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David C. Ribar

Georgia State University, USA, and IZA, Germany

I am very happy to participate in this innovative project and for the opportunity to discuss recent research results for a broad, informed audience

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Author

Current position

Faculty Director, Child and Family Policy Lab, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies; Professor, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, 2020–present

Research interest

Labor economics, demographic economics, applied econometrics, microeconomics

Website

https://aysps.gsu.edu/profile/david-c-ribar/

Past positions

Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, 2014–2019; Professor, Department of Economics, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2006–2014; Professor, Department of Economics, The George Washington University, 1996–2006.

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Brown University, 1991

Selected publications

  • “Child care and the labor supply of married women: Reduced form evidence.” Journal of Human Resources 27:1 (1992): 134–165.

  • “A structural model of child care and the labor supply of married women.” Journal of Labor Economics 13:3 (1995): 558–597.

  • “Altruistic and joy-of-giving motivations in charitable behavior.” Journal of Political Economy 110:2 (2002): 425–447 (with M. O. Wilhelm).

  • “Parental child care in single parent, cohabiting, and married couple families: Time diary evidence from the United Kingdom.” American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 95:2 (2005): 194–198 (with C. M. Kalenkoski and L. S. Stratton).

  • “Watching the clocks: The role of food stamp recertification and TANF time limits in caseload dynamics.” Journal of Human Resources 43:1 (2008): 208–239 (with M. Edelhoch and Q. Liu).

article(s)

  • How to improve participation in social assistance programs

    Government agencies can lower barriers that impede people’s take-up of social assistance

    David C. Ribar, December 2014
    Social assistance programs are intended to improve people’s well-being. However, that goal is undermined when eligible people fail to participate. Reasons for non-participation can include inertia, lack of information, stigma, the time and “hassle” associated with applications and program compliance, as well as some programs’ non-entitlement status. Differences in participation across programs, and over time, indicate that take-up rates can respond both positively and negatively to policy change. However, there are clearly very identifiable ways in which relevant agencies can improve take-up.
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