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Time for children : trends in the employment patterns of parents, 1967-2009

Fox, Liana; Han, Wen-jui; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - 2011

children's well-being: time and money. We document trends in parental employment, from the perspective of children, and show … coordinating employment schedules for some dual-earner families. -- parental employment ; child care time ; work family balance …

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Migraine headache and labor market outcomes

Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012

While migraine headache can be physically debilitating, no study has attempted to estimate its effects on labor market outcomes. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of migraine headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and...

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The effects of paid family leave in California on labor market outcomes

Baum, Charles L.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2014

effects of CA-PFL. Rights to paid leave are also associated with higher work and employment probabilities for mothers nine to …

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California's paid family leave law and the employment of 45-64 year old adults

Bartel, Ann; Kim, Soohyun; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - 2021

care for a spouse has not been studied widely. We examine the effects of California's law on the employment of workers who … the paid leave program increased the employment of 45-64 year old women with a disabled spouse in California by around 0 …, with a 2.9 percentage point rise in private sector employment. The employment of men with a disabled spouse in California …

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The impact of paid family leave on employers: evidence from New York

Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - 2021

We designed and fielded a survey of New York and Pennsylvania firms to study the impacts of New York's 2018 Paid Family Leave policy on employer outcomes. We match each NY firm to a comparable PA firm and use difference-in-difference models to analyze within-match-pair changes in outcomes. We...

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Public policies and women's employment after childbearing

Han, Wen-jui; Ruhm, Christopher J.; Waldfogel, Jane; … - 2009

policies aiming to increase maternal employment and those maximizing the choices available to families with young children … leave laws) foster both choice and higher levels of employment. -- Public policies ; maternal employment ; childbearing …

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Occupational status and health transitions

Morefield, G. Brant; Ribar, David C.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011

-collar employment predicts a substantial increase in the probability of transitioning from very good into bad self-assessed health …, relative to white-collar employment, but with no evidence of occupational differences in movements from bad to very good health …

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Medical marijuana laws and teen marijuana use

Anderson, D. Mark; Hansen, Benjamin; Rees, Daniel I. - 2012

While at least a dozen state legislatures are considering bills to allow the consumption of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the federal government has recently intensified its efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries. Federal officials contend that the legalization of medical marijuana...

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High on life? : medical marijuana laws and suicide

Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012

Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in...

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The economics of risky health behaviors

Cawley, John H.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011

outcomes such as medical care costs, educational attainment, employment, wages, and crime. It also reviews the research on … ; medical costs ; employment ; wages ; crime ; hyperbolic discounting …

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