Robert Rector Bibliography March 2018

Books and Monographs

Reducing Hunger and Very Low Food Security, Washington, D.C. , February, 2016.

The Redistributive State: The Allocation of Government Benefits, Services, and Taxes in the . Heritage Foundation White Paper, Washington, D.C., The Heritage Foundation, September 15, 2015.

With Jason Richwine, The Fiscal Costs of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the Taxpayer. Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation, May 6, 2013.

With Bradley, Katherine and Rachel Sheffield, Obama to Spend $10.3 Trillion on Welfare: Uncovering the Full Cost of Means-tested Welfare or Aid to the Poor. Heritage Foundation Special Report, SR-67, Washington, D.C. 2009.

With Kim, Christine, The Fiscal Cost of Low Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer, The Heritage Foundation Special Report, May 21, 2007.

With Kim, Christine and Shanea Watkins, The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Households to the U.S Taxpayer, Heritage Special Report, SR-12, Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation, April 4, 2007.

With Martin, Shannan and Melissa G. Pardue. Comprehensive Sex Education vs. Authentic Abstinence, A Study of Competing Curricula. Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation, 2004.

With Youssef, Sarah E. The Impact of Welfare Reform: the Trend in State Caseloads 1985-1998. Washington D.C.: The Heritage Foundation, 1999.

With Lauber, William F. America’s Failed $5.4 Trillion War on Poverty. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1995.

Ed. With Sanera, Michael. Steering the Elephant: How Washington Works. New York: Universe Books, 1987.

Chapters in Books

With Kirk A. Johnson and Patrick F. Fagan, “Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty”, in Handbook of Families and Poverty, eds. D. Russell Crane and Tim B. Heaton, pp. 457-470, United States: Sage Publications, 2008.

“In Welfare Reform Governors Miss the Point.” In Welfare: a Documentary History of U.S. Policy and Politics, edited by Gwendolyn Mink and Rickie Solinger, pp. 638-639. New York and London, New York University, 2008

“Welfare: Preserving and Expanding Welfare Reform.” in Agenda 2003, pp. 33-36. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2003.

“Welfare Reform: Requiring Work and Rebuilding Marriage.” in Issues 2002, pp. 107-120. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2002.

“Implementing Welfare Reform and Restoring Marriage.” in Priorities for the President, pp.71-96. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation 2001.

“Comment: State Sanctions and Time Limits.” in The New World of Welfare, pp. 264-269. Edited by Rebecca Blank and Ron Haskins. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute Press, 2001

“Welfare: Broadening the Reform.” in Issues 2000, pp. 287-324. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation 2000.

“Welfare: Expanding the Reform.” in Issues ’98, pp. 198-224. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1998.

“Welfare Reform.” in Issues ’96, pp. 197-226. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1996.

“How ‘Poor’ Are America’s Poor?” in The State of Humanity, pp. 241-256. Edited by Julian L. Simon. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 1995.

“Reforming Welfare,” in Certain Truths, pp.221-233. Edited by Mitchell B. Pearlstein. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Center of the American Experiment, 1995.

“Stringing Along: The ‘No Strings’ Approach to Welfare Reform Would Not Be Likely to Result in Reform Worthy of the Name,” in Dollars &Sense, pp. 55-58. Washington, DC: The Finance Project, Institute for Educational Leadership, 1995.

With McLaughlin, Michael. “A Conservative’s Guide to State-Level Welfare Reform,” in Making Government Work, pp.137-182. Edited by Tex Lezar. San Antonio, Texas: The Texas Public Policy Foundation, 1992.

“Reducing the Financial Burden on the Embattled American Family,” in A Prosperity Plan for America, pp. 33-44. Edited by Scott A. Hodge. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1992.

“Child Care Policy: Empowering Families,” in Breaking the Chain: From Dependency to Opportunity, pp..17-24. Washington, DC: American Legislative Exchange Council, 1991.

“Myths and Facts About Families and Daycare,” in Who Will Rock the Cradle? pp.203-232. Edited by Phyllis Schlafly. Washington, DC: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, 1989.

Congressional and Other Testimony

National Commission on Hunger, Hunger and Very Low Food Security Testimony before the National Commission on Hunger, Revised Version, July 30, 2015

U.S. Congress, House, The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform United States House of Representatives, The Fiscal Consequences of Executive Amnesty, March 17, 2015

U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, Uncovering the Hidden Welfare State, June 19, 2012.

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on the Budget, Examining the Means-tested Welfare State,, May 3, 2012. U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Mean, Uncovering the Hidden Welfare State: 69 Means-tested Programs and $940 Billion in Annual Spending, April 5, 2011.

2 U.S. Congress, Senate, Joint Economic Committee, Understanding and Reducing Poverty in America., September 25th, 2008.

U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Immigration of the Committee on the Judiciary, The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to State and Local Taxpayers. May 17, 2007.

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Ways and Means, The Impact of Welfare Reform., July 19, 2006.

U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, Welfare Reform and The Healthy Marriage Initiative, February 10, 2005.

U.S. Congress, Senate, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Housing Policy and Welfare Reform, 107th Cong. 2nd sess., May 1, 2002.

U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Human Resources, the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Next Steps in Welfare Reform, 107th Cong. 2nd sess. April 11, 2002.

U.S Congress, House, Committee on the Budget, The Size and Scope of Means-Tested Welfare Spending. 107th Cong. 1st sess. August 1, 2001.

U.S. Congress, House, Sub-committee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Committee on Agriculture. Reforming Food Stamps to Promote Work and Reduce Poverty and Dependence, 107th Cong. 1st sess. June 27th 2001.

U.S. Congress, House,. Sub-committee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means. The Effects of Welfare Reform, 107th Cong. 1st sess., March 15, 2001.

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Budget. Means-Tested Welfare Spending: Past and Future Growth., 107th Cong 1st Sess., March 7th 2001.

U.S. Congress. House. Sub-committee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means. The Fathers Count Act of 1999. 106th Cong. 1st sess., October, 5, 1999.

U.S. Congress, House, Sub-committee on Post-Secondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. Welfare Reform and the Decline in Dependence. 106th Cong. 1st sess. September 9, 1999

U.S. Congress. House. Sub-committee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means. Out- of Wedlock Childbearing: Trends and Social Effects. 106th Cong., 1st sess., June 29, 1999.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. How to Reduce Welfare Dependence. Hearings before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. 105th Cong., 1st sess., April 24, 1997.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Welfare Reform and Non-Citizens. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources. 105th Cong., 1stsess., February 13, 1997.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Causes of Poverty, With a Focus on Out-of- Wedlock Births. Hearings before the subcommittee on Human Resources. 104th Cong., 2nd sess., May 23, 1996.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Rising Illegitimacy, Poverty, and Dependence in American Society. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources. 104th Cong., 2nd sess., March 12, 1996.

3 U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. The Use of SSI and Other Welfare Programs by Immigrants. Hearings before a subcommittee on Immigration. 104th Cong., 2nd sess., February 6, 1996.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995. Hearings before a subcommittee on Immigration on H.R. 1915. 104th Cong., 1st sess., June 29, 1995.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Broad Policy Goals of Welfare Reform. 104th Cong., 1st sess., March 9, 1995.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Reforming the Present Welfare System. Hearings before a subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. 104th Cong., 1st sess., February 14, 1995.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reinventing Government. 104th Cong., 1st sess., January 25, 1995.

U.S Congress. House. Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Contract with America: Hearing on Welfare Reform. 104th Cong., 1st sess., January 18, 1995.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Contract With America: Welfare Reform, Part 1. 104th Cong., 1st sess., January 13, 1995.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Welfare Reform Proposals, Including H.R. 4605, The Work and Responsibility Act of 1994, Part 2. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources on H.R. 4605. 103rd Cong., 2nd sess., August 9, 1994.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources on H.R. 529. 103rd Cong., 1st sess., April 28, 1993.

U.S. Congress. Joint. Economic Committee. American Incomes and Poverty at Labor Day 1992. 102nd Cong., 2nd sess., September 3, 1992.

U.S Congress. House. Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, Select. Federal Policy Perspectives on Welfare Reform: Rhetoric, Reality and Opportunities. Hearings Before a subcommittee on Hunger Domestic Task Force. 102nd Cong., 2nd sess., April 9, 1992.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, Select. America’s Families: Conditions, Trends, Hopes and Fears. 102nd Cong., 2nd sess., February 19, 1992.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Administration’s Proposed Federal Child Care Regulations. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources. 102nd Cong., 1st sess., September 26, 1991.

U.S Congress. House. Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, Select. Working Families at the Margins: The Uncertain Future of America’s Small Towns. 101st Cong., 1st sess., April 11, 1989.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Federal Role in Child Care. 100th Cong., 2nd sess., September 22, 1988.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Act for Better Child Care Services of 1987. Hearings before a subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism on S. 1885. 100th Cong., 2nd sess., June 28, 1988.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Child care Needs of Low-Income Families.

4 Hearings before a subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. 100th Cong., 2nd sess., June 9, 1988.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Child Care. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources on H.R. 3660. 100th Cong., 2nd sess., April 21, 1988.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. H.R. 2246, the Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act and Proposed Substitute Amendment Thereto. Hearings before a subcommittee on Employment Opportunities on H.R. 2246. 100th Cong., 1st sess., July 8, 1987.

Conference Papers

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. “Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Academic Achievement.” Heritage Foundation Conference Paper Presented at the Twenty-Seventh Annual APPAM Research Conference Panel on Teenage Sexual Behavior, November 4, 2005.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. “Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Academic Achievement.” Heritage Foundation Conference Paper Presented at the Ninth Annual Abstinence Clearinghouse Conference, August 4, 2005.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. “Adolescent Virginity Pledges, Condom Use and Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Young Adults.” Heritage Foundation Conference Paper Presented at the Eighth Annual National Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference of the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health Human Services, June 14, 2005.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. “Adolescent Virginity Pledges and Risky Sexual Behaviors.” Heritage Foundation Conference Paper Presented at the Eighth Annual National Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference of the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June 14, 2005.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. “The Role of Paternal Employment and Couples’ Relationship Skills in Encouraging Marriage Among Fragile Families.” Heritage Foundation Conference Paper Presented at The Administration of Children and Families’ Seventh Annual National Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, May 26, 2004.

Heritage Foundation Papers

With Hall, Jamie Bryan Hall, “Examining Extreme and Deep Poverty in the United States”, Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, No. 3285, February 20, 2018

With Teixara, Mimi, “Universal Basic Income Harms Recipients and Increases Dependence on Government,” Heritage Foundation, Issue Brief, February 14, 2018.

With Haislmaier, Edmund, “ How to Ensure that the Graham–Cassidy Bill Expands Markets and Choice in Health Care—Not Government Programs,” Heritage Foundation Issue Brief, September 20, 2017

With Jamie Bryan Hall, “Trump-Endorsed Immigration Bill Would Save Taxpayers Trillions,” Commentary, August 14th, 2017

With Hall, Jamie B, “National Academy of Sciences Report Indicates Amnesty for Unlawful Immigrants Would Cost Trillions of Dollars.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 3175, December 22, 2016.

With Sheffield, Rachel, “Five Myths About Welfare and Child Poverty.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 3176, December 20, 2016.

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“Reforming the Earned Income Tax Credit and Additional Child Tax Credit to End Waste, Fraud, and Abuse and Strengthen Marriage.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 3162, November 16, 2016.

With Hall, Jamie B, “Did Welfare Reform Increase Extreme Poverty in the United States?” Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 4064, August 21, 2016.

With Sheffield, Rachel, “Setting Priorities for Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 4520, February 24, 2016.

With Sheffield, Rachel and Dayaratna, Kevin D. Ph.D., “Maine Food Stamp Work Requirement Cuts Non- Parent Caseload by 80 Percent.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 3091, February 8, 2016.

“Poverty and the Social Welfare State in the United States and Other Nations.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 3057, September 16, 2015.

“How Welfare Undermines Marriage and What to Do About It.” Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 4302, November 17, 2014.

With Boccia, Romina, “How the ABLE Act Would Expand the Welfare State.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, November 10, 2014.

With Sheffield, Rachel, “The War on Poverty After 50 Years.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2955, September 15, 2014.

With Zuckerman, Jessica, “Schumer–Corker–Hoeven Amendment Fails on Securing the Border and Halting Illegal Immigration.” Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 3974, June 24, 2013.

With Sheffield, Rachel, “How to Get Welfare Spending Under Control.” Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 3874, March 11, 2013.

With Marshall, Jennifer A., “The Unfinished Work of Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation White Paper, January 22, 2013

“Obama's End Run on Welfare Reform, Part Two: Dismantling Workfare.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2731, September 26, 2012.

“Obama’s End Run on Welfare Reform, Part One: Understanding Workfare.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2730, September 20, 2012.

“Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty.” Heritage Foundation Special Report No. 117, September 5, 2012.

“Welfare Work Requirements: Vague Replacement of Work for Welfare.” Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 3175, September 4, 2012.

With Dubay, Curtis, “Illegal Immigrants Should Not Receive Child Tax Credit Payouts.” Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 369 3, August 3, 2012.

With Bradley, Katherine, “Reforming the Food Stamp Program.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2708, July 25, 2012.

With Sheffield, Rachel, “Understanding Poverty in the United States: Surprising Facts about America's Poor.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2607, September 13, 2011.

6 With Sheffield, Rachel, “Air Conditioning, Cable TV, and an Xbox: What is Poverty in the United States Today?” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2575, July 19, 2011.

“Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2465. September 16, 2010.

“Married Fathers: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 2934. June 16, 2010.

With Dubay, Curtis S., Owcharenko, Nina, Sherk, James, Lieberman, Ben, and John, David C., “Routine Tax Extenders Package Contains New Irresponsible Spending and Tax Hikes.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2415. May 25, 2010.

With Bradley, Katherine, “How President Obama’s Budget Will Demolish Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 2819. February 25, 2010.

With Kim, Christine, “Evidence on the Effectiveness of Abstinence Education: An Update.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2372, February 19, 2010.

“The New Federal Wedding Tax: How Obamacare Would Dramatically Penalize Marriage.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 2767, January 20, 2010.

“Providing Health Care for Illegal Immigrants: Understanding the House Health Care Bill.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2345, November 23, 2009.

With Bradley, Katherine, “Stronger Welfare Work Requirements Can Help Ailing State Budgets.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 2496, June 19, 2009.

With Bradley, Katherine, “Stimulus Bill Abolishes Welfare Reform and Adds New Welfare Spending.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 2287, February 11, 2009.

“Reducing Poverty by Revitalizing Marriage in Low-Income Communities: A Memo to President-elect Obama.” Heritage Foundation Special Report No. 45, January 13, 2009.

“Reducing Illegal Immigration Through Employment Verification Enforcement, and Protection.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2192, October 7, 2008.

With Kim, Christine, “Abstinence Education: Assessing the Evidence.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2126, April 22, 2008.

“SCHIP Bill Increases Illegal Immigrants' Access to Medicaid and Undermines Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 1714, December 3, 2007.

With Kim, Christine, “Fiscal Distribution Analysis of Single-Parent Families in the United States, FY2004.” Heritage Foundation Report, November 10, 2007.

“How Poor Are America's Poor? Examining the "Plague" of Poverty in America.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2064, August 27, 2007.

“White House Report Hides the Real Costs of Amnesty and Low Skill Immigration.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 1523, June 26, 2007.

“Response to False Claims That Illegal Immigrants Will Not Receive Welfare Under Senate Bill.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 1509, June 18, 2007.

7 “’Merit-Based" Immigration Under S.1348: Bringing In the High-Tech Waitresses’” Heritage Foundation WEMEMO No. 1492, June 7, 2007.

“Amnesty Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers at Least $2.6 Trillion.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 1490, June 6, 2007.

With Kim, Christine, “The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer.” Heritage Foundation Special Report No. 14, May 22, 2007.

“Importing Poverty: Immigration and Poverty in the United States: A Book of Charts.” Heritage Foundation Special Report No. 9, October 25, 2006.

With Kim, Christine, “Welfare Reform Turns Ten: Evidence Shows Reduced Dependence, Poverty.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 1182, August 1, 2006.

“A Response to Alan Reynolds on Immigration Numbers.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 1109, June 5 2006.

“Immigration Numbers: Setting the Record Straight.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 1097, May 26, 2006.

“Senate Immigration Bill Would Allow 100 Million New Legal Immigrants over the Next Twenty Years.” Heritage Foundation WEBMEMO No. 1076, May 15, 2006.

“Amnesty and Continued Low Skill Immigration Will Substantially Raise Welfare Costs and Poverty.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1936, May 12, 2006.

“Congress Re-Starts Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 991, February 7, 2006.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. “Virginity Pledgers Have Lower STD Rates and Engage in Fewer Risky Sexual Behaviors.” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 762, June 14, 2005.

“Facts About Abstinence Education.” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 461, March 30, 2004.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. and Melissa G. Pardue. “Mayors’ Claims of Growing Hunger are Once Again Exaggerated.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1813, December 16, 2004.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. “Roles of Couples’ Relationship Skills and Fathers’ Employment in Encouraging Marriage.” Heritage Foundation CDA Report No. 04-41, December 6, 2004.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. and Jennifer Marshall, “Teens Who Make Virginity Pledges Have Substantially Improved Life Outcomes.” Heritage Foundation Report From the Center for Data Analysis CDA 04-07, September 21, 2004.

“Understanding Poverty and Economic Inequality in the United States.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1796, September 15, 2004.

With Hederman, Rea S., Jr. “Two Americas: One Rich, One Poor? Understanding Income Inequality in the United States.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1791, August 24, 2004.

With Pardue, Melissa, “Understanding the President’s Healthy Marriage Initiative.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1741, March 26, 2004.

With Fagan, Patrick F. and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., “Marriage: Still the Safest Place for Women and Children.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1732, March 9, 2004.

8 With Pardue, Melissa G. and Shannan Martin, “What Do Parents Want Taught in Sex Education Programs?” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1722, January 28, 2004.

With Pardue, Melissa G. and Shannan Martin, “Government Spends $12 on Safe Sex and Contraceptives for Every $1 Spent on Abstinence.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1718, January 14, 2004.

With Johnson, Kirk A. Ph.D., “Understanding Poverty in America.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1713, January 5, 2004.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. and Melissa G. Pardue, “Mayors’ Claims of Growing Hunger Appear Wildly Exaggerated.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1711, December 15, 2003.

With Pardue, Melissa G. and Lauren Noyes, “’Marriage Plus’: Sabotaging the President’s Efforts to Promote Healthy Marriage.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1677, August 22, 2003.

With Turner, Jason, “Under Senate Bill, Welfare Recipients Who Refuse to Work Would Still Get Cash Benefits.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1669, July 21, 2003.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D., Lauren R. Noyes and Shannan Martin, “The Harmful Effects of Early Sexual Activity and Multiple Sexual Partners Among Women: A Book of Charts.” Heritage Foundation Chart Book, June 26, 2003.

With Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D., and Lauren R. Noyes, “Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed and to Attempt Suicide.” Heritage Foundation CDA Report No. 03-04, June 3, 2003. With Fagan, Patrick F. “The Continuing Good News About Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1620, February 6, 2003.

With Hederman, Jr., Rea S., “The Role of Parental Work in Child Poverty.” Heritage Foundation Report From the Center for Data Analysis CDA03-01, January 29, 2003.

With Fagan, Patrick F. and Robert W. Patterson, “Marriage and Welfare Reform: The Overwhelming Evidence that Marriage Education Works.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1606, October 25, 2002.

“Despite Recession, Black Child Poverty Plunges to All-Time Historic Low” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1595, September 27, 2002

“The Baucus "WORK" Act of 2002: Repealing Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1580, September 3, 2002.

With Johnson, Kirk A., “The Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty.” Report for the Center For Data Analysis, CDA02-05, August 2, 2002.

With Riedl, Brian M. “Myths and Facts: Why Successful Welfare Reform Must Strengthen Work Requirements” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, No. 1568, July 12, 2002. “Dissenting Statement to the Report of the Millennial Housing Commission.” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 102, May 31, 2002.

With Fagan, Patrick F. and Kirk A. Johnson, “The Effect of Marriage on Child Poverty.” Heritage Foundation Report from the Center for Data Analysis, CDA-02-04, April 15, 2002.

“The Effectiveness of Abstinence Education Programs in Reducing Sexual Activity Among Youth.” Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder No. 1533, April 8, 2002.

With Fagan, Patrick F. and Kirk Johnson, and America Peterson, “The Positive Effects of Marriage: A Book of Charts,” The Heritage Foundation, April 2002

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With Fagan, Patrick F., “The Good News About Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1468, September 5, 2001.

With Fagan, Patrick F and Kirk A. Johnson, “Understanding Differences in Black and White Child Poverty Rates.” Heritage Foundation Report from the Center for Data Analysis, CDA01-04, May 23, 2001.

With Fagan, Patrick F., “The Effects of Divorce on America.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, No. 1373, June 5, 2000.

With Hederman, Rea, “Income Inequality: How Census Data Misrepresent Income Distribution.” The Heritage Foundation Report from the Center of Data Analysis, CDA-9907, September 29, 1999.

With Youssef, Sarah. “The Determinants of Welfare Caseload Decline.” Heritage Foundation Report of the Center for Data Analysis, CDA99-04, May 11, 1999.8

“The Myth of Widespread American Poverty.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1221, September, 18, 1998.

“Facts About American Families and Day Care.” Heritage Foundation F.Y.I. No. 170, January 23, 1998.

“The Clinton Day Care Proposal: An Attack on Parents and Children.” Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 506, January 14, 1998.

“Washington’s Assault on Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 244, August 14, 1997.

“Conference Checklist on Welfare Policy: How Congress Can Stop the Destruction of Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 238, July 11, 1997.

“Saving Our Children: The American Community Renewal Act of 1996.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 228, July 29, 1996.

“How Welfare Harms Kids.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No.1084, June 5, 1996.

“Welfare Reform Once Again: Examining the NGA Welfare Plan.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1075, March 18, 1996.

“Why Congress Must Reform Welfare.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1063, December 4, 1995.

“The Impact of New Jersey’s Family Cap on Out-of-Wedlock Births and Abortions.” Heritage Foundation F.Y.I. No. 59, September 6, 1995.

“The Forgotten Crisis: S1120, Welfare Reform and Illegitimacy.” Heritage Foundation Committee Brief No. 18, August 31, 1995.

“The Case for ‘Strings-Attached’ Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation Lectures No. 524, April 27, 1995.

“Elderly Non-Citizens on Welfare Will Cost the American Taxpayer $328 Billion Over the Next Decade.” Heritage Foundation F.Y.I. No. 54, March 23, 1995.

“Talent Amendment Fixes Fatally Flawed Republican Work Plan.” Heritage Foundation F.Y.I. No. 53, March 21, 1995.

“The Fallacy That Welfare Reform Will Increase Abortions.” Heritage Foundation Executive

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“New Jersey Experiment Sharply Cuts Illegitimate Births Among Welfare Mothers.” Heritage Foundation F.Y.I. No. 50, February 9, 1995.

“Health Care Debate Talking points #10: The Mitchell Bill’s Punitive Penalty on Work.” Heritage Foundation F.Y.I. No. 32, August 18, 1994.

“How Clinton’s Bill Extends Welfare as We Know It.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 200, August 1, 1994.

“Combating Family Disintegration, Crime and Dependence: Welfare Reform and Beyond.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 983, April 8, 1994.

“Reducing the Crushing Tax Burdens on America’s Families.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 981, March 7, 1994.

“The Facts About America’s Poor.” Heritage Foundation F.Y.I. No. 6, December 23, 1993.

“President Clinton’s Commitment to Welfare Reform: The Disturbing Record So Far.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 967, December 17, 1993.

“The Poverty Paradox: How America Spent $5 Trillion on the War on Poverty Without Reducing the Poverty Rate.” Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 364, September 22, 1993.

“Why Expanding Welfare Will Not Help the Poor.” Heritage Foundation Lectures No. 450, May 28, 1993.

“A Comprehensive Urban Policy: How to Fix Welfare and Revitalize America’s Inner Cities.” Heritage Foundation Clinton Memo No. 12, January 18, 1993.

“The Paradox of Poverty: How We Spent $3.5 Trillion Without Changing the Poverty Rate.” Heritage Foundation Lectures No. 410, October 1, 1992.

“How the New Census Report Dramatically Overstates Poverty in America.” Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 339, August 31, 1992.

“Strategies for Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation Lectures No. 378, May 1, 1992.

“How to Strengthen America’s Crumbling Families.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 894, April 28, 1992.

“What George Bush Is Not Being Told About Federal Spending.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 886, March 4, 1992.

“How the Poor Really Live: Lessons for Welfare Reform.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 875, 31 January 1992.

“Why the New Census Report Will Overstate Poverty.” Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 309, September 23, 1991.

“Hunger and Malnutrition Among American Children.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 843, August 2, 1991.

“The Budget Summit Agreement: Part III, No New Taxes Needed.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder Update No. 142, October 3, 1990.

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“The Missing Data in the Census Bureau Poverty Report.” Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 283, September 27, 1990.

“How ‘Poor’ Are America’s Poor?” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 791, September 21, 1990.

“The New Hawkins/Downey Bill: Cosmetic Changes Mask Real Flaws.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder Update No. 130, March 28, 1990.

“The Hawkins/Downey Child Care Bill: In Raising Children, Washington Knows Best.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 157, March 28, 1990.

“Two Visions of Child Care: Stenholm/Shaw vs. Hawkins/Downey.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 156, March 26, 1990.

“H.3., The Hawkins-Downey Childcare Bill: Government Nannies for America’s Children.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 154, October 2, 1989.

“A Look at the ‘New’ ABC Bill: Restricting Parental Choice in Child Rearing.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 149, June 19, 1989.

“The ‘New’ ABC Child Care Bill: Now It Seeks to Regulate Grandmothers.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder Update No. 99, May 8, 1989.

“Two Cheers for Bush’s Family Tax Cut.” Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 229, March 2, 1989.

“The ‘ABC’ Child Care Bill: An Attempt to Bureaucratize Motherhood.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 145, October 6, 1988.

“H.R. 5195 and H.R. 5196: Civil Service Changes Set Back the Clock.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 143, September 26, 1988.

“The American Family and Day-Care.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 138, April 5, 1988.

“The Pseudo-Science of Comparable Worth: Phrenology for Modern Times.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 635, February 29, 1988.

“Bad Ideas Never Die: Comparable Worth for Federal Government.” Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 183, December 16, 1987.

“Welfare Reform That Is Anti-Work, Anti-Family, Anti-Poor.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 603, September 23, 1987.

“Time to Pull the Plug on Welfare ‘Reform.’” Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 169, July 22, 1987.

“Reforming Welfare: The Promises and Limits of Workfare.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 585, June 11, 1987.

“Two Cheers for the Kennedy Welfare Plan.” Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 149, February 13, 1987.

“Inviting Tammany Hall to the Potomac: Rolling Back the Hatch Act.” Heritage Foundation Issue Bulletin No. 134, January 2, 1987.

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“A New Strategy for East-West Trade.” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 357, May 31, 1984.

Articles

“Welfare Reform: Two Decades of Success” Online, August 17, 2016

“Want to Help the Poor? Transform Don’t Grow Welfare” National Review Online, January 30, 2014

“How the War on Poverty Was Lost: Fifty Years and $20 Trillion Later, LBJ’s Goal to Help the Poor Become Self-supporting has Failed,” , January 7, 2014

With Jennifer A. Marshall, “The Unfinished Work of Welfare Reform”, National Interest, Winter 2013.

“Linking Food Stamps and Work.” The New York Times, May 7, 2013

With Jim DeMint, “Amnesty for illegal immigrants will cost America.” , May 6, 2013. “Clinton’s Oratory Misses Truth on Work, Welfare” National Review Online, September 8, 2012

“How Obama has gutted welfare reform” The Washington Post, September 6, 2012 “Not So Fast, ‘Fact-Checkers’”, National Review Online, September 5, 2012

“Obama’s Attack on ‘Workfare’”, National Review Online, August 8, 2012

“The Poverty Solution: Marriage or Bust”, National Review Online, September 20, 2010

“Understanding Poverty in America”, National Review Online, September 10, 2009

“Hunger Hysteria” National Review Online, November 21, 2007

“Look to Milton.” National Review Online, June 20, 2007 http://www.nationalreview.com/article/221330/look-milton-robert-rector

“How Not to Be Poor.” National Review, October 24, 2005, pp. 26-28.

“Lifting Up the People.” National Review Online, November 29, 2004, http://www.nationalreview.com/books/rector200502011038.asp

“Using Welfare Reform to Strengthen Marriage.” American Experiment Quarterly, Summer 2001, pp. 63- 67.

With Johnson, Kirk A.; Youssef, Sarah E., “The Extent of Material hardship and Poverty in the United States.” Review of Social Economy, September 1999.

“Not So Poor: the Luxury of American Poverty.” National Review, October 25, 1999.

“America Has the World’s Richest Poor People.” The Wall Street Journal, 24 September, 1998.

“Wisconsin Welfare Reform Slices Dependence in Half.” Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy 12 (Winter 1997): 22-26.

“Welfare Reform: Two Views/ Self-sufficiency, Not Dependence.” MBIA Public Issues, Summer 1997, p.6.

“Breaking the Welfare Cycle.” National Review, 16 June 1997, pp.18,20,60.

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“Wisconsin’s Welfare Miracle.” Policy Review, March/April 1997, pp.20-26.

“Wisconsin Beats the Feds on Welfare Reform.” Wall Street Journal, 6 March 1997, sec.A, p.14.

“The Case for ‘Strings-Attached’ Welfare Reform.” Madison Review, 1(Winter 1996): 13-16.

“Welfare Gambit.” National Review, 2 September 1996, pp.40-43.

“God and the Underclass.” National Review, 15 July 1996, pp.30-33.

“A Retirement Home for Immigrants.” Wall Street Journal, 20 February 1996, sec.A, p.18.

“Stringing Along.” National Review, 17 April 1995, pp. 50-53.

“Welfare Reform, Dependency Reduction and Labor Market Entry.” Journal of Labor Research 3 (Summer 1993): 283-97.

“Fighting Behavioral Poverty.” Georgetown Journal on Fighting Poverty 1 (1993): 69-73.

“Try the Difference Values Can Make.” Insight, 13 December 1993, pp.22-24.

“The Family in Danger.” The American Legion, October 1992, pp. 32-33, 66-67.

“America’s Poverty Myth.” Wall Street Journal, 3 September, 1992, sec.A, p.10.

“Requiem for the War on Poverty: Rethinking Welfare After the Los Angeles Riots.” Policy Review, Summer 1992, pp.40-46.

“Food Fight.” Policy Review, Fall 1991, pp.38-43.

“Uncle Sam and The Kids: Parents, Politics, and Child Care.” The World & I, September 1991, pp.485- 501.

“Poverty in the U.S. Is Exaggerated by the Census.” Wall Street Journal, 25 September 1990, sec. A, p.22.

“Fourteen Myths about Families and Child Care.” Harvard Journal on Legislation 2 (Summer 1989): 517- 47.

Bimonthly Welfare Column for Intellectual Ammunition September 1992 to Fall 2000.

Daily Signal Commentaries

With Hall, Jamie B, “Does Current Immigration Economically Benefit Ordinary U.S. Citizens?” Daily Signal, November 20, 2016.

“Amnesty Would Cost Taxpayers Trillions, National Academy of Sciences Report Indicates.” Daily Signal, November 4, 2016.

With Hall, Jamie B, “Every Immigrant Without High School Degree Will Cost Taxpayers $640,000.” Daily Signal, September 21, 2016.

With Sheffield, Rachel, “15 Facts About US Poverty the Government Hides.” Daily Signal, September 13, 2016.

14 “Did Welfare Reform Really Throw 3.5 Million Children Into Third World Poverty? The Facts May Surprise You.” Daily Signal, August 22, 2016.

With Sheffield, Rachel, “The Right Way to Fight Poverty (and Why Paul Ryan’s Plan Misses the Mark).” Daily Signal, June 7, 2016.

“Self-Sufficiency, Not Government Spending, Should Be the Measure of Antipoverty Progress.” Daily Signal, March 15, 2016.

“US Spends Far More on Social Welfare Than Most European Nations.” Daily Signal, September 19, 2015.

“How Do America’s Poor Really Live? Examining the Census Poverty Report.” Daily Signal, September 16, 2015.

“How the Welfare State Penalizes Parents Who Marry.” Daily Signal, February 15, 2015.

With Sheffield, Rachel, “How Obama’s New Tax Plan Discriminates Against Stay-at-Home Parents.” Daily Signal, January 15, 2015.

With Boccia, Romina, “You’ve Never Heard of This Legislation. But If Passed, It Would Increase the Welfare State.” Daily Signal, November 23, 2014.

“How the War on Poverty Has Hurt American Marriage Rates.” Daily Signal, November 18, 2014.

“The War on Poverty Has Been a Colossal Flop”. Daily Signal, September 16, 2014.

“This Chart Proves the War on Poverty Has Been a Catastrophic Failure.” Daily Signal, July 28, 2014.

With Sheffield, Rachel, “Paul Ryan’s New Anti-Poverty Plan Should Take Work and Marriage Seriously.” Daily Signal, July 25, 2014.

“It's Time for Welfare Programs to Require Work, Not Subsidize Idleness.” Daily Signal, February 1, 2014.

“How The War on Poverty Was Lost.” Daily Signal, January 12, 2014.

“Buyer Beware: White House Sells Amnesty with Dubious Keynesian Economics.” Daily Signal, August 27, 2013.

With Payne, Amy, “Morning Bell: Welfare Spending Shattering All-Time Highs.” Daily Signal, October 18, 2013.

“Clinton Defends Obama on Gutting of His Welfare Reform Law.” Daily Signal, September 6, 2012.

“Even More Bad News on Obama HHS Gutting Welfare Reform.” Daily Signal, July 26, 2012.

“Obama Administration Rebuffs Congressional Inquiry on Legality of Gutting Welfare Reform.” Daily Signal, July 19, 2012.

“Obama Ends Welfare Reform as We Know It, Calls for $12.7 Trillion in New Welfare Spending.” Daily Signal, July 17, 2012.

With Bradley, Kiki, “Obama Guts Welfare Reform.” Daily Signal, July 12, 2012.

“Poverty Measure a Gimmick to Equalize Incomes.” Daily Signal, November 7, 2011.

“One in Five Children Poor—but What Does That Mean?” Daily Signal, August 17, 2011.

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“Welfare Spending Under the Boehner Plan.” Daily Signal, July 27, 2011.

“The Poverty Solution: Marriage or Bust.” Daily Signal, September 21, 2010.

“Poverty Explodes, Root Cause Is the Collapse of Marriage.” Daily Signal, September 16, 2010.

“Morning Bell: Halting the Explosive Growth of Welfare Entitlements.” Daily Signal, June 25, 2010.

“Understanding Illegitimacy.” Daily Signal, April 12, 2010.

“Understanding Poverty.” Daily Signal, September 10, 2009.

“Obama to Deep Six Marriage, Promote Cohabitation.” Daily Signal, December 18, 2008.

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