PUBLISHED WORK

Journal Articles

Halim, D, Powers, Elizabeth T., Thornton, R. (forthcoming). “Gender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring: Findings from an RCT.” American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, May 2022.

Speirs, Katherine E., Gordon, Rachel A., Powers, Elizabeth T., Koester, Brenda D., & Fiese, Barbara H. (2020). "Licensed Family Child Care Providers' Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Greater Benefits and Fewer Burdens in Highly Urban Areas?" Early Education and Development 31:2, 153-176, DOI 10.1080/10409289.2019.1648087

McMillen Daniel P. and Powers, Elizabeth T. 2017. “The eldercare landscape: Evidence from California.” Health Economics 26(S2):139–157. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3567

Slade, Alexander N., Beller, Andrea H., and Powers, Elizabeth T., 2017. “Family Structure and Young Adult Health Outcomes.” Review of Economics of the Household 5(1): 175-197. DOI 10.1007/s11150-015-9313-x.

**Powers, Elizabeth T. and Powers, Nicholas J., 2011. “Should Government Subsidize Caregiver Wages? Some Evidence on Worker Turnover and the Cost of Long-Term Care in Group Homes for Persons with Developmental Disabilities” Journal of Disability Policy Studies 21(March), 195-209. DOI: 10.1177/1044207310389176

Powers, Elizabeth T. and Powers, Nicholas J., 2010. "Causes of Caregiver Turnover and the Potential Effectiveness of Wage Subsidies for Solving the Long-Term Care Workforce 'Crisis'," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 10: Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 5. DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2277. Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/vol10/iss1/art5.

Powers, Elizabeth T., 2009. “The Impact of Minimum Wage Increases: Evidence from Fast-Food Establishments in Illinois and Indiana.” Journal of Labor Research 30(4,December):365-394.(DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12122-009-9068-3).

**Neumark, David, and Elizabeth T. Powers, 2006. “Supplemental Security Income, Labor Supply, and Migration.” Journal of Population Economics 19 (3,July):447-480.

Elder, Todd E., and, 2006. "The Incredible Shrinking Program: Will Cash Welfare for the Elderly Disappear?" Research on Aging 28(3,May):341-358.

**Powers, Elizabeth T. and David Neumark, 2005. "The Supplemental Security Income Program and Incentives to Claim Social Security Retirement Early." National Tax Journal LVIII (1, March):5-26.

Neumark, David and Elizabeth T. Powers, 2005. "The Effects of Changes in State SSI Supplements on Pre-Retirement Labor Supply." Public Finance Review (33,January):3–35.

Neumark, David and Elizabeth T. Powers, 2003/2004. "The Effect of the SSI Program on Labor Supply: Improved Evidence from Social Security Administrative Files." Social Security Bulletin 65(3):45-60. (post-dated; appeared March 2005).

Powers, Elizabeth T., 2003. "Children's Health and Maternal Work Activity: Estimates under Alternative Disability Definitions." The Journal of Human Resources 38 (3, Summer).

*Powers, Elizabeth T. and David Neumark, 2003. "The Interaction of Public Retirement Programs in the U.S." American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 93 (2, May):261-265.

*Powers, Elizabeth T., 2001. "New Estimates of the Impact of Child Disability on Maternal Employment." American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 91 (2, May):135-139.

Powers, Elizabeth T. and Nicholas J. Powers, 2001. “The Size and Frequency of Price Changes: Evidence from Grocery Stores," Review of Industrial Organization 18 (4, June):397-416.

Powers, Elizabeth T., 2000. "Block Granting Welfare: Fiscal Impact on the States." Economic Development Quarterly 14(4, November):323-339.

Neumark, David, and Elizabeth T. Powers, 2000. "Welfare for the Elderly: The Effects of SSI on Pre-Retirement Labor Supply (with David Neumark).” Journal of Public Economics 78(1-2, October):51-80.

Neumark, David and Elizabeth T. Powers. 1998. “The Effect of Means Tested Income Support for the Elderly on Pre-Retirement Saving: Evidence from the SSI Program in the United States (with David Neumark).” Journal of Public Economics 68(2), 181-206.

Powers, Elizabeth T. 1998. “Does Means Testing Welfare Discourage Saving? Evidence from a Change in AFDC Policy in the United States.” Journal of Public Economics 68(1), 33-53.

Powers, Elizabeth T. 1995. "Inflation, Unemployment, and Poverty Revisited." Economic Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2). (N.B. Publication of this journal ceased effective with the fourth quarter of 2001).

Book Chapters

Powers, Elizabeth T. "Full Circle: Changes in the Supplemental Security Income Program for Children and Youth." 2003. pp. 37-58 in Rachel Gordon and Herbert J. Walberg, editors, Changing Welfare (New York: Kluwer Publications).

Neumark, David and Powers, Elizabeth T.. 1999. “Means Testing Social Security: A Review and Evidence on Labor Supply Effects” in Olivia Mitchell, R.J. Myers, and H. Young, editors, Prospects for Social Security Reform (Philadelphia: Wharton Pension Research Council Publications, University of Pennsylvania Press). Pp. 243-267. http://www.pensionresearchcouncil.org/publications/document.php?file=697)

Book Reviews

Powers, Elizabeth T., 2010, Book Review of Ageing Labour Forces: Promises and Prospects. Edited by Philip Taylor. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008, Pp. 227. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 9(3, July).

Powers, Elizabeth T. Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy. Edited by Alan J. Auerbach and Ronald E. Lee. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001, Pp. 446. National Tax Journal (December) 2002.