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Short and long-term effects of unemployment on fertility

Currie, Janet M.; Schwandt, Hannes - 2015

Scholars have been examining the relationship between fertility and unemployment for more than a century. Most studies … find that fertility falls with unemployment in the short run, but it is not known whether these negative effects persist … period 1975 to 2010, we analyze both the short and long-run effects of unemployment on fertility. We follow fixed cohorts of …

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The COVID-19 baby bump : the unexpected increase in U.S. fertility rates in response to the pandemic

Bailey, Martha J.; Currie, Janet M.; Schwandt, Hannes - 2022

to August 2022 to examine the childbearing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although fertility rates declined in 2020 … reversal in declining U.S. fertility rates since 2007 and was most pronounced for first births and women under age 25, which …

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Distortions, endogenous managerial skills and productivity differences

Bhattacharya, Dhritiman; Guner, Nezih; Ventura, Gustavo - 2011

We develop a span-of-control model where managerial skills are endogenous and the outcome of investments over the life cycle of managers. We calibrate this model to U.S plant-size data to quantify the effects of distortions that are correlated with the size of production units. These distortions...

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From shame to game in one hundred years : an economic model of the rise in premarital sex and its de-stigmatization

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2010

Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...

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Mortality inequality : the good news from a county-level approach

Currie, Janet M.; Schwandt, Hannes - 2016

affecting different segments of the population. We show that the differential timing of smoking reductions among the rich and …

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Violence while in utero : the impact of assaults during pregnancy on birth outcomes

Currie, Janet M.; Mueller-Smith, Michael; … - 2018

Causal evidence of the effects of violent crime on its victims is sparse. Yet such evidence is needed to determine the social cost of crime and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of policy interventions in the justice system. This study presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on...

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Taxing women : a macroeconomic analysis

Guner, Nezih; Kaygusuz, Remzi; Ventura, Gustavo - 2011

Based on well-known evidence on labor supply elasticities, several authors have concluded that women should be taxed at lower rates than men. We evaluate the quantitative implications of taxing women at a lower rate than men. Relative to the current system of taxation, setting a proportional tax...

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Marry your like : assortative mating and income inequality

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - 2014

Has there been an increase in positive assortative mating? Does assortative mating contribute to household income inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally, assortative mating affects household income inequality. In...

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Technology and the changing family : a unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married female labor-force participation

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - 2015

Marriage has declined since 1960, with the drop being bigger for non-college educated individuals versus college educated ones. Divorce has increased, more so for the non-college educated. Additionally, positive assortative mating has risen. Income inequality among households has also widened. A...

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Income taxation of US households : basic facts

Guner, Nezih; Kaygusuz, Remzi; Ventura, Gustavo - 2011

We use micro data from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to document how households' tax liabilities vary with income, marital status and the number of dependents. We report facts on the distributions of average and marginal taxes, properties of the joint distributions of taxes paid and income,...

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