Vicky Albert
Biographic Data
| ID | 136590 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vicky Albert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vicky |
| FAMILY NAME | Albert |
| SIGNATURE | ALBERT V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-6613-0603 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Making Ends Meet: Employment, Cash Transfers, and Poverty in Post–9/11 Era Wounded Military Veterans
Over 36% of post–9/11 era veterans have a disability, but little research has examined wounded veterans’ finances. We investigated main and interaction effects of income sources and demographic, military, and mental health characteristics on household poverty and deep poverty to better understand wounded veterans’ financial outcomes. Data were drawn from the 2018 Wounded Warrior Survey ( n = 33,067). Two logistic regression models investigated di…
Spatial Analyses of the Impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families on Child Neglect Caseloads During the Great Recession
Loss of market income to families is recognized as a major risk factor of child neglect. In the 2008 recession, some poor families replaced their market incomes with cash assistance from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Using secondary data for 42 contiguous jurisdictions and DC, we examined the relationship between increases in TANF caseloads and changes in substantiated child neglect cases in each of the contiguous jurisdiction’s…
Impact of Short Lifetime Limits on Child Neglect
The Great Recession that officially began in December 2007 nationally resulted in a loss of income on the part of many families with children who in turn, relied on a variety of safety nets, including cash assistance from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Loss of income has been recognized as a major risk factor of child maltreatment, in particular child neglect. During its 2007 recession, Arizona shortened its TANF lifetime…
State Policy Choices and Responsiveness of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program During the Great Recession
The Great Recession that officially began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009 was the most severe recession since the Depression of the 1930s. To accurately explain the number of families and children receiving cash assistance from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) during the 2007 recession, it is important to capture state-level variations in recessionary periods, economies, and TANF policies. This study breaks ground by using mu…
Citizenship Status and Tanf Exits: A Proportional Hazard Model
This study compared exits between citizen and noncitizen heads of household from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. With longitudinal monthly administrative data and a Cox proportional hazard model, the study examined how the economy and recipients’ personal characteristics affected their exits. The sample consisted of 28,308 families headed by citizens and 2,547 families headed by a noncitizen on TANF. Key findings reveal…
The Impact of 9/11 on the Noncitizen Welfare Caseload: A Time-Series Analysis
The tragedy of 9/11 had more far-reaching social and economic consequences for the nation than those found for many individuals on that day. Between October 2001 and May 2002, Nevada witnessed a 25% increase in the total number of households on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, commonly referred to as welfare. During the same time, households headed by a noncitizen increased their participation in the TANF program by 40%…
Citizenship Status, Poverty, and Government Transfers for Families With Children
Using annual American Community Survey data for Nevada from 2000 to 2003, this study examines the role that citizenship status plays in shaping immigrant families' chances of living in poverty as well as their chances of receiving selected social benefits. Key findings suggest that citizen children with noncitizen caretakers are more likely to experience poverty as well as to receive lunch subsidies and less likely to receive cash assistance than…
Citizenship Status, Social Safety Nets and Public Assistance Participation
Vicky Albert, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada
Welfare Returns and Temporary Time Limits: A Proportional Hazard Model
Journal Article Welfare Returns and Temporary Time Limits: A Proportional Hazard Model Get access Vicky N. Albert, DSW, Vicky N. Albert, DSW associate professor School of Social Work, College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455032, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5032; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar William C. King, MS, William C. King, MS as…
Strategic interaction among the states: "An in-depth look at the welfare "race to the bottom
Journal Article Strategic interaction among the states: An in-depth look at the welfare “race to the bottom” Get access Vicky Albert, PhD, Vicky Albert, PhD associate professor School of Social Work, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455032, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5032; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sandra N. Catlin, PhD Sa…
The New World of Welfare
The Impact of the Economy and Welfare Policy on Welfare Accessions: Implications for Future Reforms
This longitudinal study analyzes the impact of labor market conditions and welfare policies accompanying the 1990s waivers granted by the federal government to California and the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWOA) on families entering welfare (accessions). A time series model was specified for analyzing the number of families entering welfare from January 1983 to December 1998. The findings suggest that in 1998 under PR…
The role of the economy and welfare policies in shaping welfare caseloads: The California experience
This longitudinal study analyzes the effect of labor market conditions and welfare policies accompanying the 1990s waivers granted by the federal government and Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) on California's welfare caseload. A monthly semilogarithmic rate model is constructed for analyzing and predicting the single-parent welfare caseload from January 1983 to December 1998. The idea underly…
Reducing Welfare Benefits: Consequences for Adequacy of and Eligibility for Benefits
During the past two decades, most states have allowed welfare benefit levels to erode with inflation. Very little attention has been paid by academics and policy makers to the potential effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on welfare benefit levels. This article provides a number of explanations for likely reductions in states' welfare benefit levels. Consequences of reducing welfare benefit level…
The Impact of a Mandatory Employment Program on Welfare Terminations: Implications for Welfare Reform
This longitudinal study analyzes the impact of one of the most ambitious employment and training programs in the nation, California's Greater Avenue for Independence (GAIN), on welfare terminations. The study isolates the effects of GAIN from other effects by controlling for AFDC program characteristics and labor market conditions. The findings suggest that, all else constant, GAIN increased terminations in a modest fashion. The paper discusses t…
Predicting Growth in Child Abuse and Neglect Reports in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Counties
This study analyzes the different effects of demographic, social, and economic factors on the number of child abuse and neglect reports in 18 urban, suburban, and rural California counties over a 6-year period. Some of the findings demonstrate that in urban and rural counties, the number of arrests for narcotics and dangerous drugs in particular is positively linked to the number of child abuse and neglect reports. The findings can aid in the pro…
From Child Abuse to Permanency Planning: Child Welfare Service Pathways and Placements
Predicting Growth in Child Abuse and Neglect Reports in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Counties
This study analyzes the different effects of demographic, social, and economic factors on the number of child abuse and neglect reports in 18 urban, suburban, and rural California counties over a 6-year period. Some of the findings demonstrate that in urban and rural counties, the number of arrests for narcotics and dangerous drugs in particular is positively linked to the number of child abuse and neglect reports. The findings can aid in the pro…
Reducing Welfare Benefits: Consequences for Adequacy of and Eligibility for Benefits
During the past two decades, most states have allowed welfare benefit levels to erode with inflation. Very little attention has been paid by academics and policy makers to the potential effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on welfare benefit levels. This article provides a number of explanations for likely reductions in states' welfare benefit levels. Consequences of reducing welfare benefit level…
State Policy Choices and Responsiveness of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program During the Great Recession
The Great Recession that officially began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009 was the most severe recession since the Depression of the 1930s. To accurately explain the number of families and children receiving cash assistance from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) during the 2007 recession, it is important to capture state-level variations in recessionary periods, economies, and TANF policies. This study breaks ground by using mu…
Citizenship Status and Tanf Exits: A Proportional Hazard Model
This study compared exits between citizen and noncitizen heads of household from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. With longitudinal monthly administrative data and a Cox proportional hazard model, the study examined how the economy and recipients’ personal characteristics affected their exits. The sample consisted of 28,308 families headed by citizens and 2,547 families headed by a noncitizen on TANF. Key findings reveal…
Citizenship Status, Poverty, and Government Transfers for Families With Children
Using annual American Community Survey data for Nevada from 2000 to 2003, this study examines the role that citizenship status plays in shaping immigrant families' chances of living in poverty as well as their chances of receiving selected social benefits. Key findings suggest that citizen children with noncitizen caretakers are more likely to experience poverty as well as to receive lunch subsidies and less likely to receive cash assistance than…
Strategic interaction among the states: "An in-depth look at the welfare "race to the bottom
Journal Article Strategic interaction among the states: An in-depth look at the welfare “race to the bottom” Get access Vicky Albert, PhD, Vicky Albert, PhD associate professor School of Social Work, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455032, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5032; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sandra N. Catlin, PhD Sa…
The Impact of a Mandatory Employment Program on Welfare Terminations: Implications for Welfare Reform
This longitudinal study analyzes the impact of one of the most ambitious employment and training programs in the nation, California's Greater Avenue for Independence (GAIN), on welfare terminations. The study isolates the effects of GAIN from other effects by controlling for AFDC program characteristics and labor market conditions. The findings suggest that, all else constant, GAIN increased terminations in a modest fashion. The paper discusses t…
Impact of Short Lifetime Limits on Child Neglect
The Great Recession that officially began in December 2007 nationally resulted in a loss of income on the part of many families with children who in turn, relied on a variety of safety nets, including cash assistance from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Loss of income has been recognized as a major risk factor of child maltreatment, in particular child neglect. During its 2007 recession, Arizona shortened its TANF lifetime…
Welfare Returns and Temporary Time Limits: A Proportional Hazard Model
Journal Article Welfare Returns and Temporary Time Limits: A Proportional Hazard Model Get access Vicky N. Albert, DSW, Vicky N. Albert, DSW associate professor School of Social Work, College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455032, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5032; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar William C. King, MS, William C. King, MS as…
The role of the economy and welfare policies in shaping welfare caseloads: The California experience
This longitudinal study analyzes the effect of labor market conditions and welfare policies accompanying the 1990s waivers granted by the federal government and Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) on California's welfare caseload. A monthly semilogarithmic rate model is constructed for analyzing and predicting the single-parent welfare caseload from January 1983 to December 1998. The idea underly…
From Child Abuse to Permanency Planning: Child Welfare Service Pathways and Placements
Predicting Growth in Child Abuse and Neglect Reports in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Counties
This study analyzes the different effects of demographic, social, and economic factors on the number of child abuse and neglect reports in 18 urban, suburban, and rural California counties over a 6-year period. Some of the findings demonstrate that in urban and rural counties, the number of arrests for narcotics and dangerous drugs in particular is positively linked to the number of child abuse and neglect reports. The findings can aid in the pro…
The Impact of a Mandatory Employment Program on Welfare Terminations: Implications for Welfare Reform
This longitudinal study analyzes the impact of one of the most ambitious employment and training programs in the nation, California's Greater Avenue for Independence (GAIN), on welfare terminations. The study isolates the effects of GAIN from other effects by controlling for AFDC program characteristics and labor market conditions. The findings suggest that, all else constant, GAIN increased terminations in a modest fashion. The paper discusses t…
The role of the economy and welfare policies in shaping welfare caseloads: The California experience
This longitudinal study analyzes the effect of labor market conditions and welfare policies accompanying the 1990s waivers granted by the federal government and Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) on California's welfare caseload. A monthly semilogarithmic rate model is constructed for analyzing and predicting the single-parent welfare caseload from January 1983 to December 1998. The idea underly…
Reducing Welfare Benefits: Consequences for Adequacy of and Eligibility for Benefits
During the past two decades, most states have allowed welfare benefit levels to erode with inflation. Very little attention has been paid by academics and policy makers to the potential effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on welfare benefit levels. This article provides a number of explanations for likely reductions in states' welfare benefit levels. Consequences of reducing welfare benefit level…
The Impact of the Economy and Welfare Policy on Welfare Accessions: Implications for Future Reforms
This longitudinal study analyzes the impact of labor market conditions and welfare policies accompanying the 1990s waivers granted by the federal government to California and the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWOA) on families entering welfare (accessions). A time series model was specified for analyzing the number of families entering welfare from January 1983 to December 1998. The findings suggest that in 1998 under PR…
Strategic interaction among the states: "An in-depth look at the welfare "race to the bottom
Journal Article Strategic interaction among the states: An in-depth look at the welfare “race to the bottom” Get access Vicky Albert, PhD, Vicky Albert, PhD associate professor School of Social Work, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455032, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5032; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sandra N. Catlin, PhD Sa…
The New World of Welfare
Welfare Returns and Temporary Time Limits: A Proportional Hazard Model
Journal Article Welfare Returns and Temporary Time Limits: A Proportional Hazard Model Get access Vicky N. Albert, DSW, Vicky N. Albert, DSW associate professor School of Social Work, College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455032, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5032; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar William C. King, MS, William C. King, MS as…
Citizenship Status, Poverty, and Government Transfers for Families With Children
Using annual American Community Survey data for Nevada from 2000 to 2003, this study examines the role that citizenship status plays in shaping immigrant families' chances of living in poverty as well as their chances of receiving selected social benefits. Key findings suggest that citizen children with noncitizen caretakers are more likely to experience poverty as well as to receive lunch subsidies and less likely to receive cash assistance than…
Citizenship Status, Social Safety Nets and Public Assistance Participation
Vicky Albert, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada
The Impact of 9/11 on the Noncitizen Welfare Caseload: A Time-Series Analysis
The tragedy of 9/11 had more far-reaching social and economic consequences for the nation than those found for many individuals on that day. Between October 2001 and May 2002, Nevada witnessed a 25% increase in the total number of households on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, commonly referred to as welfare. During the same time, households headed by a noncitizen increased their participation in the TANF program by 40%…
Citizenship Status and Tanf Exits: A Proportional Hazard Model
This study compared exits between citizen and noncitizen heads of household from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. With longitudinal monthly administrative data and a Cox proportional hazard model, the study examined how the economy and recipients’ personal characteristics affected their exits. The sample consisted of 28,308 families headed by citizens and 2,547 families headed by a noncitizen on TANF. Key findings reveal…
State Policy Choices and Responsiveness of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program During the Great Recession
The Great Recession that officially began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009 was the most severe recession since the Depression of the 1930s. To accurately explain the number of families and children receiving cash assistance from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) during the 2007 recession, it is important to capture state-level variations in recessionary periods, economies, and TANF policies. This study breaks ground by using mu…
Impact of Short Lifetime Limits on Child Neglect
The Great Recession that officially began in December 2007 nationally resulted in a loss of income on the part of many families with children who in turn, relied on a variety of safety nets, including cash assistance from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Loss of income has been recognized as a major risk factor of child maltreatment, in particular child neglect. During its 2007 recession, Arizona shortened its TANF lifetime…
Spatial Analyses of the Impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families on Child Neglect Caseloads During the Great Recession
Loss of market income to families is recognized as a major risk factor of child neglect. In the 2008 recession, some poor families replaced their market incomes with cash assistance from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Using secondary data for 42 contiguous jurisdictions and DC, we examined the relationship between increases in TANF caseloads and changes in substantiated child neglect cases in each of the contiguous jurisdiction’s…
Making Ends Meet: Employment, Cash Transfers, and Poverty in Post–9/11 Era Wounded Military Veterans
Over 36% of post–9/11 era veterans have a disability, but little research has examined wounded veterans’ finances. We investigated main and interaction effects of income sources and demographic, military, and mental health characteristics on household poverty and deep poverty to better understand wounded veterans’ financial outcomes. Data were drawn from the 2018 Wounded Warrior Survey ( n = 33,067). Two logistic regression models investigated di…
Economics (13 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (12 works) · Welfare (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Labour economics (6 works) · Medicine (6 works)