Research

The War on Poverty Project

Evaluating the lasting, economic effects of the War on Poverty

Research

Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence from the Food Stamps Program
(Martha J. Bailey, Hilary Hoynes, Maya Rossin-Slater, and Reed Walker, 2023 Review of Economic Studies

‘Prep School for Poor Kids’: The Long-Run Impact of Head Start on Human Capital and Productivity
(Martha Bailey, Shuqiao Sun, and Brenden Timpe, 2021 American Economic Review 111(12):3963:4001)

The Economic Effects of a Very High National Minimum Wage: Evidence from the 1966 Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act
(Martha J. Bailey, John DiNardo, and Bryan A. Stuart, 2021 Journal of Labor Economics 39(S2):S329-S367)

Changes in the U.S. Gender Gap in Wages in the 1960s
(Martha J. Bailey, Thomas Helgerman, and Bryan Stuart, 2021 American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 111:143-48)

Do Family Planning Programs Increase Children’s Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X
(Martha J. Bailey, Zoë McLaren, and Olga Malkova, 2018 Journal of Human Resources 54(4):825-856)

The War on Poverty’s Experiment in Public Medicine: Community Health Centers and the Mortality of Older Americans
(Martha Bailey and Andrew Goodman-Bacon), American Economic Review 105(3), March 2015: 1067-1104. PMCID: PMC4436657

How the U.S Fought the War on Poverty: The Economics and Politics of Funding at the Office of Economic Opportunity
(Martha Bailey and Nicolas J. Duquette), Journal of Economic History, June 2014: 351-388.

Legacies of the War on Poverty bookLegacies of the War on Poverty (chapter 1)
(coedited by Martha Bailey and Sheldon Danziger). (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2013).

Reexamining the Impact of U.S. Family Planning Programs on U.S. Fertility: Evidence from the War on Poverty and Early Years of Title X
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4 (2), April 2012: 62-97. PMCID: PMC3348617