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1.	Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina Mach, Traci Lynn
1.	How Have Performance Based Pay Systems Fared During the Past Decade? Evidence from the NLSY79 Working Paper No. 00-05, Department of Economics, San Diego State University, May 2000. Also: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~econ/f_papers.htm#98 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics, San Diego State University Keyword(s): Performance pay; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.
	Bibliography Citation Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina and Traci Lynn Mach. "How Have Performance Based Pay Systems Fared During the Past Decade? Evidence from the NLSY79." Working Paper No. 00-05, Department of Economics, San Diego State University, May 2000.

2.	Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina Mach, Traci Lynn
2.	Performance Pay and Fringe Benefits: Work Incentives or Compensating Wage Differentials? International Journal of Manpower 24,6 (2003): 673-698. Also: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0143-7720&volume=24&issue=6&articleid=848396&show=abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: MCB University Press Keyword(s): Benefits, Fringe; Insurance, Health; Performance pay; Wages; Wages, Men; Wages, Women Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Uses longitudinal data from the NLSY79 to examine the effect of a broad variety of performance-based pay schemes and fringe benefits on male and female wages between 1988 and 1998. Specifically, analyzes whether the offer of various performance-based pay schemes and fringe benefits functions as an alternative work incentive, eliciting greater effort and raising wages or, instead, it is accompanied by lower wages, as predicted by compensating wage theory. The results indicate that, while most performance-based pay schemes are associated with higher wages to differing extents across gender, tips are commonly accompanied by lower wages among men. Similarly, while the offer of a retirement plan appears to as a work incentive raising male and female wages, workers are willing to trade wages for jobs offering life and medical insurance.
	Bibliography Citation Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina and Traci Lynn Mach. "Performance Pay and Fringe Benefits: Work Incentives or Compensating Wage Differentials?" International Journal of Manpower 24,6 (2003): 673-698.

3.	Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina Mach, Traci Lynn
3.	The Impact of Families on Juvenile Substance Use Journal of Bioeconomics 4,3 (January 2002): 269-282. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/l8977656052l8643/fulltext.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Drug Use; Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Biological; Fathers, Involvement; Gender Differences; Siblings; Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the effect of family composition on juvenile substance use and drug sales using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. The results underscore the importance of having a father figure in the household in deterring juvenile smoking, marijuana use, and drug sale. However, the extent to which father figures affect juvenile substance use and drug sales varies according to their biological link to the youth and the youth's gender. Results further indicate that siblings and their involvement in substance use and drug sales significantly influence youths' own exposure to these delinquent practices.
	Bibliography Citation Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina and Traci Lynn Mach. "The Impact of Families on Juvenile Substance Use." Journal of Bioeconomics 4,3 (January 2002): 269-282.

4.	Mach, Traci Lynn
4.	A Cross-Cohort Examination of Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing JCPR Working Paper 322, Department of Economics, State University of New York - Albany, 13 January, 2003. Also: http://www.jcpr.org/wpfiles/mach.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Joint Center for Poverty Research Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Childbearing, Adolescent; Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Fathers, Presence; Marriage; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Parental Marital Status Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The current paper looks at the nonmarital teenage childbearing behavior of two cohorts of NLSY women. It constructs a monthly panel of information for the teens from the time they are twelve years old until they have a nonmarital birth, reach the end of their third survey without giving birth, get married, or reach age 18. The research attempts to identify the factors that have contributed to the differences in teenage childbearing behavior that we observe across the cohorts of women by estimating a Cox proportional hazard model, stratified on race, age of mother at the birth of her first child, and the rate of marriage in the state. The model identifies education, living situations, religion, and welfare policy as factors. Specifically, for the youths of the 1990s, the introduction of restrictions on living conditions, the so-called minor parent provisions, act as a retardant to nonmarital childbearing. The model also shows that higher education for the youth and her mother delay childbearing for both cohorts of women. Finally, living with one's biological father at age 14 is linked with delayed childbearing, with hazard rates nearly 60 and 40 percent lower for teens of the two cohorts. [Copyright JCPR, 2003.]
	Bibliography Citation Mach, Traci Lynn. "A Cross-Cohort Examination of Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing." JCPR Working Paper 322, Department of Economics, State University of New York - Albany, 13 January, 2003.

5.	Mach, Traci Lynn
5.	Determinants of AFDC Caseloads: How Have Exit and Take-Up Rates Been Affected by Welfare Reform? Working Paper, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, 2004. Also: http://www.nawrs.org/ClevelandPDF/mach.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Family Studies; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Over the past six years, the AFDC caseload has fallen by almost 50 percent. This decline has caused much speculation as to its causes. Using the approach employed by Blank and Ruggles (1995), this paper examines the behavior of the eligible and participating populations separately, with particular emphasis on the impact of welfare reform provisions implemented prior to the passage of PRWORA. The results indicate the increased earnings disregards and asset allowances decrease the probability that an eligibility spell will end through increased earnings, while time limitations on benefits increase the probability that the spell will end through a change in family status. Increased asset allowances also decrease the probability that a participation spell with end through increased earnings or a change in family status; family caps increase the probability that a participation spell will end through a change in family status; and increased earnings disregards and the elimination of some JOBS exemptions decrease the probability that a participation spell with end voluntarily.
	Bibliography Citation Mach, Traci Lynn. "Determinants of AFDC Caseloads: How Have Exit and Take-Up Rates Been Affected by Welfare Reform?" Working Paper, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, 2004.

6.	Mach, Traci Lynn
6.	Three Essays on Welfare Reform Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 2000 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Behavior; Benefits; Childbearing; Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Fertility; Migration Patterns; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Welfare In August 1996, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act. This act eliminated Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the largest source of cash assistance available to needy families, and replaced it with Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a time-limited program with stringent work requirements. This dissertation utilizes interstate variation in pre-reform passage of waivers to examine the impact of the new system on individual behavior. The first essay investigates the impact of family cap policies on women's childbearing decisions. Such policies eliminate the increase in AFDC benefits to families who bear children while receiving benefits. Using matched data from the March Current Population Survey, I estimate the probability of observing a birth in the second year given the state's family cap status. Estimates indicate living in a state that passes a family cap provision does not affect childbearing decisions. However, living in a state that passes a family cap provision and receiving welfare benefits reduces fertility among the welfare population by 19.5 percent. The second essay readdresses the welfare magnet hypothesis in the context of a time-limited welfare system. According to the original hypothesis, individuals migrate to states with more generous benefit structures. Under TANF, there are more interstate differences than previously, including differential time limits. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), I model migration as a function of the current location's relative characteristics. Estimates show that while being subject to a time limit is positively associated with cross-county migration, this impact becomes smaller as the distance to avoid being subject to a time limit increases. The final essay examines AFDC participation and exit decisions. I identify different reform policies separately and allow them to have different impacts on current and potential recipients. Making use of the extended panel provided by the NLSY79, I estimate a monthly competing risks hazard model of eligibility and participation. Results show that while recipients are responsive to some provisions, the provisions retard rather than hasten exit. However, potential recipients are deterred from taking up benefits by the presence of time limits.
	Bibliography Citation Mach, Traci Lynn. Three Essays on Welfare Reform. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 2000.

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