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The New Lifecycle of Women’s Employment : Disappearing Humps, Sagging Middles, Expanding Tops

Goldin, Claudia; Mitchell, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2016

A new lifecycle of women's employment emerged with cohorts born in the 1950s. For prior cohorts, lifecycle employment … new lifecycle of employment is initially high and flat, there is a dip in the middle and a phasing out that is more … and greater labor force recovery for those who take paid or unpaid leave. Increased employment of women in their older …

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Women Working Longer : Facts and Some Explanations

Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2016

cohorts. It would appear that employment at older ages could stagnate or even decrease. But several other factors will be …

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When the Kids Grow Up : Women's Employment and Earnings across the Family Cycle

Goldin, Claudia; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Olivetti, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Women earn less than men, and that is especially true of mothers relative to fathers. Much of the widening occurs after family formation when mothers reduce their hours of work. But what happens when the kids grow up? To answer that question, we estimate three earning gaps: the "motherhood...

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A brief history of education in the United States

Goldin, Claudia (contributor) - 1999 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The Power of the Pill : Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions

Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2000

The fraction of U.S. college graduate women entering professional programs increased substantially around 1970 and the age at first marriage among all U.S. college graduate women soared just after 1972. We explore the relationship between these two changes and how each was shaped by the...

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A Brief History of Education in the United States

Goldin, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1999

This essay is the companion piece to about 550 individual data series on education to be included in the updated Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition (Cambridge University Press 2000, forthcoming). The essay reviews the broad outlines of U.S. educational history from...

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The Returns to Skill in the United States across the Twentieth Century

Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1999

Economic inequality is higher today than it has been since 1939, as measured by both the wage structure and wealth inequality. But the comparison between 1939 and 1999 is largely made out of necessity; the 1940 U.S. population census was the first to inquire of wage and salary income and...

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Minimum Wages and Teenage Childbearing : New Estimates Using a Dynamic Difference-in-Differences Approach

Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J.; Margolit, Rebecca - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The minimum wage is increasingly viewed as an important tool for improving public health outcomes, including reducing childbearing among teenagers. Taken at face value, recently reported estimates suggest that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour could reduce the number of teenage...

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Intended and Unintended Effects of E-cigarette Taxes on Youth Tobacco Use

Abouk, Rahi; Courtemanche, Charles; Dave, Dhaval; Feng, Bo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Over the past decade, rising youth use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has prompted aggressive regulation by state and local governments. Between 2010 and 2019, ten states and two large counties adopted ENDS taxes. Applying a continuous treatment...

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Is Recreational Marijuana a Gateway to Harder Drug Use and Crime?

Sabia, Joseph J.; Dave, Dhaval; Alotaibi, Fawaz; Rees, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Recreational marijuana laws (RMLs), which legalize the possession of small quantities of marijuana for recreational use, have been adopted by 18 states and the District of Columbia. Opponents argue that RML-induced increases in marijuana consumption will serve as a "gateway" to harder drug use...

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