Robert Paul Hartley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5867640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Paul Hartley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Hartley |
| SIGNATURE | HARTLEY R P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5640-9169 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Benefits and Costs of Paid Parental Leave in the United States
Poverty and Disadvantage throughout Childhood in the United States
The Benefits and Costs of a Child Allowance
This article conducts a benefit-cost analysis of a child allowance. Through a systematic literature review of the highest quality evidence on the causal effects of cash and near-cash transfers, this article produces core estimates on the benefits and costs per child and per adult of increasing household income by $1000, which can be used for any cash or near-cash program that increases household income. We then apply these estimates to three chil…
Paying for Childcare to Work? Evaluating the Role of Policy in Affordable Care and Child Poverty
Unless parents have a family member at home who can provide care, most will need childcare to work and achieve career mobility. Existing policies to help families with child-care costs in the United States include means-tested subsidies and nonrefundable tax credits. Many low-income families are eligible for the means-tested benefits, yet receipt rates are low. These families are generally excluded from the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CD…
Welfare Reform and the Intergenerational Transmission of Dependence
We investigate the effect of welfare reform on intergenerational welfare participation, using mother-daughter pairs in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We find that a mother’s Aid to Families with Dependent Children/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (AFDC/TANF) participation increased her daughter’s odds of adult participation in that program by roughly 25 percentage points or more, but that welfare reform attenuated this transmission by…
Welfare Reform and the Intergenerational Transmission of Dependence
We investigate the effect of welfare reform on intergenerational welfare participation, using mother-daughter pairs in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We find that a mother’s Aid to Families with Dependent Children/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (AFDC/TANF) participation increased her daughter’s odds of adult participation in that program by roughly 25 percentage points or more, but that welfare reform attenuated this transmission by…
The Benefits and Costs of a Child Allowance
This article conducts a benefit-cost analysis of a child allowance. Through a systematic literature review of the highest quality evidence on the causal effects of cash and near-cash transfers, this article produces core estimates on the benefits and costs per child and per adult of increasing household income by $1000, which can be used for any cash or near-cash program that increases household income. We then apply these estimates to three chil…
Paying for Childcare to Work? Evaluating the Role of Policy in Affordable Care and Child Poverty
Unless parents have a family member at home who can provide care, most will need childcare to work and achieve career mobility. Existing policies to help families with child-care costs in the United States include means-tested subsidies and nonrefundable tax credits. Many low-income families are eligible for the means-tested benefits, yet receipt rates are low. These families are generally excluded from the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CD…
Welfare Reform and the Intergenerational Transmission of Dependence
We investigate the effect of welfare reform on intergenerational welfare participation, using mother-daughter pairs in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We find that a mother’s Aid to Families with Dependent Children/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (AFDC/TANF) participation increased her daughter’s odds of adult participation in that program by roughly 25 percentage points or more, but that welfare reform attenuated this transmission by…
The Benefits and Costs of a Child Allowance
This article conducts a benefit-cost analysis of a child allowance. Through a systematic literature review of the highest quality evidence on the causal effects of cash and near-cash transfers, this article produces core estimates on the benefits and costs per child and per adult of increasing household income by $1000, which can be used for any cash or near-cash program that increases household income. We then apply these estimates to three chil…
Paying for Childcare to Work? Evaluating the Role of Policy in Affordable Care and Child Poverty
Unless parents have a family member at home who can provide care, most will need childcare to work and achieve career mobility. Existing policies to help families with child-care costs in the United States include means-tested subsidies and nonrefundable tax credits. Many low-income families are eligible for the means-tested benefits, yet receipt rates are low. These families are generally excluded from the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CD…
Poverty and Disadvantage throughout Childhood in the United States
The Benefits and Costs of Paid Parental Leave in the United States
Economics (5 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (5 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Law (2 works)