Barbara L Wolfe
Biographic Data
| ID | 713254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara L Wolfe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara L |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolfe |
| SIGNATURE | WOLFE B L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Measuring Poverty
Measuring poverty is a complex undertaking. It requires extensive research, expert judgment of how to define resources and needs, and a data infrastructure that enables accurate measurement. In this article, we briefly summarize the evolution of poverty measurement in the U.S. and discuss the recommended changes to the Supplemental Poverty Measure that were recently proposed by an expert panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, a…
Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage
Objectives. To document how health insurance coverage changed for White, Black, and Hispanic adults after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect. Methods. We used data from the American Community Survey from 2008 to 2014 to examine changes in the percentage of nonelderly adults who were uninsured, covered by Medicaid, or covered by private health insurance. In addition to presenting overall trends by race/ethnicity, we stratified the anal…
Association of Child Poverty, Brain Development, and Academic Achievement
IMPORTANCE: Children living in poverty generally perform poorly in school, with markedly lower standardized test scores and lower educational attainment. The longer children live in poverty, the greater their academic deficits. These patterns persist to adulthood, contributing to lifetime-reduced occupational attainment. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether atypical patterns of structural brain development mediate the relationship between household po…
Understanding Poverty
In spite of an unprecedented period of growth and prosperity, the poverty rate in the U.S. remains high relative to the levels of the early 1970s and relative to those in many industrialized countries today. This book brings the problem of poverty in America to the fore, focusing on its nature and extent at the dawn of the 21st century
Beyond Economic Man
Why changing the U.S. health care system is so difficult
Treating children fairly
Schooling and Earnings Distributions with Endogenous Labour Force Participation, Marital Status and Family Size
David M. Blau, Jere R. Behrman, Barbara L. Wolfe, Schooling and Earnings Distributions with Endogenous Labour Force Participation, Marital Status and Family Size, Economica, New Series, Vol. 55, No. 219 (Aug., 1988), pp. 297-316
Health status and medical expenditures
Child Quantity and Quality in a Developing Country
The Influence of Health on School Outcomes
This study investigates the relationship between chronic poor health and school outcomes among children. A simultaneous three-stage least squares model is estimated in which achievement and attendance are endogenous variables. The hypothesis that particular health characteristics are associated with differences in individual school outcomes is confirmed. For example, attendance is affected most by illnesses likely to interfere with school or peer…
Human Capital and Earnings Distribution in a Developing Country
Schooling and Economic Well-Being
Standard estimates of the economic value of additional schooling, based on earnings differences associated with differences in the level of schooling attained, cover only a portion of the total effects of education that are valued by citizens. We first identify a catalog of nonmarketed effects, many of which have been recently studied by economists, and then propose a procedure for estimating a willingness-to-pay value for these effects. Using em…
Determinants of Women's Health Status and Health-Care Utilization in a Developing Country
A latent-variable representation of health is used in a system that determines health and various indicators of health and health-care utilization for Nicaraguan women. Estimates differ somewhat from standard estimates. They imply that women's schooling increases health-care utilization, literate women report less disease incidence, women's childhood backgrounds affect their adult health and health-care utilization, and general resources favor ch…
The Socioeconomic Impact of Schooling in a Developing Country
tional attainments suggests the usefulness of special training programs for unskilled immigrants. Further, the persistence of racial differentials underscores the importance of the enforcement of anti-bias employment regulations to protect non-white immigrants. Recent changes in immigration law under the Refugee Act of 1980 will increase uncertainty regarding the composition of future immigration waves. It is likely, however, that the proportion …
The Decline in Male Labor Force Participation
A More General Approach to Fertility Determination in a Developing Country
The Chicago-Columbia economic model of fertility emphasizes that both the number (quantity) and the (unobservable) quality of children are arguments in the parental preference function. Focus is generally on demand determinants with fixed tastes. Biological supply considerations gernerally are deemphasized. The major alternative to the Chicago-Columbia model is the Pennsylvaina model which emphasizes that parental utility is conditional on norms …
Is Income Overrated in Determining Adequate Nutrition
What influences children's health
Intelligence and Family Size
gence on fertility and of household size on offspring's intelligence remain the subject of public debate. Most recently, attention has centered on the decline in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and the possible effects of the postwar baby boom. These concerns suggest that economists would do well to introduce intelligence into the household utility maximization model used to explain differential fertility. We attempt to do this here
Childrenʼs Utilization of Medical Care
Children's utilization of medical care remains unequal even after the implementation of policies such as Medicaid and Neighborhood Health Centers. Children in lower-income areas or from larger families are less likely to see a provider over a 1-year period. Sharper differences are found when one analyzes the type of providers used. Here income, race, marital status, family type, type of insurance coverage and community characteristics are all ass…
A Note on Some Evidence on the Easterlin Hypothesis
According to the Easterlin hypothesis, the positive relationship between income and fertility is dependent on relative income. The hypothesis presumes that aspirations are significantly determined by family background. If income is high relative to aspirations, individuals will tend to have more children. The definition of variables as sibling differences controls family background and yields a measure of relative income. Analyzing the Kalamazoo …
Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage
Objectives. To document how health insurance coverage changed for White, Black, and Hispanic adults after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect. Methods. We used data from the American Community Survey from 2008 to 2014 to examine changes in the percentage of nonelderly adults who were uninsured, covered by Medicaid, or covered by private health insurance. In addition to presenting overall trends by race/ethnicity, we stratified the anal…
Health status and medical expenditures
The Decline in Male Labor Force Participation
A Note on Some Evidence on the Easterlin Hypothesis
According to the Easterlin hypothesis, the positive relationship between income and fertility is dependent on relative income. The hypothesis presumes that aspirations are significantly determined by family background. If income is high relative to aspirations, individuals will tend to have more children. The definition of variables as sibling differences controls family background and yields a measure of relative income. Analyzing the Kalamazoo …
Is Income Overrated in Determining Adequate Nutrition
Measuring Poverty
Measuring poverty is a complex undertaking. It requires extensive research, expert judgment of how to define resources and needs, and a data infrastructure that enables accurate measurement. In this article, we briefly summarize the evolution of poverty measurement in the U.S. and discuss the recommended changes to the Supplemental Poverty Measure that were recently proposed by an expert panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, a…
Child Quantity and Quality in a Developing Country
Human Capital and Earnings Distribution in a Developing Country
What influences children's health
A Note on Some Evidence on the Easterlin Hypothesis
According to the Easterlin hypothesis, the positive relationship between income and fertility is dependent on relative income. The hypothesis presumes that aspirations are significantly determined by family background. If income is high relative to aspirations, individuals will tend to have more children. The definition of variables as sibling differences controls family background and yields a measure of relative income. Analyzing the Kalamazoo …
Intelligence and Family Size
gence on fertility and of household size on offspring's intelligence remain the subject of public debate. Most recently, attention has centered on the decline in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and the possible effects of the postwar baby boom. These concerns suggest that economists would do well to introduce intelligence into the household utility maximization model used to explain differential fertility. We attempt to do this here
Childrenʼs Utilization of Medical Care
Children's utilization of medical care remains unequal even after the implementation of policies such as Medicaid and Neighborhood Health Centers. Children in lower-income areas or from larger families are less likely to see a provider over a 1-year period. Sharper differences are found when one analyzes the type of providers used. Here income, race, marital status, family type, type of insurance coverage and community characteristics are all ass…
What influences children's health
Is Income Overrated in Determining Adequate Nutrition
Schooling and Economic Well-Being
Standard estimates of the economic value of additional schooling, based on earnings differences associated with differences in the level of schooling attained, cover only a portion of the total effects of education that are valued by citizens. We first identify a catalog of nonmarketed effects, many of which have been recently studied by economists, and then propose a procedure for estimating a willingness-to-pay value for these effects. Using em…
Determinants of Women's Health Status and Health-Care Utilization in a Developing Country
A latent-variable representation of health is used in a system that determines health and various indicators of health and health-care utilization for Nicaraguan women. Estimates differ somewhat from standard estimates. They imply that women's schooling increases health-care utilization, literate women report less disease incidence, women's childhood backgrounds affect their adult health and health-care utilization, and general resources favor ch…
The Socioeconomic Impact of Schooling in a Developing Country
tional attainments suggests the usefulness of special training programs for unskilled immigrants. Further, the persistence of racial differentials underscores the importance of the enforcement of anti-bias employment regulations to protect non-white immigrants. Recent changes in immigration law under the Refugee Act of 1980 will increase uncertainty regarding the composition of future immigration waves. It is likely, however, that the proportion …
The Decline in Male Labor Force Participation
A More General Approach to Fertility Determination in a Developing Country
The Chicago-Columbia economic model of fertility emphasizes that both the number (quantity) and the (unobservable) quality of children are arguments in the parental preference function. Focus is generally on demand determinants with fixed tastes. Biological supply considerations gernerally are deemphasized. The major alternative to the Chicago-Columbia model is the Pennsylvaina model which emphasizes that parental utility is conditional on norms …
The Influence of Health on School Outcomes
This study investigates the relationship between chronic poor health and school outcomes among children. A simultaneous three-stage least squares model is estimated in which achievement and attendance are endogenous variables. The hypothesis that particular health characteristics are associated with differences in individual school outcomes is confirmed. For example, attendance is affected most by illnesses likely to interfere with school or peer…
Human Capital and Earnings Distribution in a Developing Country
Health status and medical expenditures
Child Quantity and Quality in a Developing Country
Schooling and Earnings Distributions with Endogenous Labour Force Participation, Marital Status and Family Size
David M. Blau, Jere R. Behrman, Barbara L. Wolfe, Schooling and Earnings Distributions with Endogenous Labour Force Participation, Marital Status and Family Size, Economica, New Series, Vol. 55, No. 219 (Aug., 1988), pp. 297-316
Treating children fairly
Why changing the U.S. health care system is so difficult
Beyond Economic Man
Understanding Poverty
In spite of an unprecedented period of growth and prosperity, the poverty rate in the U.S. remains high relative to the levels of the early 1970s and relative to those in many industrialized countries today. This book brings the problem of poverty in America to the fore, focusing on its nature and extent at the dawn of the 21st century
Association of Child Poverty, Brain Development, and Academic Achievement
IMPORTANCE: Children living in poverty generally perform poorly in school, with markedly lower standardized test scores and lower educational attainment. The longer children live in poverty, the greater their academic deficits. These patterns persist to adulthood, contributing to lifetime-reduced occupational attainment. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether atypical patterns of structural brain development mediate the relationship between household po…
Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage
Objectives. To document how health insurance coverage changed for White, Black, and Hispanic adults after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect. Methods. We used data from the American Community Survey from 2008 to 2014 to examine changes in the percentage of nonelderly adults who were uninsured, covered by Medicaid, or covered by private health insurance. In addition to presenting overall trends by race/ethnicity, we stratified the anal…
Measuring Poverty
Measuring poverty is a complex undertaking. It requires extensive research, expert judgment of how to define resources and needs, and a data infrastructure that enables accurate measurement. In this article, we briefly summarize the evolution of poverty measurement in the U.S. and discuss the recommended changes to the Supplemental Poverty Measure that were recently proposed by an expert panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, a…
Economics (16 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Developing country (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works)