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Journal Articles
- Egan-Dailey, S; Gennetian, LA; Magnuson, K; Duncan, GJ; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, N; Noble, KG. "Child-directed speech in a large sample of U.S. mothers with low income." Center for Open Science (September, 2025). [doi]
- Keister, LA; Gibson-Davis, C; Gennetian, LA; Gibson, N. "Net Worth Poverty and Food Insecurity.." American journal of agricultural economics 107.4 (August, 2025): 1016-1040. [doi] [abs]
- Magnuson, KA; Duncan, GJ; Yoshikawa, H; Yoo, PY; Han, S; Gennetian, LA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Fox, NA; Noble, KG. "Effects of unconditional cash transfers on family processes and wellbeing among mothers with low incomes.." Nature communications 16.1 (August, 2025): 7517. [doi] [abs]
- Duncan, GJ; Magnuson, K; Kunin-Batson, AS; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, NA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Ainsworth, NJ; Black, SR; Nelson, JM; Nelson, TD; Georgieff, MK; Karhson, D; Gennetian, LA; Noble, KG. "Cash Transfers and Their Effect on Maternal and Young Children's Health: A Randomized Clinical Trial.." JAMA pediatrics 179.8 (August, 2025): 867-875. [doi] [abs]
- Kalil, A; Mayer, SE; Delgado, W; Gennetian, LA. "Education gradients in parental time investment and subjective well-being." Review of Economics of the Household 23.2 (June, 2025): 661-706. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Gibson-Davis, C; Darity, WA. "A framework and policy case for black reparations to support child well-being in the USA.." Nature human behaviour 9.6 (June, 2025): 1090-1097. [doi] [abs]
- Shah, H; Gennetian, LA; Magnuson, K; Yoshikawa, H; Stilwell, L; Noble, K; Duncan, G. "Money or Time? Heterogeneous Effects of Unconditional Cash on Parental Investments." (May, 2025).
- Costanzo, MA; Magnuson, KA; Duncan, GJ; Fox, N; Gennetian, LA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Noble, KG; Yoshikawa, H. "A Research Note on Unconditional Cash Transfers and Fertility in the United States: New Causal Evidence.." Demography 62.2 (April, 2025): 405-417. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Gibson-Davis, C; Darity, W. "Black Reparations and Child Well-Being: A Framework and Policy Considerations." Center for Open Science (March, 2025). [doi]
- Escueta, M; Gennetian, LA; Magnuson, K; Halpern-Meekin, S; Noble, K; Yoshikawa, H. "Unconditional Cash and Intimate Partner Violence." (February, 2025).
- Gibson-Davis, C; Keister, LA; Gennetian, LA. "Net worth poverty and child Well-being: Black-White differences.." Children and youth services review 169 (February, 2025): 108047. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Gibson-Davis, C; Darity, W. "Black Reparations and Child Well-Being: A Framework and Policy Considerations." Center for Open Science (January, 2025). [doi]
- Gennetian, LA; Gibson-Davis, C; Darity, W. "Black Reparations and Child Well-Being: A Framework and Policy Considerations." Center for Open Science (January, 2025). [doi]
- Gennetian, LA; A. Rangel, M; Thomson, D; Padilla, C; Shukla, P; Basurto, L. "
De Jure Policy Design and De Facto Implementation of Cash Assistance Programs: Evidence of differential receipt among Latino Families
." (January, 2025).
- Gennetian, LA; A. Rangel, M; Thomson, D; Shukla, P; Basurto, L; Yong, H. "Heterogeneous Receipt of Social Assistance Programs Among Families with Low Income in the U.S.: The Role of State Policy Design." (January, 2025).
- Leer, J; Smith, IZ; Hill, Z; Gennetian, LA. "Social contexts and black families' engagement in early childhood programs.." PloS one 20.1 (January, 2025): e0316680. [doi] [abs]
- Hart, ER; Gennetian, LA; Sperber, JF; Penalva, R; Magnuson, K; Duncan, GJ; Halpern-Meekin, S; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, NA; Noble, KG. "The effect of unconditional cash transfers on maternal assessments of children's early language and socioemotional development: Experimental evidence from U.S. families residing in poverty.." Developmental psychology 60.12 (December, 2024): 2290-2305. [doi] [abs]
- Egan-Dailey, S; Gennetian, LA; Magnuson, K; Duncan, GJ; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, NA; Noble, KG. "Child-directed speech in a large sample of U.S. mothers with low income.." Child development 95.6 (November, 2024): 2045-2061. [doi] [abs]
- Magnuson, K; Duncan, G; Yoshikawa, H; Yoo, P; Han, S; Gennetian, LA; Fox, N; Halpern-Meekin, S; Noble, K. "Can Cash Transfers Improve Maternal Well-being and Family Processes among Families with Young Children? An Experimental Analysis." (September, 2024).
- Gennetian, LA; Gibson-Davis, C; Darity, WA. "Black Reparations and Child Well-Being: A Framework and Policy Considerations." (September, 2024).
- Das, A; Osypuk, TL; Yoo, PY; Magnuson, K; Gennetian, LA; Noble, KG; Bruckner, TA. "Poverty reduction and childhood opportunity moves: A randomized trial of cash transfers to low-income U.S. families with infants.." Health & place 89 (September, 2024): 103320. [doi] [abs]
- Egan-Dailey, S; Gennetian, LA; Duncan, G; Fox, N; Magnuson, K; Noble, K; Yoshikawa, H. "Effects on Maternal Bandwidth of Monthly Unconditional Cash Starting at Birth Among U.S. Families with Low Income." (August, 2024).
- Sauval, M; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, LA; Magnuson, KA; Fox, NA; Noble, KG; Yoshikawa, H. "Unconditional Cash Transfers and Maternal Employment: Evidence from the Baby's First Years Study.." Journal of public economics 236 (August, 2024): 105159. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Duncan, GJ; Fox, NA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Magnuson, K; Noble, KG; Yoshikawa, H. "Effects of a monthly unconditional cash transfer starting at birth on family investments among US families with low income.." Nature human behaviour 8.8 (August, 2024): 1514-1529. [doi] [abs]
- Leer, J; Smith, I; Hill, Z; Gennetian, LA. "How broader social contexts impact Black parents' engagement in early childhood programs." (July, 2024).
- Gennetian, LA; Gassman-Pines, A. "The Effects of the 2021 Child Tax Credit on Parents’ Psychological Well-Being." (July, 2024).
- Shah, H; Gennetian, LA. "Unconditional Cash Transfers for Families with Children in the U.S.: A Scoping Review.." Review of economics of the household 22.2 (June, 2024): 415-450. [doi] [abs]
- Stilwell, L; Morales-Gracia, M; Magnuson, K; Gennetian, LA; Sauval, M; Fox, NA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Yoshikawa, H; Noble, KG. "Unconditional Cash and Breastfeeding, Child Care, and Maternal Employment among Families with Young Children Residing in Poverty.." The Social service review 98.2 (June, 2024): 260-292. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Maury, M; Stilwell, L; Shah, H; Magnuson, K; Noble, K; Duncan, G; Fox, N; Halpern-Meekin, S; Yoshikawa, H. "The Impact of Monthly Unconditional Cash on Food Security, Spending, and Consumption: Three Year Follow-Up Findings from the Baby's First Years Study." (April, 2024).
- Costanzo, MA; Magnuson, KA; Gennetian, LA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Noble, KG; Yoshikawa, H. "Contraception use and satisfaction among mothers with low income: Evidence from the Baby's First Years study.." Contraception 129 (January, 2024): 110297. [doi] [abs]
- Halpern-Meekin, S; Gennetian, LA; Hoiting, J; Stilwell, L; Meyer, L. "Monthly unconditional income supplements starting at birth: Experiences among mothers of young children with low incomes in the U.S.." Journal of policy analysis and management : [the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management] 43.3 (January, 2024): 871-898. [doi] [abs]
- Troller-Renfree, S; Costanzo, M; Duncan, G; Magnuson, K; Gennetian, L; Yoshikawa, H; Black, S; Karhson, D; Georgieff, M; Nelson, J; Nelson, T; Fox, N; Noble, K. "The impact of a monthly unconditional cash transfer on child brain activity: A 4-year follow-up." PsyArXiv (2024). [doi]
- Noble, K; Magnuson, K; Duncan, G; Gennetian, L; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, N; Halpern-Meekin, S; Troller-Renfree, S; Han, S; Egan-Dailey, S; Nelson, T; Nelson, J; Black, S; Georgieff, M; Karhson, D. "The Effect of a Monthly Unconditional Cash Transfer on Children’s Development at Four Years of Age: A Randomized Controlled Trial in the U.S.." PsyArXiv (2024). [doi]
- Troller-Renfree, SV; Sperber, JF; Hart, ER; Costanzo, MA; Gennetian, LA; Meyer, JS; Fox, NA; Noble, KG. "Associations between maternal stress and infant resting brain activity among families residing in poverty in the U.S.." Biological psychology 184 (November, 2023): 108683. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Gassman-Pines, A. "The Effects of the 2021 Child Tax Credit on Parents’ Psychological Well-Being." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 710.1 (November, 2023): 124-140. [doi] [abs]
- Kalil, A; Mayer, S; Delgado, W; Gennetian, LA. "Education Gradients in Parental Time Investment and Subjective Well-being." University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper 2023 (September, 2023).
- Sperber, JF; Gennetian, LA; Hart, ER; Kunin-Batson, A; Magnuson, K; Duncan, GJ; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, NA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Noble, KG. "Unconditional Cash Transfers and Maternal Assessments of Children's Health, Nutrition, and Sleep: A Randomized Clinical Trial.." JAMA network open 6.9 (September, 2023): e2335237. [doi] [abs]
- Sperber, JF; Gennetian, LA; Hart, ER; Kunin-Batson, A; Magnuson, K; Duncan, GJ; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, NA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Noble, KG. "The Effect of a U.S. Poverty Reduction Intervention on Maternal Assessments of Young Children's Health, Nutrition, and Sleep: A Randomized Control Trial.." medRxiv (May, 2023). [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Duncan, G; Fox, NA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Magnuson, K; Noble, KG; Yoshikawa, H. "Unconditional Cash and Family Investments in Infants: Evidence from a Large-Scale Cash Transfer Experiment in the U.S.." Res Sq (February, 2023). [doi] [abs]
- Harding, DJ; Sanbonmatsu, L; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, LA; Katz, LF; Kessler, RC; Kling, JR; Sciandra, M; Ludwig, J. "EVALUATING CONTRADICTORY EXPERIMENTAL AND NON-EXPERIMENTAL ESTIMATES OF NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS ON ECONOMIC OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS.." Housing policy debate 33.2 (January, 2023): 453-486. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Frank, MC; Tamis-LeMonda, CS. "Open Science in Developmental Science." Annual Review of Developmental Psychology 4.1 (December, 2022): 377-397. [doi] [abs]
- Thomson, D; Chen, Y; Gennetian, LA; Basurto, LE. "Earned Income Tax Credit Receipt By Hispanic Families With Children: State Outreach And Demographic Factors.." Health affairs (Project Hope) 41.12 (December, 2022): 1725-1734. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Meyer, L; Fox, N; Magnuson, K; Noble, K; Yoshikawa, H. "Implementing Cash Transfers to U.S. Families: Insights from the Baby’s First Years Study." (November, 2022).
- Troller-Renfree, SV; Costanzo, MA; Duncan, GJ; Magnuson, K; Gennetian, LA; Yoshikawa, H; Halpern-Meekin, S; Fox, NA; Noble, KG. "Reply to Assari and Lantz: Heterogeneity in BFY impacts.." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119.35 (August, 2022): e2201864119. [doi]
- Magnuson, K; Yoo, P; Duncan, G; Yoshikawa, H; Trang, K; Gennetian, LA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Fox, N; Noble, K. "Can a Poverty Reduction Intervention Reduce Family Stress Among Families with Infants? An Experimental Analysis.." (May, 2022).
- Troller-Renfree, SV; Costanzo, MA; Duncan, GJ; Magnuson, K; Gennetian, LA; Yoshikawa, H; Halpern-Meekin, S; Fox, NA; Noble, KG. "The impact of a poverty reduction intervention on infant brain activity.." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119.5 (February, 2022): e2115649119. [doi] [abs]
- "Corrigendum to “Net Worth Poverty and Child Development”." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 8 (January, 2022): 237802312211345-237802312211345. [doi]
- Spiegel, M; Hill, Z; Gennetian, LA. "Harnessing a behavioral economic framework for supporting providers in improving early childhood care." Early Years 42.3 (January, 2022): 310-326. [doi] [abs]
- Gibson-Davis, C; Keister, LA; Gennetian, LA; Lowell, W. "Net Worth Poverty and Child Development.." Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world 8 (January, 2022): 237802312211116-237802312211116. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, L; Frank, M; Tamis-LeMonda, C. "Open Science in Developmental Science." PsyArXiv (2022). [doi]
- Hill, Z; Spiegel, M; Gennetian, L; Hamer, K-A; Brotman, L; Dawson-McClure, S. "Behavioral Economics and Parent Participation in an Evidence-Based Parenting Program at Scale.." Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research 22.7 (October, 2021): 891-902. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Cabrera, N; Crosby, D; Guzman, L; Smith, JM; Wildsmith, E. "A Strength-Based Framework for Realizing Latino Young Children’s Potential." Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 8.2 (October, 2021): 152-159. [doi] [abs]
- Noble, KG; Magnuson, K; Gennetian, LA; Duncan, GJ; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, NA; Halpern-Meekin, S. "Baby's First Years: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Poverty Reduction in the United States.." Pediatrics 148.4 (October, 2021): e2020049702. [doi] [abs]
- Kuchirko, YA; Coskun, LZ; Duch, H; Castaner, MM; Gennetian, LA. "Light-touch design enhancements can boost parent engagement in math activities." Children and Youth Services Review 128 (September, 2021). [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Tienda, M. "Investing in Latino Children and Youth: Volume Introduction and Overview." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 696.1 (July, 2021): 6-17. [doi]
- Bitler, M; Genetian, LA; Gibson-Davis, C; Rangel, MA. "Means-Tested Safety Net Programs and Hispanic Families: Evidence from Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC.." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 696.1 (July, 2021): 274-305. [doi] [abs]
- Gibson-Davis, C; Keister, LA; Gennetian, LA. "Net Worth Poverty in Child Households by Race and Ethnicity, 1989-2019.." Journal of marriage and the family 83.3 (June, 2021): 667-682. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Rodrigues, C. "Mothers’ and Fathers’ Time Spent with Children in the U.S.: Variations by Race/Ethnicity Within Income from 2003 to 2013." Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy 4.1 (March, 2021): 34-46. [doi]
- Harding, DJ; Sanbonmatsu, L; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, L; Katz, LF; Kessler, RC; Kling, JR; Sciandra, M; Ludwig, J. "Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults." University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper 2021 (February, 2021).
- Barnes, CY; Gennetian, LA. "Experiences of Hispanic Families with Social Services in the Racially Segregated Southeast: Views from Administrators and Workers in North Carolina.." Race and social problems 13.1 (January, 2021): 6-21. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Shafi, E; Aber, JL; De Hoop, J. "Behavioral insights into cash transfers to families with children." Behavioral Science and Policy 7.1 (January, 2021): 71-92. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Coskun, LZ; Kennedy, JL; Kuchirko, Y; Aber, JL. "The Impact of Default Options for Parent Participation in an Early Language Intervention.." Journal of child and family studies 29.12 (December, 2020): 3565-3574. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Tamis-LeMonda, CS; Frank, MC. "Advancing Transparency and Openness in Child Development Research: Opportunities.." Child development perspectives 14.1 (March, 2020): 3-8. [doi] [abs]
- Rojas, NM; Yoshikawa, H; Gennetian, L; Lemus Rangel, M; Melvin, S; Noble, K; Duncan, G; Magunson, K. "Exploring the experiences and dynamics of an unconditional cash transfer for low-income mothers: A mixed-methods study." Journal of Children and Poverty 26.1 (January, 2020): 64-84. [doi] [abs]
- Hill, Z; Spiegel, M; Gennetian, LA. "Pride-Based Self-Affirmations and Parenting Programs.." Frontiers in psychology 11 (January, 2020): 910. [doi] [abs]
- Fuller, TR; Sciandra, M; Koumans, EH; Boulet, SL; Warner, L; Cox, S; Gennetian, LA. "A housing mobility program's impacts on teen and young adult parenting.." SSM - population health 9 (December, 2019): 100451. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Marti, M; Kennedy, JL; Kim, JH; Duch, H. "Supporting parent engagement in a school readiness program: Experimental evidence applying insights from behavioral economics." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 62 (May, 2019): 1-10. [doi] [abs]
- Hill, Z; Gennetian, LA; Mendez, J. "A descriptive profile of state Child Care and Development Fund policies in states with high populations of low-income Hispanic children." Early Childhood Research Quarterly 47 (April, 2019): 111-123. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Rodrigues, C; Hill, HD; Morris, PA. "Income Level and Volatility by Children's Race and Hispanic Ethnicity." Journal of Marriage and Family 81.1 (February, 2019): 204-229. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Datta, AR; Goerge, R; Zanoni, W; Brandon, R; Witte, A; Krishnamurty, P. "How Much of Children’s Time in Nonparental Care Coincides with Their Parents’ Time at Work?." Socius 5 (January, 2019): 237802311989484-237802311989484. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Rodrigues, C; Hill, HD; Morris, PA. "Stability of income and school attendance among NYC students of low-income families." Economics of Education Review 63 (April, 2018): 20-30. [doi] [abs]
- Kessler, RC; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, LA; Katz, LF; Kling, JR; Sampson, NA; Sanbonmatsu, L; Zaslavsky, AM; Ludwig, J. "Notice of Retraction and Replacement: Kessler RC, et al. Associations of Housing Mobility Interventions for Children in High-Poverty Neighborhoods With Subsequent Mental Disorders During Adolescence. JAMA. 2014;311(9):937-947.." JAMA 316.2 (July, 2016): 227-228. [doi]
- Gennetian, L; Darling, M; Aber, JL. "Behavioral economics & developmental science: A new framework to support early childhood interventions." Journal of Applied Research on Children 7.2 (January, 2016).
- Gennetian, LA; Seshadri, R; Hess, ND; Winn, AN; Goerge, RM. "Supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefit cycles and student disciplinary infractions." Social Service Review 90.3 (January, 2016): 403-433. [doi] [abs]
- Rickford, JR; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, LA; Gou, RY; Greene, R; Katz, LF; Kessler, RC; Kling, JR; Sanbonmatsu, L; Sanchez-Ordoñez, AE; Sciandra, M; Thomas, E; Ludwig, J. "Neighborhood effects on use of African-American Vernacular English.." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112.38 (September, 2015): 11817-11822. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Shafir, E. "The persistence of poverty in the context of financial instability: A behavioral perspective." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 34.4 (September, 2015): 904-936. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Wolf, S; Hill, HD; Morris, PA. "Intrayear household income dynamics and adolescent school behavior.." Demography 52.2 (April, 2015): 455-483. [doi] [abs]
- Kessler, RC; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, LA; Katz, LF; Kling, JR; Sampson, NA; Sanbonmatsu, L; Zaslavsky, AM; Ludwig, J. "Associations of housing mobility interventions for children in high-poverty neighborhoods with subsequent mental disorders during adolescence.." JAMA 311.9 (March, 2014): 937-948. [doi] [abs]
- Wolf, S; Gennetian, LA; Morris, PA; Hill, HD. "Patterns of income instability among low- and middle-income households with children." Family Relations 63.3 (January, 2014): 397-410. [doi] [abs]
- Sciandra, M; Sanbonmatsu, L; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, LA; Katz, LF; Kessler, RC; Kling, JR; Ludwig, J. "Long-term effects of the Moving to Opportunity residential mobility experiment on crime and delinquency.." Journal of experimental criminology 9.4 (December, 2013). [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, L; Ludwig, J; McDade, T; Sanbonmatsu, L. "Why Concentrated Poverty Matters." (July, 2013).
- Hill, HD; Morris, P; Gennetian, LA; Wolf, S; Tubbs, C. "The Consequences of Income Instability for Children's Well-Being.." Child development perspectives 7.2 (June, 2013): 85-90. [doi] [abs]
- Snell, EK; Castells, N; Duncan, G; Gennetian, L; Magnuson, K; Morris, P. "Promoting the positive development of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments." Journal of Research on Adolescence 23.2 (June, 2013): 357-374. [doi] [abs]
- Ludwig, J; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, LA; Katz, LF; Kessler, RC; Kling, JR; Sanbonmatsu, L. "Long-term neighborhood effects on low-income families: Evidence from moving to opportunity." American Economic Review 103.3 (May, 2013): 226-231. [doi]
- Ludwig, J; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, LA; Katz, LF; Kessler, RC; Kling, JR; Sanbonmatsu, L. "Neighborhood effects on the long-term well-being of low-income adults.." Science (New York, N.Y.) 337.6101 (September, 2012): 1505-1510. [doi] [abs]
- Hsueh, J; Gennetian, LA. "Welfare policies and adolescents: exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources.." American journal of community psychology 48.3-4 (December, 2011): 322-340. [doi] [abs]
- Ludwig, J; Sanbonmatsu, L; Gennetian, L; Adam, E; Duncan, GJ; Katz, LF; Kessler, RC; Kling, JR; Lindau, ST; Whitaker, RC; McDade, TW. "Neighborhoods, obesity, and diabetes - A randomized social experiment." New England Journal of Medicine 365.16 (October, 2011): 1509-1519. [doi] [abs]
- Newman, S; Leventhal, T; Gennetian, LA. "Meeting children's basic needs: Introduction." Children and Youth Services Review 32.9 (September, 2010): 1133-1137. [doi]
- Crosby, DA; Dowsett, CJ; Gennetian, LA; Huston, AC. "A tale of two methods: comparing regression and instrumental variables estimates of the effects of preschool child care type on the subsequent externalizing behavior of children in low-income families.." Developmental psychology 46.5 (September, 2010): 1030-1048. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Castells, N; Morris, P. "Meeting the Basic Needs of Children: Does Income Matter?." Children and youth services review 32.9 (September, 2010): 1138-1148. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Hill, HD; London, AS; Lopoo, LM. "Maternal employment and the health of low-income young children.." Journal of health economics 29.3 (May, 2010): 353-363. [doi] [abs]
- Yoshikawa, H; Gassman-Pines, A; Morris, PA; Gennetian, LA; Godfrey, EB. "Racial/Ethnic Differences in Effects of Welfare Policies on Early School Readiness and Later Achievement.." Applied developmental science 14.3 (January, 2010): 137-153. [doi] [abs]
- Duncan, GJ; Bos, H; Gennetian, LA; Hill, H. "New Hope: A Thoughtful and Effective Approach to "Make Work Pay"." Northwestern journal of law and social policy 4.1 (January, 2009): 101-115.
- Alderson, DP; Gennetian, LA; Dowsett, CJ; Imes, A; Huston, AC. "Effects of Employment-Based Programs on Families by Prior Levels of Disadvantage.." The Social service review 82.3 (September, 2008): 361-394. [doi] [abs]
- Dowsett, CJ; Huston, AC; Imes, AE; Gennetian, L. "Structural and process features in three types of child care for children from high and low income families." Early Childhood Research Quarterly 23.1 (March, 2008): 69-93. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Magnuson, K; Morris, PA. "From statistical associations to causation: what developmentalists can learn from instrumental variables techniques coupled with experimental data.." Developmental psychology 44.2 (March, 2008): 381-394. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Lopoo, LM; London, AS. "Maternal work hours and adolescents' school outcomes among low-income families in four urban counties.." Demography 45.1 (February, 2008): 31-53. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA. "Book Review: Industrial Relations, Politics, and Government: Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and Their Children." ILR Review 61.2 (January, 2008): 258-260. [doi]
- Chang, YE; Huston, AC; Crosby, DA; Gennetian, LA. "The effects of welfare and employment programs on children's participation in Head Start." Economics of Education Review 26.1 (February, 2007): 17-32. [doi] [abs]
- Cochi Ficano, CK; Gennetian, LA; Morris, PA. "Child care subsidies and employment behavior among very-low-income populations in three states." Review of Policy Research 23.3 (May, 2006): 681-698. [doi] [abs]
- Gibson-Davis, CM; Magnuson, K; Gennetian, LA; Duncan, GJ. "Employment and the risk of domestic abuse among low-income women." Journal of Marriage and Family 67.5 (December, 2005): 1149-1168. [doi] [abs]
- Averett, SL; Gennetian, LA; Peters, HE. "Paternal child care and children's development." Journal of Population Economics 18.3 (September, 2005): 391-414. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA. "One or two parents? Half or step siblings? The effect of family structure on young children's achievement." Journal of Population Economics 18.3 (September, 2005): 415-436. [doi] [abs]
- Crosby, DA; Gennetian, L; Huston, AC. "Child care assistance policies can affect the use of center-based care for children in low-income families." Applied Developmental Science 9.2 (April, 2005): 86-106. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Knox, V. "The effects of a Minnesota Welfare Reform Program on marital stability six years later." Population Research and Policy Review 23.5-6 (December, 2004): 567-593. [doi]
- Gennetian, LA; Crosby, DA; Huston, AC; Lowe, ED. "Can child care assistance in welfare and employment programs support the employment of low-income families?." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 23.4 (September, 2004): 723-743. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Duncan, G; Knox, V; Vargas, W; Clark-Kauffman, E; London, AS. "How welfare policies affect adolescents' school outcomes: A synthesis of evidence from experimental studies." Journal of Research on Adolescence 14.4 (January, 2004): 399-423. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA. "Welfare Policies and Domestic Abuse Among Single Mothers: Experimental Evidence from Minnesota." Violence Against Woman 9.10 (October, 2003): 1171-1190. [doi] [abs]
- Morris, PA; Gennetian, LA. "Identifying the Effects of Income on Children's Development Using Experimental Data." Journal of Marriage and Family 65.3 (August, 2003): 716-729. [doi] [abs]
- Harknett, K; Gennetian, LA. "How an earnings supplement can affect union formation among low-income single mothers.." Demography 40.3 (August, 2003): 451-478. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Morris, PA. "The effects of time limits and make-work-pay strategies on the well-being of children: Experimental evidence from two welfare reform programs." Children and Youth Services Review 25.1-2 (January, 2003): 17-54. [doi]
- Gennetian, LA; Miller, C. "Children and welfare reform: a view from an experimental welfare program in Minnesota.." Child development 73.2 (March, 2002): 601-620. [doi] [abs]
- Huston, AC; Chang, YE; Gennetian, L. "Family and individual predictors of child care use by low-income families in different policy contexts." Early Childhood Research Quarterly 17.4 (January, 2002): 441-469. [doi] [abs]
- Harknett, K; Gennetian, LA. "How an Earnings Supplement Can Affect the Marital Behaviour of welfare Recipients: Evidence from the Self-Sufficiency Project.." (2001). [abs]
- Averett, SL; Gennetian, LA; Peters, HE. "Patterns and determinants of paternal child care during a child's first three years of life." Marriage and Family Review 29.2-3 (May, 2000): 115-136. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Cornia, GA; Danziger, S. "Child Poverty and Deprivation in the Industrialized Countries, 1945-1995.." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 52.3 (April, 1999): 484-484. [doi]
- Gennetian, LA. "The supply of infants relinquished for adoption: Did access to abortion make a difference?." Economic Inquiry 37.3 (January, 1999): 412-431. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Haveman, R; Wolfe, B. "Succeeding Generations: On the Effects of Investments in Children.." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 51.1 (October, 1997): 139-139. [doi]
Chapters in Books
- Gennetian, LA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Meyer, L; Fox, NA; Magnuson, K; Noble, KG; Yoshikawa, H. "Cash to US families at scale: Behavioral insights on implementation from the baby's first years study." Cash Transfers for Inclusive Societies A Behavioral Lens. October, 2023: 193-216.
- Gennetian, LA; Gassman-Pines, A. "Parents as Earners: What Parental Work Means for Parenting and the Role of Public Policy." CAMBRIDGE HANDBOOK OF PARENTING. 2023: 536-559.
- Gennetian, LA. "How a behavioral economic framework can support scaling of early childhood interventions." Scale Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We can do about It. May, 2021: 58-75.
- Duch, H; Gennetian, LA. "USING A BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE TO BOOST FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN THE GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL PRESCHOOL INTERVENTION." PROMISING PRACTICES FOR ENGAGING FAMILIES IN STEM LEARNING. 2018: 65-80.
- Gennetian, LA; Datta, AR. "CHILD CARE IN THE UNITED STATES." American Middle Class an Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty Volume 1 2. January, 2017: 92-96.
- Gennetian, LA; Miller, C. "Children and Welfare Reform: A View from an Experimental Welfare Program in Minnesota." Effective Interventions for Children in Need. January, 2017: 197-216. [doi] [abs]
- Averett, SL; Gennetian, LA; Elizabeth Peters, H. "Patterns and Determinants of Paternal Child Care During a Child’s First Three Years of Life." Fatherhood Research Interventions and Policies. January, 2014: 115-136. [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Crosby, DA; Huston, AC. "Welfare and child-care policy effects on very young children’s child-care experiences." January, 2013: 74-100. [doi]
- Gennetian, LA; Morris, PA. "Welfare Policies." International Guide to Student Achievement. January, 2013: 95-97. [doi]
- Ludwig, J; Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, LA; Katz, LF; Kessler, R; Kling, JR; Sanbonmatsu, L. "Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity." 2013 [abs]
- Adam, E; Kessler, R; Gennetian, LA; Duncan, GJ; Congdon, WJ; Katz, LF; Ludwig, J; Sanbonmatsu, L; Yang, F; Kling, JR; Lindau, ST; Marvakov, J; Potter, NA; McDade, TW. "The Long-Term Effects of Moving to Opportunity on Adult Health and Economic Self-Sufficiency." 2012 [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Sciandra, M; Sanbonmatsu, L; Ludwig, J; Katz, LF; Duncan, GJ; Kling, JR; Kessler, R. "The Long-Term Effects of Moving to Opportunity on Youth Outcomes." 2012 [abs]
- Harding, D; Gennetian, L; Winship, C; Sanbonmatsu, L; Kling, J. "Unpacking neighborhood influences on education outcomes: Setting the stage for future research." Whither Opportunity Rising Inequality Schools and Children S Life Chances. January, 2011: 277-296.
- Gennetian, LA; Sanbonmatsu, L; Ludwig, J. "An overview of moving to opportunity a random assignment housing mobility study in five U.S. Cities." Neighborhood and Life Chances how Place Matters in Modern America. December, 2010: 163-178. [abs]
- Duncan, GJ; Gennetian, L; Morris, P. "Parental pathways to self-sufficiency and the well-being of younger children." Making the Work Based Safety Net Work Better Forward Looking Policies to Help Low Income Families. December, 2009: 117-148. [abs]
- Morris, P; Gennetian, LA; Duncan, GJ; Huston, AC. "How welfare policies affect child and adolescent school performance: Investigating pathways of inf uence with experimental data." Welfare Reform and Its Long Term Consequences for America S Poor. January, 2009: 255-289. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Morris, PA; Bos, JM; Bloom, HS. "Constructing instrumental variables from experimental data to explore how treatments produce effects." Learning More from Social Experiments Evolving Analytic Approaches. December, 2006: 75-114. [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Crosby, DA; Huston, AC. "Welfare and child-care policy effects on very young children's child-care experiences."
Ed. Cabrera, NJ; Hutchens, R; Peter, HE LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, January, 2006: 77-100.
- Yoshikawa, H; Morris, P; Gennetian, L; Roy, AL; Gassman-Pines, A; Godfrey, EB. "Effects of welfare and employment policies on middle-childhood school performance: Do they vary by race/ethnicity and, if so, why?." Developmental Contexts in Middle Childhood Bridges to Adolescence and Adulthood. January, 2006: 370-384. [doi] [abs]
- Morris, P; Gennetian, L. "Indicators and policy decisions: The important role of experimental studies." Social Indicators Research Series. January, 2006: 161-171. [doi] [abs]
- Gennetian, LA; Redcross, C; Miller, C. "Welfare reform in rural Minnesota - Experimental findings from the Minnesota family investment program."
Ed. Weber, BA; Duncan, GJ; Whitener, LA W E UPJOHN INST EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH, January, 2002: 287-311.
- Card, C; Michalopoulos, C; Gennetian, LA; Harknett, K; Robins, PK. "Le projet d'autosuffisance apres trente-six mois: effets d'un incitatif financier sur l'emloi et le revenu.." 2000 [abs]
Op-eds
- Stilwell, L; Gennetian, L. Economics of Infant Feeding in the U.S.. October, 2022.
