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Author: Bian, Luorao
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1. Bastian, Jacob
Bian, Luorao
Grogger, Jeffrey
How Did Safety-Net Reform Affect Early Adulthood among Adolescents from Low-Income Families?
National Tax Journal published online (September 2021): DOI: 10.1086/716189.
Also: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/716189
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: National Tax Association
Keyword(s): Childbearing; Family Income; Geocoded Data; Labor Supply; Marriage; State-Level Data/Policy

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In the 1990s, the US safety net was substantially reformed. We ask how those reforms collectively affected early-career outcomes among youths who were teens when the reforms took effect. We consider employment, safety-net participation, marriage, and childbearing between the ages of 18 and 32. We take a difference-in-difference approach, tracking adolescents from two generations roughly 20 years apart. In each generation, we compare two groups, one of which was more likely to have been affected by safety-net reform than the other. We find evidence that safety-net reform increased women’s labor supply and decreased marriage.
Bibliography Citation
Bastian, Jacob, Luorao Bian and Jeffrey Grogger. "How Did Safety-Net Reform Affect Early Adulthood among Adolescents from Low-Income Families?" National Tax Journal published online (September 2021): DOI: 10.1086/716189.
2. Bastian, Jacob
Bian, Luorao
Grogger, Jeffrey
How Did Safety-Net Reform Affect the Education of Adolescents from Low-Income Families?
Labour Economics published online (13 July 2021): DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102031.
Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092753712100066X
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Geocoded Data; Socioeconomic Background; State-Level Data/Policy

Roughly 25 years ago, the US safety net was substantially reformed. Here we ask how those reforms affected the educational attainment of youths who were teens at the time those reforms took place. We take a difference-in-difference approach, following adolescents from two generations roughly 20 years apart. In each generation, we compare two groups, one which was more likely to have been affected by safety-net reform, and one which was less likely to have been affected. Under some assumptions, our approach identifies the joint, or bundled, effects of the constituent policy changes that make up safety-net reform. We find evidence that safety-net reform may have reduced educational attainment for women, and had small positive effects on education for men. We offer suggestions as to why our findings differ from those of previous studies of the components of safety net reform.
Bibliography Citation
Bastian, Jacob, Luorao Bian and Jeffrey Grogger. "How Did Safety-Net Reform Affect the Education of Adolescents from Low-Income Families?" Labour Economics published online (13 July 2021): DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102031.