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Rebecca M. Blank

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First Name: Rebecca
Middle Name: M.
Last Name: Blank
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Homepage: http://www.brookings.edu/experts/blankr.aspx
Postal Address: Department of Commerce, ESA Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4848 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20230
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Working papers

  1. Jordan D. Matsudaira & Rebecca M. Blank, 2008. "The Impact of Earnings Disregards on the Behavior of Low Income Families," NBER Working Papers 14038, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  2. Rebecca M. Blank & Kerwin Kofi Charles & James M. Sallee, 2007. "Do State Laws Affect the Age of Marriage? A Cautionary Tale About Avoidance Behavior," NBER Working Papers 13667, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  3. Rebecca M. Blank & Heidi Shierholz, 2006. "Exploring Gender Differences in Employment and Wage Trends Among Less-Skilled Workers," NBER Working Papers 12494, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  4. Blank, Rebecca M., 2004. "Poverty, Policy And Place: How Poverty And Policies To Alleviate Poverty Are Shaped By Local Characteristics," Working Papers 18920, Oregon State University, Rural Poverty Research Center (RPRC). [Downloadable!]

  5. Rebecca M. Blank, 2002. "Evaluating Welfare Reform in the United States," NBER Working Papers 8983, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Rebecca M. Blank, 2002. "Can Equity and Efficiency Complement Each Other?," NBER Working Papers 8820, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Blank, Rebecca M., 2002. "U.S. Welfare Reform: What's Relevant for Europe?," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]

  8. Rebecca M. Blank & David T. Ellwood, 2001. "The Clinton Legacy for America's Poor," NBER Working Papers 8437, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  9. Rebecca M. Blank, 2000. "What Causes Public Assistance Caseloads to Grow?," JCPR Working Papers 18, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
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  10. Robert F. Schoeni & Rebecca M. Blank, 2000. "What has Welfare Reform Accomplished? Impacts on Welfare Participation, Employment, Income, Poverty, and Family Structure," NBER Working Papers 7627, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  11. Rebecca M. Blank, 1999. "What Goes Up Must Come Down? Explaining Recent Changes in Public Assistance Caseloads," JCPR Working Papers 78, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.

  12. Rebecca M. Blank & David Card & Philip K. Robins, 1999. "Financial Incentives for Increasing Work and Income Among Low- Income Families," HEW 9902002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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  13. Rebecca M. Blank, 1999. "When Can Public Policy Makers Rely on Private Markets? The Effective Provision of Social Services," NBER Working Papers 7099, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  14. Rebecca M. Blank, 1997. "No Easy Answers: Comparative Labor Market Problems in the United States Versus Europe," Macroeconomics 9711003, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

  15. Rebecca M. Blank & Tracey L. Meares, 1997. "Social Organization and Drug Law Enforcement," JCPR Working Papers 13, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.

  16. Rebecca M. Blank, 1994. "The Dynamics of Part-Time Work," NBER Working Papers 4911, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  17. Rebecca M. Blank & Christine C. George & Rebecca A. London, 1994. "State Abortion Rates: The Impact of Policies, Providers, Politics, Demographics, and Economic Environment," NBER Working Papers 4853, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  18. Rebecca M. Blank, 1993. "Public Sector Growth and Labor Market Flexibility: The United States vs. The United Kingdom," NBER Working Papers 4339, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  19. Rebecca M. Blank & Patricia Ruggles, 1993. "When Do Women Use AFDC & Food Stamps? The Dynamics of Eligibility vs. Participation," NBER Working Papers 4429, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  20. Rebecca M. Blank & Richard B. Freeman, 1993. "Evaluating the Connection Between Social Protection and Economic Flexib ility," NBER Working Papers 4338, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  21. Rebecca M. Blank, 1991. "Why Were Poverty Rates So High in the 1980s?," Economics Working Paper Archive 57, Levy Economics Institute, The. [Downloadable!]
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  22. Maria J. Hanratty & Rebecca M. Blank, 1990. "Down and Out in North America: Recent Trends in Poverty Rates in the U.S. and Canada," NBER Working Papers 3462, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  23. Rebecca M. Blank & Harvey S. Rosen, 1989. "Recent Trends in Housing Conditions Among the Urban Poor," NBER Working Papers 2886, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  24. Rebecca M. Blank & David Card, 1989. "Recent Trends in Insured and Uninsured Unemployment: Is There an Explanation?," NBER Working Papers 2871, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  25. Rebecca M. Blank, 1987. "Disaggregating the Effect of the Business Cycle on the Distribution of Income," NBER Working Papers 2397, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  26. Rebecca M. Blank, 1987. "Why are Wages Cyclical in the 1970's?," NBER Working Papers 2396, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  27. Rebecca M. Blank, 1986. "How Important is Welfare Dependence?," NBER Working Papers 2026, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  28. Rebecca M. Blank & Alan S. Blinder, 1985. "Macroeconomics, Income Distribution, and Poverty," NBER Working Papers 1567, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  29. Rebecca Blank & Craig Riddell, 1985. "Simultaneously Modelling the Supply of Weeks and Hours of Work Among Female Household Heads," Working Papers 577, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
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  30. Rebecca Blank, 1983. "Welfare, Wages and Migration, An Analysis of Locational Choice by Female-Headed Households," Working Papers 550, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]

  31. Rebecca Blank, 1983. "An Analysis of Worker Sectoral Choice: Public vs. Private Employment," Working Papers 551, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]

  32. Rebecca Blank, . "The Effect of the 1996 Welfare Reforms," IPR working papers 96-21, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University.

  33. Joseph G. Altonji & Rebecca M. Blank, . "Race and Gender in the Labor Market," IPR working papers 98-18, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University.
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  34. Rebecca M. Blank, . "Is There a Trade-off between Unemployment and Inequality? No Easy Answers: Labor Market Problems in the United States versus Europe," Economics Public Policy Brief Archive 33, Levy Economics Institute, The. [Downloadable!]

Articles

  1. Rebecca M. Blank & Kerwin Kofi Charles & James M. Sallee, 2009. "A Cautionary Tale about the Use of Administrative Data: Evidence from Age of Marriage Laws," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 1(2), pages 128-49, April. [Downloadable!]

  2. Rebecca M. Blank, 2008. "Promoting banking services among low-income customers," New England Community Developments, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue 3, pages 1-7. [Downloadable!]

  3. David Card & Rebecca M. Blank, 2008. "The Changing Incidence and Severity of Poverty Spells among Female-Headed Families," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 98(2), pages 387-91, May. [Downloadable!]

  4. Rebecca Blank, 2008. "Report of the Search Committee for the Editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 98(2), pages 629-29, May. [Downloadable!]

  5. Rebecca Blank, 2007. "Was Welfare Reform Successful?," The Economists' Voice, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 3(4), pages 2. [Downloadable!]

  6. Rebecca M. Blank, 2006. "Was Welfare Reform Successful?," The Economists' Voice, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 3(4). [Downloadable!]

  7. Alan Auerbach & Rebecca Blank & Martin Feldstein & Michael Katz & Kenneth Rogoff, 2006. "Reviews of the 2006 Economic Report of the President," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 44(3), pages 662-693, September.

  8. Blank, Rebecca Margaret, 2006. "Introduction," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 13(6), pages 665-666, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  9. Rebecca M. Blank, 2005. "An Overview of Welfare-to-Work Efforts," CESifo DICE Report, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 3(2), pages 03-07, 07. [Downloadable!]

  10. Rebecca M. Blank, 2005. "Tracing the Economic Impact of Cumulative Discrimination," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(2), pages 99-103, May. [Downloadable!]

  11. Rebecca Blank, 2003. "Selecting Among Anti-Poverty Policies: Can an Economist be Both Critical and Caring?," Review of Social Economy, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 61(4), pages 447-469, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  12. Rebecca M. Blank & Robert F. Schoeni, 2003. "Changes in the Distribution of Children's Family Income over the 1990's," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 93(2), pages 304-308, May. [Downloadable!]

  13. Rebecca M. Blank, 2002. "Evaluating Welfare Reform in the United States," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 40(4), pages 1105-1166, December.
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  14. Blank, Rebecca M., 2002. "What do economists have to contribute to policy decision-making?," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 42(5), pages 817-824. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  15. Blank, Rebecca M., 2002. "Can equity and efficiency complement each other?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 9(4), pages 451-468, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  16. Rebecca M. Blank, 2001. "Declining caseloads/increased work: what can we conclude about the effects of welfare reform?," Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, issue Sep, pages 25-36. [Downloadable!]

  17. Rebecca M. Blank, 2000. "Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Fighting Poverty: Lessons from Recent U.S. History," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 14(2), pages 3-19, Spring. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  18. Blank, Rebecca M, 2000. "When Can Public Policy Makers Rely on Private Markets? The Effective Provision of Social Services," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(462), pages C34-49, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  19. Blank, Rebecca M, 2000. "The State of British Economics," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(464), pages F350-54, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  20. Rebecca M. Blank, 2000. "Strong Employment, Low Inflation: How Has the US Economy Done So Well?," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 26(s1), pages 175-186, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  21. Blank, Rebecca M, 1997. "Policy Watch: The 1996 Welfare Reform," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 11(1), pages 169-77, Winter. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  22. Blank, Rebecca M. & George, Christine C. & London, Rebecca A., 1996. "State abortion rates the impact of policies, providers, politics, demographics, and economic environment," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(5), pages 513-553, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  23. Blank, Rebecca M, 1995. "Changes in Inequality and Unemployment over the 1980s: Comparative Cross-National Responses," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 1-21, February.

  24. Rebecca Blank, 1995. "Teen pregnancy: government programs are not the cause," Feminist Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 1(2), pages 47-58, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  25. Blank, Rebecca M, 1994. "Policy Watch: Proposals for Time-Limited Welfare," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 8(4), pages 183-93, Fall. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  26. Blank, Rebecca M & Ruggles, Patricia, 1994. "Short-Term Recidivism among Public-Assistance Recipients," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(2), pages 49-53, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  27. Rebecca M. Blank & David Card, 1993. "Poverty, Income Distribution, and Growth: Are They Still Connected," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 24(1993-2), pages 285-340. [Downloadable!]

  28. Hanratty, Maria J & Blank, Rebecca M, 1992. "Down and Out in North America: Recent Trends in Poverty Rates in the United States and Canada," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 107(1), pages 233-54, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  29. Blank, Rebecca M, 1991. "The Effects of Double-Blind versus Single-Blind Reviewing: Experimental Evidence from The American Economic Review," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 81(5), pages 1041-67, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  30. Blank, Rebecca M & Card, David E, 1991. "Recent Trends in Insured and Uninsured Unemployment: Is There an Explanation?," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 106(4), pages 1157-89, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  31. Blank, Rebecca M, 1990. "Why Are Wages Cyclical in the 1970s?," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 8(1), pages 16-47, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  32. Blank, Rebecca M, 1989. "Disaggregating the Effect of the Business Cycle on the Distribution of Income," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 56(222), pages 141-63, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  33. Blank, Rebecca M, 1989. "The Role of Part-Time Work in Women's Labor Market Choices over Time," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 79(2), pages 295-99, May.

  34. Blank, Rebecca M., 1989. "Analyzing the length of welfare spells," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 245-273, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  35. Blank, Rebecca M, 1988. "Simultaneously Modeling the Supply of Weeks and Hours of Work among Female Household Heads," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 6(2), pages 177-204, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  36. Blank, Rebecca M., 1988. "The effect of welfare and wage levels on the location decisions of female-headed households," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 186-211, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  37. Blank, Rebecca M., 1985. "The impact of state economic differentials on household welfare and labor force behavior," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 25-58, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  38. Rebecca M. Blank, 1985. "An analysis of workers' choice between employment in the public and private sectors," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 38(2), pages 211-224, January.

Chapters

  1. Altonji, Joseph G. & Blank, Rebecca M., 1999. "Race and gender in the labor market," Handbook of Labor Economics, in: O. Ashenfelter & D. Card (ed.), Handbook of Labor Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 48, pages 3143-3259 Elsevier. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Rebecca M. Blank, 1994. "List of Contributors, Indexes," NBER Chapters, in: Social Protection versus Economic Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?, pages 363-378 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]

  3. Rebecca M. Blank, 1994. "Introduction to "Social Protection versus Economic Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?"," NBER Chapters, in: Social Protection versus Economic Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?, pages 1-20 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]

  4. Rebecca M. Blank, 1994. "Public Sector Growth and Labor Market Flexibility: The United States versus the United Kingdom," NBER Chapters, in: Social Protection versus Economic Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?, pages 223-264 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]

  5. Rebecca M. Blank, 1994. "Front matter, table of contents, preface," NBER Chapters, in: Social Protection versus Economic Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?, pages -11 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]

  6. Rebecca M. Blank & Richard B. Freeman, 1994. "Evaluating the Connection between Social Protection and Economic Flexibility," NBER Chapters, in: Social Protection versus Economic Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?, pages 21-42 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Rebecca M. Blank & Maria J. Hanratty, 1993. "Responding to Need: A Comparison of Social Safety Nets in Canada and the United States," NBER Chapters, in: Small Differences That Matter: Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States, pages 191-232 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]

Books

  1. Rebecca M. Blank, 1994. "Social Protection versus Economic Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number blan94-1, September.

NEP Fields

11 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
  1. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2006-09-16
  2. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 1999-05-03
  3. NEP-EEC: European Economics (1) 2001-08-30
  4. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 1999-05-03
  5. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (3) 2001-08-30 2007-12-19 2008-06-07 Author is listed
  6. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty (3) 2001-08-30 2002-03-04 2006-09-16 Author is listed
  7. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (2) 1999-05-03 2002-03-14
  8. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (5) 1999-03-08 1999-05-03 2000-01-17 2000-05-16 2001-08-21 Author is listed
  9. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (3) 1999-05-03 2001-08-21 2001-08-30 Author is listed
  10. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (1) 2001-08-21
  11. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (2) 1999-05-03 2000-01-17
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