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| Keng, Shao-Hsun; Garasky, Steven B.; Jensen, Helen H.. |
| This paper examines welfare participation dynamics during 1993-96, the initial years of Iowa's welfare reform, a reform remarkably similar to the state's current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Analyses of the Family Investment Program (FIP) participation over the program's first two years show that, on average, FIP recipients stayed fewer months in the second year compared with the first, although a relatively large share of participants (36 percent) stayed on for the full two years. A fixed effects model and a semiparametric duration model are used to examine welfare dependence and recidivism. Iowa's experience suggests that human capital, child support, marital status, and the presence of children will be significant factors in... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Child support; Recidivism; Semiparametric; Single-parent; Welfare dependence; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18554 |
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| Carriquiry, Alicia L.; Fuller, Wayne A.; Goyeneche, J.J.; Jensen, Helen H.. |
| Data obtained from dietary intake surveys are often used to estimate the proportion of the population with insufficient (or excessive) intake of certain dietary components. It is generally agreed that the usual or long-run average intake of a nutrient is the appropriate measure of an individual's intake. In this light, assessments of the dietary status of the population should be based on the distribution of usual intakes for each dietary component. Several methods have been proposed for estimating the distributions of usual intakes from dietary data. The methodology presented by Nusser et al. (1995) is very appealing, since it accounts for all of the attributes of dietary intake data, and explicitly recognizes that when data are collected on... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 1995 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18658 |
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| Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Jensen, Helen H.. |
| The current system of meat inspection in the United States does not adequately address the problem of microbial food-borne pathogens. The application of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems to control and reduce the incidence of pathogens is included in proposed regulations for safety in meat products. This type of regulatory intervention combines control of process and product, and offers a regulatory innovation when the costs of hazard detection are high and the exact benefits associated with any particular standard are uncertain but potentially large. Although command and control standards may be appropriate for control of food-borne pathogens, more consideration might be given to combining these standards with incentives to improve... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18446 |
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| Pan, Suwen; Fuller, Wayne A.; Jensen, Helen H.. |
| Although welfare reform began in 1996 at the national level, Iowa was one of the earliest states to obtain a waiver to initiate the Iowa Family Investment Program (FIP) in 1993. To gain a better understanding of welfare recidivism, we use Iowa administrative quarterly data between October1993 and September 1995, impute the education attainment for the caseheads with missing education attainment using fractional imputation and study the factors that affect the probability of working, the potential wage for the caseheads and the possibility of leaving FIP based on the potential wage. We find higher education (i.e. higher skills) leads to higher labor force participation, especially for single-mothers with children. Metro or urban location is associated with... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20665 |
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| Yue, Chengyan; Alfnes, Frode; Jensen, Helen H.. |
| Organic producers have limited methods of avoiding plant diseases that result in cosmetic damage to produce. Therefore, the appearance of organic produce is often less than perfect. We use an experimental auction to investigate how cosmetic damage affects consumers' willingness to pay for organic apples. We find that 75% of the participants are willing to pay more for organic than for conventional apples given identical appearance. However, at the first sight of any imperfection in the appearance of the organic apples, this segment is significantly reduced. Furthermore, we find that there is a significant effect of interaction between cosmetic damage and product methods. Even though most consumers say they buy organic products to avoid pesticides, we find... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Appearance; Apples; Experimental auctions; Organic; Willingness to pay; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18349 |
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| Hossain, Ferdaus; Jensen, Helen H.. |
| The 1991 Latvia household budget survey provided data for establishing basic information about food consumption levels and patterns in Latvia during the first year of major economic reforms. This study evaluates one aspect of economic decision making of households: how income is allocated for consumption of various broad categories of food items. The analysis uses the 1991 data to examine the importance of income and household composition on food expenditures. Estimated income elasticities for various food commodities suggest the magnitude of changes in real household income that have occurred in Latvia. With relativity low income elasticities (estimated from the 1991 data), declines in household income would not be met by significant reductions in food... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 1995 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18363 |
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