Hilary Hoynes - Professor of Economics

Published research

Work Incentives and the Food Stamp Program (with Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach). Journal of Public Economics 96(1-2): 151-62, 2012.
- Published Article.
- Earlier draft NBER Working Paper No. 16198.
The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs (with Erzo F.P. Luttmer). Journal of Public Economics 95(11-12): 1466-1484, 2011.
- Published Article.
- Earlier draft NBER Working Paper No. 16280.
Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of the Food Stamp Program on Birth Outcomes (with Doug Almond and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach). Review of Economics and Statistics, May 2011, Vol. 93, No. 2: 387-403.
- Published Article.
- Erratum (10/21/12).
- Electronic Appendix.
- For data and programs, see RESTAT data archeive website.
Can Targeted Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from the Introduction of the WIC Program (with Marianne Page and Ann Stevens). Journal of Public Economics, 95: 813–827, 2011.
- Published Article.
- Earlier draft NBER Working Paper No. 15589.
- Summary of this paper in NBER Digest
The State of the Safety Net in the Post-Welfare Reform Era (with Marianne Bitler). Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Fall 2010, pp. 71-127.
- Published Article.
- Earlier draft NBER Working Paper No. 16504.
Redistribution and Tax Expenditures: The Earned Income Tax Credit (with Nada Eissa). National Tax Journal, June 2011, 64 (2, Part 2), 689–730.
- NTJ Published Version.
Taxing the Family Commentary in "Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review," Stuart Adam, Timothy Besley, Richard Blundell, Stephen Bond, Robert Chote, Malcolm Gammie, Paul Johnson, Gareth Myles, and James Poterba, editors. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Current draft (March 2008).
- For information on Mirrlees Review project see IFS website
Consumption Reponses to In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Introduction of the Food Stamp Program (with Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Vol. 1, No. 4, October 2009, pp. 109-139.
- Published Article.
The Earned Income Tax Credit, Welfare Reform, and the Employment of Low Skill Single Mothers, in Strategies for Improving Economic Mobility of Workers: Bridging Research and Practice, Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Bruce D. Meyer, eds. Upjohn Press. 2009.
- Published Version.
Distributional Impacts of the Self Sufficiency Project, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 92, Issues 3-4, pages 748-765, April 2008 (with Marianne Bitler and Jonah Gelbach).
- Published Article.
- Earlier draft NBER Working Paper 11626
Welfare Reform and Indirect Impacts on Health, in Making Americans Healthier: The Effects of Social and Economic Policy on Health, R. Schoeni, J. House, G. Kaplan, and H. Pollack, editors, Russell Sage Press, 2008. (with Marianne Bitler)
- Earlier draft NBER Working Paper 12642
What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments, American Economic Review Volume 96, Number 4, pp. 988-1012, September 2006 (with Marianne Bitler and Jonah Gelbach).
- Published Article.
- Earlier version NBER Working Paper 10121
Behavioral Responses to Taxes: Lessons from the EITC and Labor Supply, Tax Policy and the Economy Volume 20, pp. 74-110 (with Nada Eissa).
- Published Article.
- Earlier version NBER Working Paper 11729
- Summary of this paper in NBER Digest
Poverty in America: Trends and Explanations, Journal of Economic Perspectives Volume 20, Number 1, pp. 47-68 2006 (with Marianne Page and Ann Stevens).
- Published Version.
- Earlier version as NBER Working Paper 11681
- Summary of this paper in NBER Digest
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Children's Living Arrangements, Journal of Human Resources Volume 41, Number 1, pp. 1-27, Winter 2006 (with Marianne Bitler and Jonah Gelbach).
- Published Article.
- Paper previously circulated under title "The Impact of Welfare Reform on Living Arrangements", NBER Working paper #8784.
- Summary of this paper in Focus
- Summary of this paper in Poverty Research News
The Hours of Work Response of Married Couples: Taxes and the Earned Income Tax Credit In Tax Policy and Labor Market Performance, Jonas Agell and Peter Birch Sørensen, eds. MIT Press, 2006 (with Nada Eissa).
Welfare Reform and Health, Journal of Human Resources Volume 40, Number 2 (Spring) 2005 (with Marianne Bitler and Jonah Gelbach).
- Published Article.
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Marriage and Divorce, DemographyVolume 41, Number 2, pages 213-236, May 2004 (with Marianne Bitler, Jonah Gelbach, and Madeline Zavodny).
- Published Article.
Taxes and the Labor Market Participation of Married Couples: The Earned Income Tax Credit, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 88, Issues 9-10, Pages 1931-1958, August 2004 (with Nada Eissa).
- Published Article.
- Summary of this paper in NBER Digest
- Summary of this paper in Poverty Research News
Has 'In-Work' Benefit Reform Helped the Labour Market? in Seeking a Premier League Economy, Richard Blundell, David Card and Richard Freeman, editors. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 2004 (with Richard Blundell).
Some Evidence on Race, Welfare Reform and Household Income, American Economic Review, Volume 93, Number 2, pp. 293-298, May 2003 (with Marianne Bitler and Jonah Gelbach).
Another Look at Whether a Rising Tide Lifts All Boats, in The Roaring Nineties: Can Full Employment Be Sustained?, edited by Alan Krueger and Robert Solow. Russell Sage Foundation, January 2002 (with James R. Hines and Alan Krueger).
Explaining the Fall and Rise in the Tax Cost of Marriage: The Effect of Tax Laws and Demographic Trends, 1984-1997, National Tax Journal, Volume 53, Number 3, Part 2, pp. 683-711, September 2000 (with Nada Eissa).
A Non-Experimental Analysis of True State Dependence in Monthly Welfare Participation Sequences, American Statistical Association, 1999 Proceedings of the Business and Economic Statistics Section, pp. 9-17 (with Kenneth Chay and Dean Hyslop).
Local Labor Markets and Welfare Spells: Do Demand Conditions Matter?, Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 82, Number 3, 351-368, August 2000.
The Employment and Earnings of Less Skilled Workers Over the Business Cycle, in Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform, edited by Rebecca Blank and David Card. Russell Sage Foundation: New York, 2000, 23-71.
- Summary of this paper in Focus
Tax Rates and Work Incentives in the Social Security Disability Income Program: Current Law and Proposed Reforms, National Tax Journal, Volume 52, No. 4, 623-654, December 1999 (with Robert Moffitt).
Differential Mortality and Wealth Accumulation, Journal of Human Resources, Volume 35 No. 1, 1-29, Winter 2000 (with Orazio Attanasio).
Household Wealth of the Elderly Under Alternative Imputation Procedures, in Inquiries In The Economics of Aging, edited by David Wise. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 1998, 229-254. (with Michael Hurd and Harish Chand).
Work, Welfare, and Family Structure: What Have We Learned?, in Fiscal Policy: Lessons From Economic Research, edited by Alan Auerbach. MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass, 1997, 101-146.
Does Welfare Play Any Role in Female Headship Decisions?, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 65 No. 2, 89-117, August 1997.
The Impact of Demographics on Housing and Non-Housing Wealth in the United States, in The Economic Effects of Aging in the United States and Japan, edited by Michael D. Hurd and Naohiro Yashiro. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 1997, 153-194. (with Daniel McFadden).
The Effectiveness of Financial Work Incentives in DI and SSI: Lessons from Other Transfer Programs, in Disability, Work and Cash Benefits, edited by Jerry Mashaw, Virginia Reno, Richard Burkhauser, and Monroe Berkowitz. Upjohn: Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1996, 189-222. (with Robert Moffitt).
Welfare Transfers in Two-Parent Families: Labor Supply and Welfare Participation Under the AFDC-UP Program, Econometrica, Volume 64 No. 2, 295-332, March 1996.
Has the Decline in Benefits Shortened Welfare Spells?, American Economic Review, Volume 84 No. 2, 43- 48, 1994. (with Thomas MaCurdy).