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Author: Mauldin, Teresa A.
Resulting in 14 citations.
1. Koonce, Joan
Mauldin, Teresa A.
Rupured, A. Michael
Parazo, Justice
Working Poor: Research, Outreach, and Public Policy
Consumer Interests Annual 46 (2000).
Also: http://www.consumerinterests.org/public/articles/working.PDF
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI)
Keyword(s): Benefits; Benefits, Fringe; Earnings; Economic Well-Being; Employment; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Wages; Welfare

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This panel discussion provided background information about a sample of working poor, working near-poor and working non-poor from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Data (79) and information about fringe benefits available from their employers. Ideas for moving the working poor to self-sufficiency and resources related to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 were also discussed.
Bibliography Citation
Koonce, Joan, Teresa A. Mauldin, A. Michael Rupured and Justice Parazo. "Working Poor: Research, Outreach, and Public Policy." Consumer Interests Annual 46 (2000).
2. Linnenbrink, Mary
Mauldin, Teresa A.
Mimura, Yoko
Vanderford, Stephanie
Income Resources of Low-Income Families with Children: Does Cohabitation Matter?
Presented: Madison, WI, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), 28th Annual Research Conference, November 2-4, 2006.
Also: http://www.earlyeducationresearch.org/ICPSR/biblio/studies/4683/resources/70569?collection=DATA&sortBy=1&type=Conference+Proceedings&paging.startRow=26
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Family Income; Family Models; Family Structure; Income Level; Marital Status; Remarriage

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Introduction: Among low-income families with children, do income sources differ between married couples and cohabiting couples? Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NSLY79), we examined low-income families' types of income sources, both earned and unearned, and amount from each source. Background: Our previous study (presented at the APPAM 2004 meeting) addressed a similar question by comparing income between families in which all members were related by birth, marriage, or adoption and other families. Among low-income families with children, few differences were found. This study refines the approach by focusing on the legal relationship between parents. Studies show that cohabiting families' financial behavior is diverse (Winkler, 1997); however, little is known about differences in the income sources of low-income married and cohabiting families with children. Theoretical focus: According to the economic model of marriage (Bryant, 1990), individuals marry and remain married when being married is more beneficial than not being married. Thus, we assume that cohabiting couples see some sort of benefits in remaining unmarried. Data and sample: The data came from the NLSY79 2002 interview, and the sub-sample for this study includes low-income (total income no more than twice the 2001 poverty thresholds) families with children younger than 18 years of age. First, both single-parent families (n=661) and two-parent families (n=911) were selected for descriptive purposes. Then for the multivariate analyses, the latter group was further divided among first-marriage families (n=613), subsequent-marriage families (n=185), and cohabiting-couple families (n=113). Three income source categories are: earned income, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and all other income sources, including social insurance, transfer income, child support, and other. Methodology: Using a Double-Hurdle Cragg model for each of the three income sources, we assessed how the proba bility of receiving each income source and the amount of each were different among the three groups of two-parent families. Family and respondent socio-demographic characteristics, as well as the region of residence, were controlled. Findings: The probabilities of having the three income sources were not different among the three family types. The amounts that cohabiting-couple families received from earned and "all other" income sources were significantly lower than the amounts received by first-marriage families. Policy implications: Understanding the financial resources of low-income families, particularly those that cohabit, will help policymakers design policies to best assist such families. Results: have implications for EITC and the marriage initiative in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA).
Bibliography Citation
Linnenbrink, Mary, Teresa A. Mauldin, Yoko Mimura and Stephanie Vanderford. "Income Resources of Low-Income Families with Children: Does Cohabitation Matter?" Presented: Madison, WI, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), 28th Annual Research Conference, November 2-4, 2006.
3. Mauldin, Teresa A.
Economic Consequences of Divorce or Separation among Women in Poverty
Journal of Divorce and Remarriage 14,3-4 (1991): 163-177.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J087v14n03_10
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Children; Divorce; Educational Attainment; Income; Job Status; Job Training; Marital Disruption; Marital Dissolution; Poverty

Data from a subsample (N = 101) of the NLS Young Women cohort are used to investigate the characteristics of low-income women following divorce or separation, highlighting factors that help explain a woman's ability to move out of poverty in the year following marital disruption/dissolution. Discriminant analysis results indicate that the most important discriminators of this ability are current employment status, job training, education, race, and presence of a child under age 6. [Sociological Abstracts, Inc.]
Bibliography Citation
Mauldin, Teresa A. "Economic Consequences of Divorce or Separation among Women in Poverty." Journal of Divorce and Remarriage 14,3-4 (1991): 163-177.
4. Mauldin, Teresa A.
The Effect of Human Capital on the Economic Status of Women Immediately Following Divorce or Separation
Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1985
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Divorce; Earnings; Educational Attainment; Family Income; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Human Capital Theory; Marital Disruption; Mothers, Race; Poverty

Human capital theory and comparative advantage theory were used to develop regression models to explain the effect of work-related human capital on the per capita family income of women immediately following divorce or separation, controlling for background variables. It was hypothesized that work-related human capital, as measured by education, occupational status (as a proxy for work experience), and job training, would increase a woman's per capita income following marital disruption. It was further hypothesized that a negative attitude toward women working and poor health would decrease a woman's per capita income following marital disruption. It was also hypothesized that the effect of work-related human capital on per capita income would differ between women who were non-poor prior to and following disruption and women who were non-poor prior to disruption but poor following disruption and between women who were poor prior to and following marital disruption and women who were poor prior to marital disruption but non-poor following marital disruption. A sample of women who experienced marital disruption for the first time was drawn from the NLS of Young Women. Per capita family income was associated with education and occupational status. Among the control variables, current employment status, presence of children under 6 years old and race were significant. For the women who were non-poor prior to disruption and poor following disruption (non-poor/poor) an increase in occupational status actually decreased per capita income. In addition, lower educational achievement among the non-poor/poor women reduced the positive effect of education on per capita family income. Educational attainment also differentially affected the per capita family income of women who were poor prior to and following marital disruption and the women who were poor prior to marital disruption and non-poor following marital disruption with the latter group benefit ing more from their human capital. The results of this study indicated the importance of the stock of work-related human capital possessed by women who are maritally disrupted. Education and occupational status (as a proxy for work experience) had a significant impact on a woman's ability to provide for her family immediately following marital disruption.
Bibliography Citation
Mauldin, Teresa A. The Effect of Human Capital on the Economic Status of Women Immediately Following Divorce or Separation. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1985.
5. Mauldin, Teresa A.
Women Who Remain Above the Poverty Level in Divorce: Implications for Family Policy
Family Relations 39,2 (April 1990): 141-146.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/585715
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Divorce; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Income; Marital Disruption; Marital Status; Poverty; Transfers, Skill; Well-Being; Women

This paper explores differences in resources and characteristics of maritally disrupted women who remain above the poverty level following divorce or separation and the effects of such resources and characteristics on per capita income. Comparisons are made between women experiencing an increase vs. a decrease in economic well-being. It was found that per capita income was significantly affected by education, job training, health, and race. Differences in the marginal effects of job training and health among the two groups of women were found. Policy implications are discussed.
Bibliography Citation
Mauldin, Teresa A. "Women Who Remain Above the Poverty Level in Divorce: Implications for Family Policy." Family Relations 39,2 (April 1990): 141-146.
6. Mauldin, Teresa A.
Koonce, Joan
The Effect of Human Capital on the Economic Status of Divorced and Separated Women: Differences by Race
The Review of Black Political Economy 18,4 (Spring 1990): 55-68.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/v216q141u35p7w4q/
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: National Economic Association
Keyword(s): Divorce; Educational Attainment; Human Capital Theory; Income; Marital Disruption; Racial Differences; Work Experience

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This study investigated the impact of investments in human capital on the economic well-being of black and white women immediately following marital disruption. It also explored the extent to which the observed differences in income between the two groups were due to differences in the levels of qualities (endowments) or differences in the impact of these qualities (discrimination). The average differences in endowments explained almost two-thirds of the income gap between black and white women. Most of this explanatory power was due to differences in educational attainment, work experience, and region.
Bibliography Citation
Mauldin, Teresa A. and Joan Koonce. "The Effect of Human Capital on the Economic Status of Divorced and Separated Women: Differences by Race." The Review of Black Political Economy 18,4 (Spring 1990): 55-68.
7. Mauldin, Teresa A.
Koonce, Joan
Rupured, A. Michael
Parazo, Justice
Working Poor: Research, Outreach, and Public Policy
Presented: San Antonio, TX, American Council on Consumer Interests Conference, March 22-25, 2000.
Also: http://www.consumerinterests.org/public/articles/working.PDF
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI)
Keyword(s): Benefits, Fringe; Family Studies; Poverty; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Welfare

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This panel discussion provided background information about a sample of working poor, working near-poor and working non-poor from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Data (79) and information about fringe benefits available from their employers. Ideas for moving the working poor to self-sufficiency and resources related to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 were also discussed.

Many families are struggling to provide a supportive environment on limited resources. Some work full-time or part-time, some are unemployed, others are homeless, others are receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other forms of public assistance. These families, working or not, face many obstacles in their struggle to become self-sufficient (Beaulieu, 1999). During the 1990s revisions to the United States public assistance programs began moving families from welfare to work. However, work does not always lift or keep a family out of poverty. If family, individual, and employment characteristics that distinguish the working poor from the working non-poor can be identified, better public policy and outreach programs can be designed. This panel discussion focused on characteristics of a sample of working poor and working near-poor and the availability of fringe benefits from their employers, ideas regarding transitional assistance and strategies for reaching the working poor population, and finally provides resources related to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

Bibliography Citation
Mauldin, Teresa A., Joan Koonce, A. Michael Rupured and Justice Parazo. "Working Poor: Research, Outreach, and Public Policy." Presented: San Antonio, TX, American Council on Consumer Interests Conference, March 22-25, 2000.
8. Mauldin, Teresa A.
Mimura, Yoko
Changes in Marital Status and Poverty Dynamics among Young Mothers in the United States
Presented: Atlanta, GA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2002
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Marital Status; Mothers, Adolescent; Poverty

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Also presented: Helsinki, Finland: International Household & Research Conference, 2002

How do changes in young mothers' marital status relate to the likelihood of exiting from and reentering into poverty? Does marrying get them out of poverty as strongly as being unmarried puts them back into poverty? Using two-way transition models from event history analysis and a sample of young mothers who experienced poverty from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 data, we will address these questions.

We expect to find that getting married in a year is associated with the increased likelihood of exiting poverty in the year and with decreased likelihood of going back into poverty. Being unmarried is hypothesized to be associated with an increased likelihood of reentering poverty and decreased likelihood of exiting from poverty when other conditions are kept equal. We also expect that the economic benefit of marrying for young mothers is smaller than the negative economic consequences from being unmarried.

Bibliography Citation
Mauldin, Teresa A. and Yoko Mimura. "Changes in Marital Status and Poverty Dynamics among Young Mothers in the United States." Presented: Atlanta, GA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2002.
9. Mauldin, Teresa A.
Mimura, Yoko
Exits from Poverty Among Rural and Urban Black, Hispanic, and White Young Adults
Review of Black Political Economy 29,1 (Summer 2001): 9-23.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y5vqrl6tvnb4a1eu/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keyword(s): Ethnic Differences; Ethnic Studies; Exits; Family Background and Culture; Hispanics; Human Capital; Poverty; Racial Differences; Racial Studies; Rural Sociology

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Using the NLSY79 cohort data (1981-1993), we examined Black, Hispanic, and White young adults for their poverty exit rates as a function of the elapsed duration of the spell, family background characteristics, human capital, labor market factors, and other socio-demographic variables. There was no difference in exit rates between rural and urban residents or between Hispanic and Whites, ceteris paribus. At the baseline, Blacks had lower exit rates than Whites between the third and fourth years, and the gap was greater when the respondents lived in the north central region of the United States and when they were not employed.
Bibliography Citation
Mauldin, Teresa A. and Yoko Mimura. "Exits from Poverty Among Rural and Urban Black, Hispanic, and White Young Adults." Review of Black Political Economy 29,1 (Summer 2001): 9-23.
10. Mauldin, Teresa A.
Mimura, Yoko
Marrying, Unmarrying, and Poverty Dynamics among Mothers with Children Living at Home
Journal of Family and Economic Issues 28,4 (December 2007): 566-582.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/fk37722vvn6701g7/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Keyword(s): Child Development; Discrimination; Domestic Violence; Economics of Gender; Family Structure; Fertility; Marital Dissolution; Marriage; Poverty

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Using the two-way transitions model and a sample of mothers with children living at home who experienced poverty, we examined how the changes in mothers' marital status relate to the odds of exiting and reentering poverty. The data came from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort (1979-1998). This study found an asymmetric association between poverty dynamics and becoming unmarried. Becoming unmarried was associated with increased odds of both getting out of poverty and reentering poverty, where the magnitude of the latter is greater than that of the former, when family background, family characteristics, and human capital and employment factors are controlled.
Bibliography Citation
Mauldin, Teresa A. and Yoko Mimura. "Marrying, Unmarrying, and Poverty Dynamics among Mothers with Children Living at Home." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 28,4 (December 2007): 566-582.
11. Mauldin, Teresa A.
Rudd, Nancy M.
Stafford, Kathryn
The Effect of Human Capital on the Economic Status of Women Following Marital Disruption
Home Economics Research Journal 18,3 (March 1990): 202-210.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1177/1077727X9001800302/abstract
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: American Home Economics Association, now: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Keyword(s): Child Care; Divorce; Educational Returns; Household Income; Human Capital Theory; Income; Marital Disruption; Poverty; Work Experience

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Women who fail to invest in human capital such as education and work experience risk future poverty in the event of marital disruption. This study used data from the NLS of Young Women cohort to determine the effect of human capital on the per capita household income of women immediately divorce or separation. Results indicated that higher levels of educational attainment and work experience increase post-disruption per capita income by significant amounts. However, fairly large increments of human capital are needed to offset the income-reducing effect of children under age six in the household.
Bibliography Citation
Mauldin, Teresa A., Nancy M. Rudd and Kathryn Stafford. "The Effect of Human Capital on the Economic Status of Women Following Marital Disruption." Home Economics Research Journal 18,3 (March 1990): 202-210.
12. Mimura, Yoko
Mauldin, Teresa A.
American Young Adults' Rural-to-Urban Migration and Timing of Exits from Poverty Spells
Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 2001
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Exits; Family Characteristics; Gender; Human Capital; Marital Status; Migration; Poverty; Rural/Urban Differences; Rural/Urban Migration

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This study examined the timing of exit from poverty among rural young adults who migrated to urban areas in the United States, using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, with a focus on gender and marital status. Poverty spells that involved relocation to urban areas lasted longer than those that did not. Poverty exit rates upon relocating to urban areas declined each year the young adults remained in poverty, but the impact of remaining in urban areas on reduced poverty exit rates diminished when family characteristics, human capital, and labor market factors were controlled.
Bibliography Citation
Mimura, Yoko and Teresa A. Mauldin. "American Young Adults' Rural-to-Urban Migration and Timing of Exits from Poverty Spells." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 2001.
13. Mimura, Yoko
Mauldin, Teresa A.
American Young Adults' Rural-to-Urban Migration and Timing of Exits from Poverty Spells
Journal of Family and Economic Issues 26,1 (Spring 2005): 55-76.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/p727j01518241693/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Keyword(s): Exits; Family Characteristics; Gender; Human Capital; Marital Status; Poverty; Rural Youth; Rural/Urban Migration

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This study examined the timing of exit from poverty among rural young adults who migrated to urban areas in the United States, using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, with a focus on gender and marital status. Poverty spells that involved relocation to urban areas lasted longer than those that did not. Poverty exit rates upon relocation to urban areas declined each year the young adults remained in poverty, but the impact remaining in urban areas had on reduced poverty exit rates diminished when family characteristics, human capital, and labor market factors were controlled.
Bibliography Citation
Mimura, Yoko and Teresa A. Mauldin. "American Young Adults' Rural-to-Urban Migration and Timing of Exits from Poverty Spells." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 26,1 (Spring 2005): 55-76.
14. Mimura, Yoko
Mauldin, Teresa A.
Duration in Poverty among Young Adults in Rural America
Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, March 2000
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Economic Well-Being; Educational Attainment; Employment; Family Characteristics; Fathers; Household Composition; Human Capital; Marital Status; Poverty; Rural Areas; Youth Problems

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This paper focuses on understanding the poverty dynamics among young adults in rural areas, based on a hypothesis that human capital formation opportunities and subsequent economic well-being are different for rural and urban residents. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79 cohort data and survival analysis, we examined rural young adults aged at least 23 for their exit from poverty spell as a function of duration of the spell, family background characteristics, human capital, labor market factors, and other socio-demographic variables. The sample included individuals who experienced a poverty spell and have lived in rural areas at least once between 1981 and 1993. Older cohorts were more likely to have exited from a poverty spell. General literacy rate at age 14, having a father who was born in a foreign country, and higher education of father increased the likelihood that a respondent exited from a poverty spell. Moving to either a rural or urban area, living in the north-central region as opposed to the South, not being employed, and having more children of one
Bibliography Citation
Mimura, Yoko and Teresa A. Mauldin. "Duration in Poverty among Young Adults in Rural America." Presented: Los Angeles, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, March 2000.