| $2.00 a day: Living on almost nothing in America K Edin, HL Shaefer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015 | 676 | 2015 |
| Nonstandard work schedules: Employer-and employee-driven flexibility in retail jobs JR Henly, HL Shaefer, E Waxman Social service review 80 (4), 609-634, 2006 | 324 | 2006 |
| Rising extreme poverty in the United States and the response of federal means-tested transfer programs HL Shaefer, K Edin Social Service Review 87 (2), 250-268, 2013 | 204 | 2013 |
| Racial and ethnic disparities in the lifetime prevalence of homelessness in the United States VA Fusaro, HG Levy, HL Shaefer Demography 55 (6), 2119-2128, 2018 | 157 | 2018 |
| The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and material hardships among low-income households with children HL Shaefer, IA Gutierrez Social Service Review 87 (4), 753-779, 2013 | 157 | 2013 |
| A universal child allowance: A plan to reduce poverty and income instability among children in the United States HL Shaefer, S Collyer, G Duncan, K Edin, I Garfinkel, D Harris, ... RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 4 (2), 22-42, 2018 | 135 | 2018 |
| Unemployment Insurance participation by education and by race and ethnicity A Gould-Werth, HL Shaefer Monthly Lab. Rev. 135, 28, 2012 | 68 | 2012 |
| Many of the kids are not alright: Material hardship among children in the United States R Rodems, HL Shaefer Children and Youth Services Review 112, 104767, 2020 | 65 | 2020 |
| The effects of income on the economic wellbeing of families with low incomes: Evidence from the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit N Pilkauskas, K Michelmore, N Kovski, HL Shaefer National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022 | 63 | 2022 |
| Extreme poverty in the United States, 1996-2011 HL Shaefer, K Edin National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University …, 2012 | 63 | 2012 |
| Do single mothers in the United States use the Earned Income Tax Credit to reduce unsecured debt? HL Shaefer, X Song, TR Williams Shanks Review of Economics of the Household 11, 659-680, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |
| Understanding the dynamics of $2-a-day poverty in the United States HL Shaefer, K Edin, E Talbert RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 1 (1), 120-138, 2015 | 55 | 2015 |
| Part-time workers: some key differences between primary and secondary earners HL Shaefer Monthly Lab. Rev. 132, 3, 2009 | 54 | 2009 |
| The decline of cash assistance and the well-being of poor households with children HL Shaefer, K Edin, V Fusaro, P Wu Social Forces 98 (3), 1000-1025, 2020 | 52 | 2020 |
| Identifying key barriers to unemployment insurance for disadvantaged workers in the United States HL Shaefer Journal of social policy 39 (3), 439-460, 2010 | 51 | 2010 |
| Material hardship and mental health following the COVID-19 relief bill and American rescue plan act P Cooney, HL Shaefer Ann Arbor, Michigan: Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan, 2021 | 50 | 2021 |
| From welfare to a work-based safety net: An incomplete transition SK Danziger, S Danziger, KS Seefeldt, HL Shaefer Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 35 (1), 231-238, 2016 | 48 | 2016 |
| Dental therapists: evidence of technical competence E Phillips, HL Shaefer Journal of Dental Research 92 (7_suppl), S11-S15, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
| Toward a better understanding of dental appointment‐keeping behavior A Lapidos, HL Shaefer, A Gwozdek Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 44 (1), 85-91, 2016 | 37 | 2016 |
| Expanding the discourse on antipoverty policy: Reconsidering a negative income tax J Wiederspan, E Rhodes, HL Shaefer Journal of Poverty 19 (2), 218-238, 2015 | 31 | 2015 |