Social Security benefits depend on the employment and earnings history of the covered worker, but, especially for women, they depend on one's marital history and the employment and earnings history of one's spouse. This paper examines the interrelationship between marriage, divorce, employment...

We argue that previous research on time devoted to child care has devoted insufficient attention to the definition and conceptualization of care time. Three separate problems are evident. First, the conventional focus on explicit activities with children distracts attention from the larger...

We argue that previous research on time devoted to child care has devoted insufficient attention to the definition and conceptualization of care time. Three separate problems are evident. First, the conventional focus on explicit activities with children distracts attention from the larger...

Unterschiede in der Zeitverwendung verdeutlichen geschlechtsspezifische Armutsmuster. Diese Dissertation untersucht die Zusammenhänge zwischen Freizeit- und Einkommensarmut und zwischen Einkommensungleichheit und Kohlendioxidemissionen. Regressionen jenseits des Mittelwerts ermöglichen es, die...

Our paper utilizes variation across the 50 U.S. states to examine the relationship between public expenditures on children and child outcomes. We find that public expenditures on children are related to better child outcomes across a wide range of indicators, including measures of child...