Younghee Lim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3838252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Younghee Lim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Younghee |
| FAMILY NAME | Lim |
| SIGNATURE | LIM Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louisiana State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9909-9511 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Religiosity's Links to Adolescent Wellbeing and the Role of Supportive Networks and Sex
Research has extensively examined religiosity's links to youth wellbeing, but it is unclear how the relationship may vary by supportive networks and sex. Analyzing data from the 2015 to 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the results showed that religious salience was negatively associated with the risk of having a past-year major depressive episode (MDE, OR = 0.65), a substance use disorder ( OR = 0.77), and delinquency ( OR = 0.94). Su…
More than Fresh Fruits and Veggies
As awareness of the benefits of social participation for older adults has grown, ideas for how social services agencies can increase older adults' social participation have proliferated. The goal of this research is to explore how older adults experience the farmers' market as a hub of social participation. Fifteen older adults in a rural area in the deep South of the U.S. participated in semi-structured interviews. All interviews were transcribe…
The Phenomenon of Repeat Payday Loan Borrowing in the United States
Payday lenders provide high-cost short-term loans to those who have limited access to traditional financial institutions. Although an overwhelming majority of payday loan customers are repeat borrowers, studies examining the phenomenon of repeat borrowing is scant. Our study aimed to assess risk and protective factors among repeat payday loan borrowers. Using Bankruptcy filers' data obtained through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records d…
Financial Challenges and Capacity among African Refugees in the Southern USA
Refugees’ successful integration into US society requires adaptation to economic, financial and social norms. Despite the importance of considering financial challenges (financial stress and financial anxiety) and financial capacity (financial literacy and financial self-efficacy) in reaching personal financial goals, literature examining the relationship between financial challenges and capacity—critical in refugee resettlement and integration—i…
Expanding the Transformative Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Design Archetype in a Cross-Cultural Context
Transformative sequential mixed methods design in a cross-cultural context is seldom straightforward. Using a community-based participatory research approach as the transformative lens in an African refugee context in the southern United Status, we explored: (a) the intersection of culture, financial stress, and financial self-efficacy and (b) tested the efficacy of financial literacy as the focus of a culturally responsive solution grounded in c…
Health Status among African Americans
The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether various types of social capital influence self-rated health among African Americans, while accounting for objective and subjective economic well-being. This cross-sectional study included a nationally representative sample of 231 African American adults that participated in the Community Benchmark Survey. Hierarchical multiple regression results show that the health status was influenced…
Family structure and youth illicit drug use, use disorder, and treatment services utilization
Financial Stress and Depression Among African Refugees in the Southern United States
As part of a larger community-based participatory research project exploring the postresettlement challenges of African refugees in the southern United States, our study investigated the phenomenon of financial stress and its relationship to mental health through a mediating chain of factors—financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety. Results revealed the mediating role of financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety on the relationship betwe…
Worth beyond Work? Civic Engagement and Social Support Provision of Benefit Recipients
Changes in government assistance laws over the last 30 years reflect concern that government benefits cause dependency. Public discourse classifies able-bodied, non-working individuals as “undeserving” of government assistance and the literature focuses on whether individuals receiving government assistance contribute to society by engaging in paid work. This study investigates if 120 residents of a low-resource community receiving more governmen…
Engaging MSW Students in Policy Practice
Social policy courses are a staple in social work curricula, particularly in graduate-level social work education. Indeed, policy practice is among the nine social work competencies stipulated by the Council on Social Work Education. The purpose of the present study is to measure the effectiveness of service-learning over traditional-learning methods in obtaining civic and course-learning outcomes. This study utilized a purposive sample of 89 gra…
Predicting Material Hardship Among Former Welfare-to-Work Participants
Material hardship is of concern because it refers to physical deprivation related to meeting the basic needs of food, housing, utilities, and other items. This study tests a predictive income- and resource-packaging model of material hardship using survey data collected from 459 former welfare-to-work program participants. Logistic regression results show that receiving social support in the form of living rent-free decreased the odds for experie…
Payday Loan Use and Consumer Well-Being
Individuals with limited or no access to checking accounts rely on alternative financial services (AFS) to navigate today’s economy. One AFS product that arguably is the most controversial is the payday loan—a small, short-term, high-interest loan. Although potentially assisting financially fragile individuals to fulfill their short-term credit needs, payday loans likely expose them to greater financial vulnerability. Despite the significance of …
The Extended Reach of Minority Political Power
This paper explores the conditions under which descriptive and bureaucratic representation translate into policy outcomes. In particular, it investigates the role of managerial networking in providing a conduit for black political power to influence policy outcomes for black clients. Using administrative data, survey data, and parish-level contextual data on new participants to Louisiana's welfare to work program from April 2004 through September…
Material Hardship Among Banked and Unbanked Earned Income Tax Credit-Eligible Families
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has helped millions of Americans escape poverty. However, there is a dearth of research examining the experience of material hardship among EITC recipients. A lack of mainstream banking, disproportionately experienced by the poor, may also be related to increased hardship experiences. This study, using a sample of families receiving the EITC, investigates the hardship differences experienced depending on bankin…
The trend in the income status of children in female-headed families
State Tanf Policies and Employment Outcomes among Welfare Leavers
This study examines the extent to which employment outcomes for welfare leavers differ depending on TANF policies adopted by states. Data on welfare leavers come from the 1996 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. Policies in the leavers’ states of residence are characterized by factor scores. Results suggest that employment and job quality outcomes for welfare leavers are associated with several aspects of states’ TANF rules. …
Potential Impact of Eitc Adjustments on Financial Self-Sufficiency among Low-Income Families
Policies that help low-income mothers find and keep employment as a means of obtaining self-sufficiency have been a focal point of the welfare reform debate in the past decade. In the midst of this dialogue, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has gained popularity as one of the core work support programs for America's low- and moderately low-income families with children. This study compares the estimated effects of EITC when its value deteriora…
A Study of Health Care Coverage Among Children in Immigrant Families in the Post Welfare-Reform Era
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) has targeted lawful immigrants by imposing a broad range of restrictions on access to federally funded benefit programs. Within the federal restrictions, however, states have been granted considerable latitude concerning immigrants. In Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Medicaid, the major benefit programs for low-income children, states are authorized to…
Immigrants' Use of Welfare After Welfare Reform
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 represented a significant shift in U.S. public policy, rendering immigrants ineligible for most federal means-tested programs. We use the 1999 Current Population Survey (CPS) data set to provide the cross-sectional description of immigrants' use of public transfer programs, particularly focusing on Asian American immigrants. Little is currently known about the ec…
The Extended Reach of Minority Political Power
This paper explores the conditions under which descriptive and bureaucratic representation translate into policy outcomes. In particular, it investigates the role of managerial networking in providing a conduit for black political power to influence policy outcomes for black clients. Using administrative data, survey data, and parish-level contextual data on new participants to Louisiana's welfare to work program from April 2004 through September…
State Tanf Policies and Employment Outcomes among Welfare Leavers
This study examines the extent to which employment outcomes for welfare leavers differ depending on TANF policies adopted by states. Data on welfare leavers come from the 1996 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. Policies in the leavers’ states of residence are characterized by factor scores. Results suggest that employment and job quality outcomes for welfare leavers are associated with several aspects of states’ TANF rules. …
Material Hardship Among Banked and Unbanked Earned Income Tax Credit-Eligible Families
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has helped millions of Americans escape poverty. However, there is a dearth of research examining the experience of material hardship among EITC recipients. A lack of mainstream banking, disproportionately experienced by the poor, may also be related to increased hardship experiences. This study, using a sample of families receiving the EITC, investigates the hardship differences experienced depending on bankin…
Payday Loan Use and Consumer Well-Being
Individuals with limited or no access to checking accounts rely on alternative financial services (AFS) to navigate today’s economy. One AFS product that arguably is the most controversial is the payday loan—a small, short-term, high-interest loan. Although potentially assisting financially fragile individuals to fulfill their short-term credit needs, payday loans likely expose them to greater financial vulnerability. Despite the significance of …
Financial Challenges and Capacity among African Refugees in the Southern USA
Refugees’ successful integration into US society requires adaptation to economic, financial and social norms. Despite the importance of considering financial challenges (financial stress and financial anxiety) and financial capacity (financial literacy and financial self-efficacy) in reaching personal financial goals, literature examining the relationship between financial challenges and capacity—critical in refugee resettlement and integration—i…
Expanding the Transformative Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Design Archetype in a Cross-Cultural Context
Transformative sequential mixed methods design in a cross-cultural context is seldom straightforward. Using a community-based participatory research approach as the transformative lens in an African refugee context in the southern United Status, we explored: (a) the intersection of culture, financial stress, and financial self-efficacy and (b) tested the efficacy of financial literacy as the focus of a culturally responsive solution grounded in c…
Predicting Material Hardship Among Former Welfare-to-Work Participants
Material hardship is of concern because it refers to physical deprivation related to meeting the basic needs of food, housing, utilities, and other items. This study tests a predictive income- and resource-packaging model of material hardship using survey data collected from 459 former welfare-to-work program participants. Logistic regression results show that receiving social support in the form of living rent-free decreased the odds for experie…
The Phenomenon of Repeat Payday Loan Borrowing in the United States
Payday lenders provide high-cost short-term loans to those who have limited access to traditional financial institutions. Although an overwhelming majority of payday loan customers are repeat borrowers, studies examining the phenomenon of repeat borrowing is scant. Our study aimed to assess risk and protective factors among repeat payday loan borrowers. Using Bankruptcy filers' data obtained through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records d…
Financial Stress and Depression Among African Refugees in the Southern United States
As part of a larger community-based participatory research project exploring the postresettlement challenges of African refugees in the southern United States, our study investigated the phenomenon of financial stress and its relationship to mental health through a mediating chain of factors—financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety. Results revealed the mediating role of financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety on the relationship betwe…
Immigrants' Use of Welfare After Welfare Reform
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 represented a significant shift in U.S. public policy, rendering immigrants ineligible for most federal means-tested programs. We use the 1999 Current Population Survey (CPS) data set to provide the cross-sectional description of immigrants' use of public transfer programs, particularly focusing on Asian American immigrants. Little is currently known about the ec…
A Study of Health Care Coverage Among Children in Immigrant Families in the Post Welfare-Reform Era
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) has targeted lawful immigrants by imposing a broad range of restrictions on access to federally funded benefit programs. Within the federal restrictions, however, states have been granted considerable latitude concerning immigrants. In Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Medicaid, the major benefit programs for low-income children, states are authorized to…
Potential Impact of Eitc Adjustments on Financial Self-Sufficiency among Low-Income Families
Policies that help low-income mothers find and keep employment as a means of obtaining self-sufficiency have been a focal point of the welfare reform debate in the past decade. In the midst of this dialogue, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has gained popularity as one of the core work support programs for America's low- and moderately low-income families with children. This study compares the estimated effects of EITC when its value deteriora…
The trend in the income status of children in female-headed families
State Tanf Policies and Employment Outcomes among Welfare Leavers
This study examines the extent to which employment outcomes for welfare leavers differ depending on TANF policies adopted by states. Data on welfare leavers come from the 1996 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. Policies in the leavers’ states of residence are characterized by factor scores. Results suggest that employment and job quality outcomes for welfare leavers are associated with several aspects of states’ TANF rules. …
Material Hardship Among Banked and Unbanked Earned Income Tax Credit-Eligible Families
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has helped millions of Americans escape poverty. However, there is a dearth of research examining the experience of material hardship among EITC recipients. A lack of mainstream banking, disproportionately experienced by the poor, may also be related to increased hardship experiences. This study, using a sample of families receiving the EITC, investigates the hardship differences experienced depending on bankin…
The Extended Reach of Minority Political Power
This paper explores the conditions under which descriptive and bureaucratic representation translate into policy outcomes. In particular, it investigates the role of managerial networking in providing a conduit for black political power to influence policy outcomes for black clients. Using administrative data, survey data, and parish-level contextual data on new participants to Louisiana's welfare to work program from April 2004 through September…
Payday Loan Use and Consumer Well-Being
Individuals with limited or no access to checking accounts rely on alternative financial services (AFS) to navigate today’s economy. One AFS product that arguably is the most controversial is the payday loan—a small, short-term, high-interest loan. Although potentially assisting financially fragile individuals to fulfill their short-term credit needs, payday loans likely expose them to greater financial vulnerability. Despite the significance of …
Predicting Material Hardship Among Former Welfare-to-Work Participants
Material hardship is of concern because it refers to physical deprivation related to meeting the basic needs of food, housing, utilities, and other items. This study tests a predictive income- and resource-packaging model of material hardship using survey data collected from 459 former welfare-to-work program participants. Logistic regression results show that receiving social support in the form of living rent-free decreased the odds for experie…
Worth beyond Work? Civic Engagement and Social Support Provision of Benefit Recipients
Changes in government assistance laws over the last 30 years reflect concern that government benefits cause dependency. Public discourse classifies able-bodied, non-working individuals as “undeserving” of government assistance and the literature focuses on whether individuals receiving government assistance contribute to society by engaging in paid work. This study investigates if 120 residents of a low-resource community receiving more governmen…
Engaging MSW Students in Policy Practice
Social policy courses are a staple in social work curricula, particularly in graduate-level social work education. Indeed, policy practice is among the nine social work competencies stipulated by the Council on Social Work Education. The purpose of the present study is to measure the effectiveness of service-learning over traditional-learning methods in obtaining civic and course-learning outcomes. This study utilized a purposive sample of 89 gra…
Expanding the Transformative Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Design Archetype in a Cross-Cultural Context
Transformative sequential mixed methods design in a cross-cultural context is seldom straightforward. Using a community-based participatory research approach as the transformative lens in an African refugee context in the southern United Status, we explored: (a) the intersection of culture, financial stress, and financial self-efficacy and (b) tested the efficacy of financial literacy as the focus of a culturally responsive solution grounded in c…
Health Status among African Americans
The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether various types of social capital influence self-rated health among African Americans, while accounting for objective and subjective economic well-being. This cross-sectional study included a nationally representative sample of 231 African American adults that participated in the Community Benchmark Survey. Hierarchical multiple regression results show that the health status was influenced…
Family structure and youth illicit drug use, use disorder, and treatment services utilization
Financial Stress and Depression Among African Refugees in the Southern United States
As part of a larger community-based participatory research project exploring the postresettlement challenges of African refugees in the southern United States, our study investigated the phenomenon of financial stress and its relationship to mental health through a mediating chain of factors—financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety. Results revealed the mediating role of financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety on the relationship betwe…
The Phenomenon of Repeat Payday Loan Borrowing in the United States
Payday lenders provide high-cost short-term loans to those who have limited access to traditional financial institutions. Although an overwhelming majority of payday loan customers are repeat borrowers, studies examining the phenomenon of repeat borrowing is scant. Our study aimed to assess risk and protective factors among repeat payday loan borrowers. Using Bankruptcy filers' data obtained through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records d…
Financial Challenges and Capacity among African Refugees in the Southern USA
Refugees’ successful integration into US society requires adaptation to economic, financial and social norms. Despite the importance of considering financial challenges (financial stress and financial anxiety) and financial capacity (financial literacy and financial self-efficacy) in reaching personal financial goals, literature examining the relationship between financial challenges and capacity—critical in refugee resettlement and integration—i…
More than Fresh Fruits and Veggies
As awareness of the benefits of social participation for older adults has grown, ideas for how social services agencies can increase older adults' social participation have proliferated. The goal of this research is to explore how older adults experience the farmers' market as a hub of social participation. Fifteen older adults in a rural area in the deep South of the U.S. participated in semi-structured interviews. All interviews were transcribe…
Religiosity's Links to Adolescent Wellbeing and the Role of Supportive Networks and Sex
Research has extensively examined religiosity's links to youth wellbeing, but it is unclear how the relationship may vary by supportive networks and sex. Analyzing data from the 2015 to 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the results showed that religious salience was negatively associated with the risk of having a past-year major depressive episode (MDE, OR = 0.65), a substance use disorder ( OR = 0.77), and delinquency ( OR = 0.94). Su…
Economics (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (7 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (6 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (6 works) · Medicine (5 works)