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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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How do immigrants spend their time? : the process of assimilation

Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2010

Using 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity. We develop a theory of the process of assimilation – what immigrants do with...

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The complexity of immigrant generations : implications for assessing the socioeconomic integration of Hispanics and Asians

Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2012

Much of the socioeconomic mobility achieved by U.S. immigrant families takes place across rather than within generations. When assessing the long-term integration of immigrants, it is therefore important to analyze differences not just between the foreign-born and U.S-born, but also across...

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Cognitive performance and labor market outcomes

Lin, Dajun; Lutter, Randall W.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2016

We use information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and supplementary data sources to examine how cognitive performance, measured at approximately the end of secondary schooling, is related to the labor market outcomes of 20 through 50 year olds. Our estimates control...

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Maternal employment and adolescent development

Ruhm, Christopher J. (contributor) - 2005

This study investigates how maternal employment is related to the outcomes of 10 and 11 year olds, controlling for a … even moderate amounts of employment. The negative cognitive effects occur partly because maternal labor supply reduces the … significant. -- maternal employment ; adolescent development ; child obesity ; socioeconomic status …

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Assimilation via prices or quantities? : Labor market institutions and immigrant earnings growth in Australia, Canada, and the United States

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Healthy living in hard times

Ruhm, Christopher J. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Does the statutory overtime premium discourage long workweeks?

Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001

Using a pooled data set consisting of 20 annual observations on each of eleven major industry groups, I estimate the effects of overtime pay regulation on weekly work schedules. After controlling for workweek trends within industries, the sharp expansions in overtime pay coverage resulting from...

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Intergenerational progress of Mexican-origin workers in the U.S. labor market

Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001

Using unique Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and 1989, this paper compares the wage structure across generations of Mexican-origin men. I find that the sizable earnings advantage U.S.-born Mexican Americans enjoy over Mexican immigrants arises not just from intergenerational...

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