S Hamersma - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Employer subsidies such as the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and the
Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtW) are designed to encourage employment by partially
reimbursing employers for wages paid to certain welfare recipients and other ...
S Hamersma… - Southern Economic Journal, 2008 - JSTOR
Temporary help services (THS) firms are increasing their hiring of disadvantaged individuals
while also increasing their use of employment subsidies for doing so. Do these subsidies--
the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtW)--create ...
D Figlio, S Hamersma… - Journal of Public Economics, 2009 - Elsevier
We study the effects of prenatal receipt of nutritional and educational services provided by
the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on birth
outcomes. Our identification strategy consists of two elements:(1) identifying families in a ...
[CITATION] The work opportunity and welfare-to-work tax credits: Participation rates among eligible workers
S Hamersma - National Tax Journal, 2003 - NTA-TIA NATIONAL TAX …
S Hamersma - Economic Inquiry, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Only a small fraction of firms that hire disadvantaged workers claim the federal subsidies for
which they qualify, namely, the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work
Tax Credit (WtW). Subsidy benefits depend partially on job duration, with higher subsidy ...
S Hamersma, Urban Institute, Brookings Institution… - 2005 - urbaninstitute.org
Over the past ten years, public assistance programs have encouraged labor force
participation as a route to self-sufficiency. The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, or “welfare reform”) and significant expansions ...
[CITATION] An Evaluation of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit: Participation Rates and Employment Effects
S Hamersma - National Tax Journal, 2003
The relationships between social networks and economic behavior have been well-
documented. However, it is often difficult to distinguish between the role of information
sharing and other features of a neighborhood, such as factors that are common to people ...
S Hamersma… - Journal of health economics, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, we examine the effect of parental Medicaid expansions on job mobility. If
expanded Medicaid eligibility makes it easier for a person to have health coverage between
jobs, we expect it to reduce “job lock” that occurs for workers with employer-provided ...
S Hamersma - Unpublished manuscript, July, 2007 - bear.warrington.ufl.edu
Labor force participation among single mothers has risen dramatically since many aspects
of public assistance were reformed in the mid-1990s. Wage subsidy programs and child
care assistance have made it increasingly attractive for women to undertake market work, ...
KC Schaefer, SE Hamersma… - Labour Economics, 2002 - Elsevier
S Hamersma… - 2010 - lafollette.wisc.edu
We thank the WE Upjohn Employment Institute for financial Support of this research and the
Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for facilitating our
access to administrative data and for computer programming support. We also thank Marci ...
[CITATION] The role of employer subsidies in aiding the disadvantaged
SE Hamersma - 2004 - University of Wisconsin--Madison
S Hamersma… - 2010 - ifigr.org
Abstract It is widely known that Temporary Help Services (THS) employment has been
growing faster than regular employment, particularly for disadvantaged workers. If THS work
is less desirable, theory suggests these workers should be compensated with a higher ...
[CITATION] The Work Opportunity Tax Credit: Participation Rates Among Eligible Workers±
S Hamersma - 2002
S Hamersma - ukcpr.org
Labor force participation among single mothers has risen dramatically since many aspects
of public assistance were reformed in the mid-1990s. Wage subsidy programs and child
care assistance have made it increasingly attractive for women to generate earnings, and ...
S Hamersma - terry.uga.edu
Labor force participation among single mothers has risen dramatically since many aspects
of public assistance were reformed in the mid-1990s. Wage subsidy programs and child
care assistance have made it increasingly attractive for women to undertake market work, ...
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