David A Reingold
Biographic Data
| ID | 4178548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A Reingold |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A |
| FAMILY NAME | Reingold |
| SIGNATURE | REINGOLD D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 130 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Soldiers to Citizens: The Link between Military Service and Volunteering
Research shows that military service is linked with political engagement, such as voting. This connection is strongest for minorities. The authors explore the relationship between military service and volunteering. They conclude that military service helps overcome barriers to volunteering by socializing people with civic responsibility norms, by providing social resources and skills that compensate for the lack of personal resources, and by maki…
The Future of National Service
Passage of the Serve America Act in 2009, reauthorizing the nation’s national and community service programs, represented an important milestone. It was the first time these programs and its parent government agency, the U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service, were reauthorized by Congress since the early 1990s. While advocates of national and community service have hailed the passage of this bill as evidence that these initiatives w…
Do Poverty Attitudes of Social Service Agency Directors Influence Organizational Behavior?
This article explores why people are poor and on welfare, according to social service agency directors who administer programs that serve current and former welfare recipients. Based on data from 295 local social service agency directors in Indiana, 75% of respondents believe educational and labor market barriers are important causes of long-term poverty and welfare, 44% believe cultural transmission or learned lifestyles are causes, 23% believe …
David A. Reingold's response to Charles E. Metcalf
Can government‐supported evaluation and policy research be independent
Homelessness among At‐Risk Families with Children in Twenty American Cities
This article uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study to explore the characteristics and determinants of homelessness among families with children. These unique data permit the examination of a large set of individual‐, household‐, and city‐level risk factors that may influence homelessness. Results suggest that homelessness is strongly linked to informal and institutional social support. It is only modestly associated with l…
Public housing, health, and health behaviors: Is there a connection
This paper explores the relationship between public housing, health outcomes, and health behaviors among low-income housing residents. While public housing can be a dangerous and unhealthy environment in which to live, the subsidized rent may free up resources for nutritious food and health care. In addition, public housing may be of higher quality than the available alternatives, it may provide easier access to health clinics willing to serve th…
Empirical Evidence on Faith‐Based Organizations in an Era of Welfare Reform
Several recent policies encourage the involvement of faith‐based organizations (FBOs) in the delivery of social services to the poor. Relying on data from Indiana’s randomized welfare reform experiment, this article analyzes the characteristics of clients who seek and receive help from FBOs, particularly focusing on how exposure to the effects of welfare reform affects help seeking and the receipt of help. A separate analysis examines cross‐secti…
Social services and government
The Rise and Fall of Eastside Community Investments, Inc: The Life of an Extraordinary Community Development Corporation
This article presents a case study of the rise and fall of Eastside Community Investments (ECI) of Indianapolis, Indiana—one of the largest, best known, and highly regarded community development corporations in the United States. It addresses three basic research questions: 1) How did ECI become so successful so fast? 2) What caused ECI’s financial collapse? and 3) What are the implications of the ECI failure for municipal, state and federal gove…
Who Is Responsible for Affordable Housing Construction
The Decentralization of Manufacturing Employment and the Role of Race: The Case of the Lakeside Press
This article presents an in-depth case study of an inner city manufacturing facility, known as the Lakeside Press, which closed in 1993. It seeks to understand the relationship between the decentralization of jobs in the post-industrial era and race through the consideration of one firm’s experience as told by the company’s workers. The basic question this article attempts to answer is what caused the outmigration of manufacturing facilities and …
Does Urban Public Housing Diminish the Social Capital and Labor Force Activity of Its Tenants
This paper investigates the effect of urban public housing on the social capital and labor force activity of its tenants using cross-sectional survey data from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality (MSCUI). A structural equation model of the hypothesized direct and indirect effects of public housing and neighborhood disadvantage on social capital and labor force activity is specified and fitted to these data. The modeling results suggest that …
Does Urban Public Housing Diminish the Social Capital and Labor Force Activity of Its Tenants
This paper investigates the effect of urban public housing on the social capital and labor force activity of its tenants using cross‐sectional survey data from the Multi‐City Study of Urban Inequality (MSCUI). A structural equation model of the hypothesized direct and indirect effects of public housing and neighborhood disadvantage on social capital and labor force activity is specified and fitted to these data. The modeling results suggest that …
Social Networks and the Employment Problem of the Urban Poor
This paper investigates the link between social networks and the ability to find a job through a personal contact among adult inner-city residents. Using data collected by the National Opinion Research Center that interviewed 2490 adult inner-city residents, the impact of network structure and composition on finding a job through word-of-mouth is estimated. Ethnic differences in the rate of finding jobs through word-of-mouth were found, as well a…
The private sector as a sociological laboratory
Does Inner City Public Housing Exacerbate the Employment Problems of Its Tenants
This article analyzes whether inner city public housing exacerbates the employment problems of its tenants. Results from two evaluations of public housing demonstrations are used to test the potential impact of location, address discrimination, eligibility criteria, and rent schedules on tenant work behavior. To supplement this analysis, the effects of public housing on tenant employment, including self-employment, are estimated using a unique cr…
Public housing, home ownership, and community participation in Chicago's inner city
The impact of public housing on the motivation of its tenants to engage in action to prevent its deterioration has been a topic of recent debate. This discussion has led some to advocate the sale of public housing to tenants as a means of giving them a stake in their community, and, thus, the motive to prevent its deterioration. By using the Urban Poverty Family Life Survey, this paper estimates the effects of public housing and home ownership on…
Homelessness among At‐Risk Families with Children in Twenty American Cities
This article uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study to explore the characteristics and determinants of homelessness among families with children. These unique data permit the examination of a large set of individual‐, household‐, and city‐level risk factors that may influence homelessness. Results suggest that homelessness is strongly linked to informal and institutional social support. It is only modestly associated with l…
Public housing, health, and health behaviors: Is there a connection
This paper explores the relationship between public housing, health outcomes, and health behaviors among low-income housing residents. While public housing can be a dangerous and unhealthy environment in which to live, the subsidized rent may free up resources for nutritious food and health care. In addition, public housing may be of higher quality than the available alternatives, it may provide easier access to health clinics willing to serve th…
Does Urban Public Housing Diminish the Social Capital and Labor Force Activity of Its Tenants
This paper investigates the effect of urban public housing on the social capital and labor force activity of its tenants using cross‐sectional survey data from the Multi‐City Study of Urban Inequality (MSCUI). A structural equation model of the hypothesized direct and indirect effects of public housing and neighborhood disadvantage on social capital and labor force activity is specified and fitted to these data. The modeling results suggest that …
Social Networks and the Employment Problem of the Urban Poor
This paper investigates the link between social networks and the ability to find a job through a personal contact among adult inner-city residents. Using data collected by the National Opinion Research Center that interviewed 2490 adult inner-city residents, the impact of network structure and composition on finding a job through word-of-mouth is estimated. Ethnic differences in the rate of finding jobs through word-of-mouth were found, as well a…
Empirical Evidence on Faith‐Based Organizations in an Era of Welfare Reform
Several recent policies encourage the involvement of faith‐based organizations (FBOs) in the delivery of social services to the poor. Relying on data from Indiana’s randomized welfare reform experiment, this article analyzes the characteristics of clients who seek and receive help from FBOs, particularly focusing on how exposure to the effects of welfare reform affects help seeking and the receipt of help. A separate analysis examines cross‐secti…
Does Inner City Public Housing Exacerbate the Employment Problems of Its Tenants
This article analyzes whether inner city public housing exacerbates the employment problems of its tenants. Results from two evaluations of public housing demonstrations are used to test the potential impact of location, address discrimination, eligibility criteria, and rent schedules on tenant work behavior. To supplement this analysis, the effects of public housing on tenant employment, including self-employment, are estimated using a unique cr…
Public housing, home ownership, and community participation in Chicago's inner city
The impact of public housing on the motivation of its tenants to engage in action to prevent its deterioration has been a topic of recent debate. This discussion has led some to advocate the sale of public housing to tenants as a means of giving them a stake in their community, and, thus, the motive to prevent its deterioration. By using the Urban Poverty Family Life Survey, this paper estimates the effects of public housing and home ownership on…
The Rise and Fall of Eastside Community Investments, Inc: The Life of an Extraordinary Community Development Corporation
This article presents a case study of the rise and fall of Eastside Community Investments (ECI) of Indianapolis, Indiana—one of the largest, best known, and highly regarded community development corporations in the United States. It addresses three basic research questions: 1) How did ECI become so successful so fast? 2) What caused ECI’s financial collapse? and 3) What are the implications of the ECI failure for municipal, state and federal gove…
The Decentralization of Manufacturing Employment and the Role of Race: The Case of the Lakeside Press
This article presents an in-depth case study of an inner city manufacturing facility, known as the Lakeside Press, which closed in 1993. It seeks to understand the relationship between the decentralization of jobs in the post-industrial era and race through the consideration of one firm’s experience as told by the company’s workers. The basic question this article attempts to answer is what caused the outmigration of manufacturing facilities and …
Does Urban Public Housing Diminish the Social Capital and Labor Force Activity of Its Tenants
This paper investigates the effect of urban public housing on the social capital and labor force activity of its tenants using cross-sectional survey data from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality (MSCUI). A structural equation model of the hypothesized direct and indirect effects of public housing and neighborhood disadvantage on social capital and labor force activity is specified and fitted to these data. The modeling results suggest that …
The private sector as a sociological laboratory
Public housing, home ownership, and community participation in Chicago's inner city
The impact of public housing on the motivation of its tenants to engage in action to prevent its deterioration has been a topic of recent debate. This discussion has led some to advocate the sale of public housing to tenants as a means of giving them a stake in their community, and, thus, the motive to prevent its deterioration. By using the Urban Poverty Family Life Survey, this paper estimates the effects of public housing and home ownership on…
Does Inner City Public Housing Exacerbate the Employment Problems of Its Tenants
This article analyzes whether inner city public housing exacerbates the employment problems of its tenants. Results from two evaluations of public housing demonstrations are used to test the potential impact of location, address discrimination, eligibility criteria, and rent schedules on tenant work behavior. To supplement this analysis, the effects of public housing on tenant employment, including self-employment, are estimated using a unique cr…
Social Networks and the Employment Problem of the Urban Poor
This paper investigates the link between social networks and the ability to find a job through a personal contact among adult inner-city residents. Using data collected by the National Opinion Research Center that interviewed 2490 adult inner-city residents, the impact of network structure and composition on finding a job through word-of-mouth is estimated. Ethnic differences in the rate of finding jobs through word-of-mouth were found, as well a…
The private sector as a sociological laboratory
The Decentralization of Manufacturing Employment and the Role of Race: The Case of the Lakeside Press
This article presents an in-depth case study of an inner city manufacturing facility, known as the Lakeside Press, which closed in 1993. It seeks to understand the relationship between the decentralization of jobs in the post-industrial era and race through the consideration of one firm’s experience as told by the company’s workers. The basic question this article attempts to answer is what caused the outmigration of manufacturing facilities and …
Does Urban Public Housing Diminish the Social Capital and Labor Force Activity of Its Tenants
This paper investigates the effect of urban public housing on the social capital and labor force activity of its tenants using cross-sectional survey data from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality (MSCUI). A structural equation model of the hypothesized direct and indirect effects of public housing and neighborhood disadvantage on social capital and labor force activity is specified and fitted to these data. The modeling results suggest that …
Does Urban Public Housing Diminish the Social Capital and Labor Force Activity of Its Tenants
This paper investigates the effect of urban public housing on the social capital and labor force activity of its tenants using cross‐sectional survey data from the Multi‐City Study of Urban Inequality (MSCUI). A structural equation model of the hypothesized direct and indirect effects of public housing and neighborhood disadvantage on social capital and labor force activity is specified and fitted to these data. The modeling results suggest that …
Who Is Responsible for Affordable Housing Construction
The Rise and Fall of Eastside Community Investments, Inc: The Life of an Extraordinary Community Development Corporation
This article presents a case study of the rise and fall of Eastside Community Investments (ECI) of Indianapolis, Indiana—one of the largest, best known, and highly regarded community development corporations in the United States. It addresses three basic research questions: 1) How did ECI become so successful so fast? 2) What caused ECI’s financial collapse? and 3) What are the implications of the ECI failure for municipal, state and federal gove…
Public housing, health, and health behaviors: Is there a connection
This paper explores the relationship between public housing, health outcomes, and health behaviors among low-income housing residents. While public housing can be a dangerous and unhealthy environment in which to live, the subsidized rent may free up resources for nutritious food and health care. In addition, public housing may be of higher quality than the available alternatives, it may provide easier access to health clinics willing to serve th…
Empirical Evidence on Faith‐Based Organizations in an Era of Welfare Reform
Several recent policies encourage the involvement of faith‐based organizations (FBOs) in the delivery of social services to the poor. Relying on data from Indiana’s randomized welfare reform experiment, this article analyzes the characteristics of clients who seek and receive help from FBOs, particularly focusing on how exposure to the effects of welfare reform affects help seeking and the receipt of help. A separate analysis examines cross‐secti…
Social services and government
David A. Reingold's response to Charles E. Metcalf
Can government‐supported evaluation and policy research be independent
Homelessness among At‐Risk Families with Children in Twenty American Cities
This article uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study to explore the characteristics and determinants of homelessness among families with children. These unique data permit the examination of a large set of individual‐, household‐, and city‐level risk factors that may influence homelessness. Results suggest that homelessness is strongly linked to informal and institutional social support. It is only modestly associated with l…
Do Poverty Attitudes of Social Service Agency Directors Influence Organizational Behavior?
This article explores why people are poor and on welfare, according to social service agency directors who administer programs that serve current and former welfare recipients. Based on data from 295 local social service agency directors in Indiana, 75% of respondents believe educational and labor market barriers are important causes of long-term poverty and welfare, 44% believe cultural transmission or learned lifestyles are causes, 23% believe …
The Future of National Service
Passage of the Serve America Act in 2009, reauthorizing the nation’s national and community service programs, represented an important milestone. It was the first time these programs and its parent government agency, the U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service, were reauthorized by Congress since the early 1990s. While advocates of national and community service have hailed the passage of this bill as evidence that these initiatives w…
Soldiers to Citizens: The Link between Military Service and Volunteering
Research shows that military service is linked with political engagement, such as voting. This connection is strongest for minorities. The authors explore the relationship between military service and volunteering. They conclude that military service helps overcome barriers to volunteering by socializing people with civic responsibility norms, by providing social resources and skills that compensate for the lack of personal resources, and by maki…
Economics (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Economic growth (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Public Administration (6 works)