, time limits, and enhanced earnings disregards—on...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Identifying the Effects of Income on Children's Development Using Experimental Data

by Pamela A. Morris Lisa A. Gennetian Published in Journal of marriage and family (01.08.2003)

“...Prior research suggests that poverty can be detrimental to low-income children's development. Is this relation capturing the effects of poverty or the effects...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Neighborhood Effects on the Long-Term Well-Being of Low-Income Adults

by Jens Ludwig Greg J. Duncan Lisa A. Gennetian Lawrence F. Katz Ronald C. Kessler Jeffrey R. Kling Lisa Sanbonmatsu Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (21.09.2012)

“...Nearly 9 million Americans live in extreme-poverty neighborhoods, places that also tend to be racially segregated and dangerous. Yet, the effects on the...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Employment and the Risk of Domestic Abuse among Low-Income Women

by Christina M. Gibson-Davis Katherine Magnuson Lisa A. Gennetian Greg J. Duncan Published in Journal of marriage and family (01.12.2005)

“...This paper uses data from 2 randomized evaluations of welfare-to-work programs--the Minnesota Family Investment Program and the National Evaluation of...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Pride-Based Self-Affirmations and Parenting Programs

by Hill, Zoelene Spiegel, Michelle Gennetian, Lisa A Published in Frontiers in psychology (23.06.2020)

“...We newly apply the concept of self-affirmation typically used in the domain of health and education to the domain of parenting. Recruiting parents of children...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

From Statistical Associations to Causation: What Developmentalists Can Learn From Instrumental Variables Techniques Coupled With Experimental Data

by Gennetian, Lisa A Magnuson, Katherine Morris, Pamela A
edited by Kalil, Ariel Foster, E. Michael García Coll, Cynthia
Published in Developmental psychology (01.03.2008)

“...In this article, the authors aim to make accessible the careful application of a method called instrumental variables (IV). Under the right analytic...”

Journal Article

Effects of Employment‐Based Programs on Families by Prior Levels of Disadvantage

by Desiree Principe Alderson Lisa A. Gennetian Chantelle J. Dowsett Amy Imes Aletha C. Huston Published in The Social service review (Chicago) (01.09.2008)

“...This study examines how welfare and employment policies affect subpopulations of low‐income families that have different levels of initial disadvantage...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Associations of Housing Mobility Interventions for Children in High-Poverty Neighborhoods With Subsequent Mental Disorders During Adolescence

by Kessler, Ronald C Duncan, Greg J Gennetian, Lisa A Katz, Lawrence F Kling, Jeffrey R Sampson, Nancy A Sanbonmatsu, Lisa Zaslavsky, Alan M Ludwig, Jens Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (05.03.2014)

“...IMPORTANCE: Youth in high-poverty neighborhoods have high rates of emotional problems. Understanding neighborhood influences on mental health is crucial for...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Income Level and Volatility by Children's Race and Hispanic Ethnicity

by Gennetian, Lisa A Rodrigues, Christopher Hill, Heather D Morris, Pamela A Published in Journal of marriage and family (01.02.2019)

“...Objective: This study documents how income dynamics during childhood differ across racial/ethnic groups and among Hispanics by nativity, citizenship, and the...”

Journal Article

The Impact of Default Options for Parent Participation in an Early Language Intervention

by Gennetian, Lisa A Coskun, Lerzan Z Kennedy, Joy L Kuchirko, Yana Aber, J. Lawrence Published in Journal of child and family studies (01.12.2020)

“...In this study we tested, via a randomized control study design, different enrollment options for a scaled city-wide text-based early learning program among 405...”

Journal Article

How an Earnings Supplement Can Affect Union Formation among Low-Income Single Mothers

by Kristen Harknett Lisa A. Gennetian Published in Demography (01.08.2003)

“...Using data from an experimental evaluation in two Canadian provinces, we found that offering an earnings supplement to single mothers in place of welfare...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Supporting parent engagement in a school readiness program: Experimental evidence applying insights from behavioral economics

by Gennetian, Lisa A Marti, Maria Kennedy, Joy Lorenzo Kim, Jin Han Duch, Helena Published in Journal of applied developmental psychology (01.05.2019)

“...Early childhood interventions aimed at reducing socioeconomic disparities hinge on parent engagement. However, sparking parents' engagement and sustaining it...”

Journal Article

Advancing Transparency and Openness in Child Development Research: Opportunities

by Gennetian, Lisa A Tamis‐LeMonda, Catherine S Frank, Michael C Published in Child development perspectives (01.03.2020)

“...Transparency and openness are basic scientific values. They lie at the heart of practices that accelerate discovery and broaden access to scientific knowledge...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

Neighborhood effects on use of African-American Vernacular English

by John R. Rickford Greg J. Duncan Lisa A. Gennetian Ray Yun Gou Rebecca Greene Lawrence F. Katz Ronald C. Kessler Jeffrey R. Kling Lisa Sanbonmatsu Andres E. Sanchez-Ordoñez Matthew Sciandra Ewart Thomas Jens Ludwig Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22.09.2015)

“...African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) is systematic, rooted in history, and important as an identity marker and expressive resource for its speakers. In...”

Fulltext

Journal Article

One or Two Parents? Half or Step Siblings? The Effect of Family Structure on Young Children's Achievement

by Lisa A. Gennetian Published in Journal of population economics (01.09.2005)

“...Do children who live with both biological parents fare better than children in other types of family structures? Does the presence of step or half-siblings...”

Fulltext

Narrow search