The recent economic recession has led to increases in suicide, but whether US state
unemployment insurance programs ameliorate this association has not been examined …

Abstract The New Deal during the 1930s was arguably the largest peace-time expansion in
federal government activity in American history. Until recently, there had been very little …

Unemployment is a risk factor for suicide. Unemployment insurance is the primary policy tool
in the United States for alleviating the burden of unemployment on individuals. Our objective …

Although pregnancy and the first year of life are sensitive windows for child development, we
know very little about the lived experiences of mothers living in poverty or near poverty …

This paper represents the first study to estimate counts of individual occupational injuries
and claims over long spells of working life (up to 13 years) in the USA. It explores data from …

The growth of American governments in the twentieth century included large increases in
funds for social insurance and public assistance. Social insurance has increased far more …

Cliometrics reconnected economic history and economics in the 1960s. The deeper
foundations of cliometrics research lie in the longer standing traditions of quantitative history …

The current study tested the interaction between micro-and macro-level criminological
concepts to determine whether a free market cultural ethos moderated the criminal thinking …

Abstract In 1974, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) federalized cash welfare programs for
the elderly, blind, and individuals with disabilities, imposing a national minimum benefit, and …

Introduction Safeguarding college students' mental health and well-being poses a challenge
for college administrators and clinicians because of the unique circumstances students face …