Lara Shore-Sheppard
Biographic Data
| ID | 1243727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lara Shore-Sheppard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lara |
| FAMILY NAME | Shore-Sheppard |
| SIGNATURE | SHORE-SHEPPARD L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lara Shore-Sheppard is Dean of the Faculty and Kimberly A. ‘96 and Robert R. ‘62 Henry Professor of Economics, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Research Associates, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996
This paper examines the evolution of the safety net for low-income families since welfare reform in 1996 promised to “end welfare as we know it.” The total package of supports has become substantially more generous, but has changed in character. Support has shifted away from monthly cash transfers towards tax credits and in-kind benefits, and has expanded for working families while declining for those without earnings. Resources available to marr…
Industrial Change and Wage Inequality
The empirical analysis in this paper, which draws on Current Population Survey data, indicates that structural decline in the steel industry during the 1980s markedly affected the distribution of wages both in the industry and in steel-producing communities. The steelworker wage distribution experienced both a drop in the mean and an increase in the variance, becoming very similar to the distribution of wages in other durable goods manufacturing …
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Industrial Change and Wage Inequality
The empirical analysis in this paper, which draws on Current Population Survey data, indicates that structural decline in the steel industry during the 1980s markedly affected the distribution of wages both in the industry and in steel-producing communities. The steelworker wage distribution experienced both a drop in the mean and an increase in the variance, becoming very similar to the distribution of wages in other durable goods manufacturing …
Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996
This paper examines the evolution of the safety net for low-income families since welfare reform in 1996 promised to “end welfare as we know it.” The total package of supports has become substantially more generous, but has changed in character. Support has shifted away from monthly cash transfers towards tax credits and in-kind benefits, and has expanded for working families while declining for those without earnings. Resources available to marr…
Business (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Current Population Survey (1 works) · Demographic economics (1 works) · Distribution (mathematics) (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (1 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (1 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (1 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (1 works)