Marci Ybarra
Biographic Data
| ID | 3936027 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marci Ybarra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marci |
| FAMILY NAME | Ybarra |
| SIGNATURE | YBARRA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6352-3568 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Are State Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs a Safety Net for Working Single Mothers
The United States lacks a federal paid leave program for workers’ health and caregiving needs, but since the publication of Making Ends Meet , thirteen states and the District of Columbia have created paid leave insurance programs. Still, most states lack such programs, and existing programs have a variety of employment-based eligibility rules that may limit access for low- and middle-income single mothers. We use the Survey of Income and Program…
Settlement Duration Matters
Studies link intensified immigration enforcement to reduced safety net participation among mixed-status families, but less is known about how this varies by settlement duration. Bridging research on immigrant settlement and system avoidance, we theorize that the impacts are strongest among immigrants with shorter US residency. To test this, we analyze whether exposure to deportation threat, measured as removals under Secure Communities per one th…
Deportation threat and infant birthweight in California, 2003–2012
Paid-Leave Availability and Public Health and Nutrition Program Participation Following a Birth in the U.S
This study examines the relationships between state-provided paid-leave availability and enrollment in public health and nutrition programs (SNAP, Medicaid, WIC) among single low-income women following a birth in the U.S. We hypothesize that women in paid leave states will be less likely to participate in publicly available health and nutrition programs. Data are from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), a nationally representat…
Ethnoracial differences in income and safety net patterns among low‐income postpartum families before and during the Great Recession
In the absence of paid family leave, postpartum low‐income unmarried women often rely on a patchwork of resources from wage earnings, public safety‐net programs, and informal familial support. The Great Recession (2007–2009) caused massive unemployment, with Black and Latine families disproportionately impacted by the economic fallout. Public safety‐net provisions attenuated economic hardship, yet it's unclear if postpartum low‐income women patch…
No Calm Before the Storm
Government pandemic provisions occurred alongside a safety net that excludes or dissuades Latina mothers from participation. These families are also disproportionately exposed to punitive immigration policies and rhetoric that may shape their views on such provisions and, in turn, influence their post-pandemic well-being. To understand these complexities, we draw on interviews before and after COVID-19 with thirty-eight Latina immigrant and citiz…
Major Means-Tested and Income Support Programs for the Working Class, 2009–2019
This article examines policy changes to and trends in five cash or near-cash income support programs for low-income workers and their families from 2009 to 2019. Our analyses show that the safety net expanded during the recession and then contracted via the tightening of eligibility rules and expiration of most temporary expansions for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), unemployment insurance (UI), and Temporary Assistance to N…
Program and Economic Outcomes by Tanf Work Exemption Status
Objective: Welfare-reform research has treated the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as a homogenous work program despite the commonality of exemptions from work requirements. To address this shortcoming, we compare program and economic outcomes between three groups of TANF participants: work-exposed (workers), work-exempt to care for an infant (new mothers), and work-exempt due to a disability (participants with a disability…
Variation in early cognitive development by maternal immigrant documentation status
Health insurance coverage and routine health care use among children by family immigration status
Disparities in high school completion among Latinos
The role of parental immigration status in Latino families' child care selection
Patterns of child care subsidy receipt and the stability of child care
The welfare reforms of the 1990s and the stratification of material well-being among low-income households with children
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Why Applicants Leave the Extended Welfare Application Process
Since welfare reform of 1996, the use of extended application periods as a condition of welfare participation has become increasingly popular. Extended application periods include mandatory work activities and caseworker meetings for a period of time as a condition of and prerequisite to eligibility for welfare services. While much scholarly work has focused on welfare participants, we know comparatively less about those who apply for services bu…
Patterns of child care subsidy receipt and the stability of child care
Health insurance coverage and routine health care use among children by family immigration status
Disparities in high school completion among Latinos
The role of parental immigration status in Latino families' child care selection
The welfare reforms of the 1990s and the stratification of material well-being among low-income households with children
No Calm Before the Storm
Government pandemic provisions occurred alongside a safety net that excludes or dissuades Latina mothers from participation. These families are also disproportionately exposed to punitive immigration policies and rhetoric that may shape their views on such provisions and, in turn, influence their post-pandemic well-being. To understand these complexities, we draw on interviews before and after COVID-19 with thirty-eight Latina immigrant and citiz…
Major Means-Tested and Income Support Programs for the Working Class, 2009–2019
This article examines policy changes to and trends in five cash or near-cash income support programs for low-income workers and their families from 2009 to 2019. Our analyses show that the safety net expanded during the recession and then contracted via the tightening of eligibility rules and expiration of most temporary expansions for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), unemployment insurance (UI), and Temporary Assistance to N…
Program and Economic Outcomes by Tanf Work Exemption Status
Objective: Welfare-reform research has treated the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as a homogenous work program despite the commonality of exemptions from work requirements. To address this shortcoming, we compare program and economic outcomes between three groups of TANF participants: work-exposed (workers), work-exempt to care for an infant (new mothers), and work-exempt due to a disability (participants with a disability…
Variation in early cognitive development by maternal immigrant documentation status
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Why Applicants Leave the Extended Welfare Application Process
Since welfare reform of 1996, the use of extended application periods as a condition of welfare participation has become increasingly popular. Extended application periods include mandatory work activities and caseworker meetings for a period of time as a condition of and prerequisite to eligibility for welfare services. While much scholarly work has focused on welfare participants, we know comparatively less about those who apply for services bu…
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Why Applicants Leave the Extended Welfare Application Process
Since welfare reform of 1996, the use of extended application periods as a condition of welfare participation has become increasingly popular. Extended application periods include mandatory work activities and caseworker meetings for a period of time as a condition of and prerequisite to eligibility for welfare services. While much scholarly work has focused on welfare participants, we know comparatively less about those who apply for services bu…
Patterns of child care subsidy receipt and the stability of child care
The welfare reforms of the 1990s and the stratification of material well-being among low-income households with children
The role of parental immigration status in Latino families' child care selection
Disparities in high school completion among Latinos
Variation in early cognitive development by maternal immigrant documentation status
Health insurance coverage and routine health care use among children by family immigration status
Program and Economic Outcomes by Tanf Work Exemption Status
Objective: Welfare-reform research has treated the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as a homogenous work program despite the commonality of exemptions from work requirements. To address this shortcoming, we compare program and economic outcomes between three groups of TANF participants: work-exposed (workers), work-exempt to care for an infant (new mothers), and work-exempt due to a disability (participants with a disability…
Major Means-Tested and Income Support Programs for the Working Class, 2009–2019
This article examines policy changes to and trends in five cash or near-cash income support programs for low-income workers and their families from 2009 to 2019. Our analyses show that the safety net expanded during the recession and then contracted via the tightening of eligibility rules and expiration of most temporary expansions for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), unemployment insurance (UI), and Temporary Assistance to N…
No Calm Before the Storm
Government pandemic provisions occurred alongside a safety net that excludes or dissuades Latina mothers from participation. These families are also disproportionately exposed to punitive immigration policies and rhetoric that may shape their views on such provisions and, in turn, influence their post-pandemic well-being. To understand these complexities, we draw on interviews before and after COVID-19 with thirty-eight Latina immigrant and citiz…
Paid-Leave Availability and Public Health and Nutrition Program Participation Following a Birth in the U.S
This study examines the relationships between state-provided paid-leave availability and enrollment in public health and nutrition programs (SNAP, Medicaid, WIC) among single low-income women following a birth in the U.S. We hypothesize that women in paid leave states will be less likely to participate in publicly available health and nutrition programs. Data are from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), a nationally representat…
Ethnoracial differences in income and safety net patterns among low‐income postpartum families before and during the Great Recession
In the absence of paid family leave, postpartum low‐income unmarried women often rely on a patchwork of resources from wage earnings, public safety‐net programs, and informal familial support. The Great Recession (2007–2009) caused massive unemployment, with Black and Latine families disproportionately impacted by the economic fallout. Public safety‐net provisions attenuated economic hardship, yet it's unclear if postpartum low‐income women patch…
Settlement Duration Matters
Studies link intensified immigration enforcement to reduced safety net participation among mixed-status families, but less is known about how this varies by settlement duration. Bridging research on immigrant settlement and system avoidance, we theorize that the impacts are strongest among immigrants with shorter US residency. To test this, we analyze whether exposure to deportation threat, measured as removals under Secure Communities per one th…
Deportation threat and infant birthweight in California, 2003–2012
Are State Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs a Safety Net for Working Single Mothers
The United States lacks a federal paid leave program for workers’ health and caregiving needs, but since the publication of Making Ends Meet , thirteen states and the District of Columbia have created paid leave insurance programs. Still, most states lack such programs, and existing programs have a variety of employment-based eligibility rules that may limit access for low- and middle-income single mothers. We use the Survey of Income and Program…
Demographic economics (9 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Immigration (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Business (5 works)