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Disability Insurance in the Great Recession : Ease of Access, Program Enrollment, and Local Hysteresis

Kearney, Melissa Schettini; Price, Brendan M.; Wilson, Riley - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

during economic downturns and that expanded access to SSDI leads to a reduction in employment. We build on these insights and … and employment during the subsequent recovery. We exploit plausibly exogenous variation in SSDI appeals processing time (a … sample, there is no clear effect of longer processing times on subsequent employment rates. However, we find some limited …

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The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates Since the Great Recession

Kearney, Melissa Schettini; Levine, Phillip B.; Pardue, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper documents a set of facts about the dramatic decline in birth rates in the United States between 2007 and 2020 and explores possible explanations. The overall reduction in the birth rate reflects declines across many groups of women, including women who differ by race and ethnicity,...

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The Cyclicality of Births and Babies' Health, Revisited : Evidence from Unemployment Insurance

Dettling, Lisa J.; Kearney, Melissa Schettini - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We revisit the cyclical nature of birth rates and infant health and investigate to what extent the relationship between aggregate labor market conditions and birth outcomes is mitigated by the consumption smoothing income assistance delivered through unemployment insurance (UI). We introduce a...

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