Ofira Schwartz‐soicher

Biographic Data

ID89512
NAMEOfira Schwartz‐soicher
GIVEN NAMESOfira
FAMILY NAMESchwartz‐soicher
SIGNATURESOICHER O S
AFFILIATIONSColumbia University
ORCID0000-0003-0771-4340
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS204
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX4

  • Effects of welfare reform on maternal engagement and involvement with young adolescents

    Open AccessHope Corman, Dhaval M Dave et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2025References: 45

    ObjectiveThis study investigates the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. on positive parenting-related outcomes and potential pathways.BackgroundThe 1996 welfare reform legislation sharply restricted eligibility for benefits with a strong emphasis on employment over cash assistance. The legislation led to dramatic declines in welfare caseloads and increases in employment. Much less is known about the effects of welfare reform on dynamics within…

  • Effects of Welfare Reform on Positive Health and Social Behaviors of Adolescents

    Open AccessNancy E Reichman, Hope Corman et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    This paper explores a missing link in the literature on welfare reform in the U.S.-the effects on positive health and social behaviors of adolescents, who represent the next generation of potential welfare recipients. Previous research on welfare reform and adolescents has focused almost exclusively on negative behaviors and found that welfare reform led to decreases in high school dropout and teenage fertility among girls, but increases in delin…

  • Welfare Reform and the Quality of Young Children's Home Environments

    Open AccessAriel Kalil, Hope Corman et al.ARTICLEDemography2023Cited by: 2References: 45

    This study investigates the effects of welfare reform—a major policy shift in the United States that increased low-income mothers' employment and reliance on earnings instead of cash assistance—on the quality of the home environments mothers provide for their preschool-age children. Using empirical methods designed to identify plausibly causal effects, we estimate the effects of welfare reform on validated survey and observational measures of mat…

  • Socio-economic status, neighbourhood food environments and consumption of fruits and vegetables in New York City

    Open AccessDarby Jack, Kathryn M Neckerman et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2013

    Objective Recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption are largely unmet. Lower socio-economic status (SES), neighbourhood poverty and poor access to retail outlets selling healthy foods are thought to predict lower consumption. The objective of the present study was to assess the interrelationships between these risk factors as predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption. Design Cross-sectional multilevel analyses of data on fruit and v…

  • More neighborhood retail associated with lower obesity among New York City public high school students

    Open AccessMichael D M Bader, Ofira Schwartz‐soicher et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2013Cited by: 5References: 11

  • Effects of Prenatal Care on Child Health at Age 5

    Open AccessKerrie Noonan, Kelly Noonan et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2012

  • Neighborhood Walkability and Active Travel (Walking and Cycling) in New York City

    Open AccessL Freeman, Kathryn M Neckerman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2012Cited by: 13References: 5

  • Beyond Absenteeism

    Open AccessAmanda Geller, Carey E Cooper et al.ARTICLEDemography2012Cited by: 92References: 42

    High rates of incarceration among American men, coupled with high rates of fatherhood among men in prison, have motivated recent research on the effects of parental imprisonment on children’s development. We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine the relationship between paternal incarceration and developmental outcomes for approximately 3,000 urban children. We estimate cross-sectional and longitudinal regression…

  • Life Shocks and Crime

    Open AccessHope Corman, Kelly Noonan et al.ARTICLEDemography2011Cited by: 4References: 32

    Other researchers have posited that important events in men’s lives—such as employment, marriage, and parenthood—strengthen their social ties and lead them to refrain from crime. A challenge in empirically testing this hypothesis has been the issue of self-selection into life transitions. This study contributes to this literature by estimating the effects of an exogenous life shock on crime. We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbei…

  • The Effect of Paternal Incarceration on Material Hardship

    Ofira Schwartz‐soicher, Ofira Schwartz-Soicher et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2011Cited by: 88References: 4

    High rates of incarceration among American men, coupled with a high prevalence of fatherhood among the incarcerated, have led to millions of children and families whose fathers are, or have been, in the nation's jails and prisons. This study uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey to estimate the extent to which paternal incarceration increases family material hardship. Analyses from a series of longitudinal regression mode…