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Keeping Up with the Jansens : Causal Peer Effects on Household Spending, Beliefs and Happiness

Rooij, Maarten van; Coibion, Olivier; Georgarakos, Dimitris - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

-post employment outcomes. Finally, believing that one earns more than peers causally leads to large positive effects on happiness …

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Race and Gender Pay Differentials

Blau, Francine D. - 1992

In this paper we review research findings from the 1980s and early 1990s on race and gender pay gaps. In addition. we present some evidence from the Current Population Surveys (1972, 1982 and 1989) regarding the impact of shifts in the industrial composition of employment and in interindustry...

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The US Gender Pay Gap in the 1990s : Slowing Convergence

Blau, Francine D. - 2004

We use data from the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to study the slowdown in the convergence of female and male wages in the 1990s compared to the 1980s. We found that changes in human capital did not contribute to the trends, since women improved their relative human capital to...

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The Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Boboshko, Nikolai; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We study the impact of selection bias on estimates of the gender pay gap, focusing on whether the gender pay gap has fallen since 1981. Previous research has found divergent results across techniques, identification strategies, data sets, and time periods. Using Michigan Panel Study of Income...

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Gender and Youth Employment Outcomes : The US and West Germany, 1984-91

Blau, Francine D. - 1997

This paper examines gender differences in labor market outcomes for hard-to-employ youth in the US and West Germany during the 1984-91 period. We find that young, less educated American men and especially women are far less likely to be employed than their German counterparts. Moreover, less...

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The Impact of Wage Structure on Trends in U.S. Gender Wage Differentials 1975-1987

Blau, Francine D. - 1994

and a rising level of wage inequality. This paper uses Michigan Panel Study on Income Dynamics (PSID) data for 1975 and …

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Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?

Blau, Francine D. - 2017

In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe Dahl and Moretti's (2008) son preference results, which found evidence that having a female first child increased the probability of single female headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial...

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Induced Innovation and Social Inequality : Evidence from Infant Medical Care

Cutler, David M. - 2009

We develop a model of induced innovation where research effort is a function of the death rate, and thus the potential to reduce deaths in the population. We also consider potential social consequences that arise from this form of induced innovation based on differences in disease prevalence...

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Inequality and Volatility Moderation in Russia : Evidence from Micro-Level Panel Data on Consumption and Income

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2009

Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for 1994-2005. We analyze cross-sectional income and consumption inequality and find that inequality …

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Innocent Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S

Coibion, Olivier - 2012

We study the effects and historical contribution of monetary policy shocks to consumption and income inequality in the … United States since 1980. Contractionary monetary policy actions systematically increase inequality in labor earnings, total … historical cyclical variation in income and consumption inequality. Using detailed micro-level data on income and consumption, we …

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