Similar Search Results

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317653

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013449230

The timing of maternal work and time with children

Stewart, Jay Charles - 2009

I use data from the American Time Use Survey to examine how maternal employment affects when during the day that mothers of pre-school-age children spend doing enriching childcare and whether they adjust their schedules to spend time with their children at more-desirable times of day. I find...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860650

Secondary childcare in the ATUS : what does it measure?

Stewart, Jay Charles; Allard, Mary Dorinda - 2015

Unlike most of the earlier U.S. time-use surveys, the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) does not collect information on secondary activities. It does, however, include a set of questions asking respondents to identify times when a child under 13 was "in your care." The goal of these questions is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346580

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458800

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881325

How does household production affect measured income inequality?

Frazis, Harley J.; Stewart, Jay Charles - 2009

Although income inequality has been studied extensively, relatively little attention has been paid to the role of household production. Economic theory predicts that households with less money income will produce more goods at home. Thus extended income, which includes the value of household...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824203

Why do BLS hours series tell different stories about trends in hours worked?

Frazis, Harley J.; Stewart, Jay Charles - 2010

from the BLS's household survey (the Current Population Survey or CPS) indicate that average weekly hours of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935001

Early to bed and earlier to rise : school, maternal employment, and children's sleep

Stewart, Jay Charles - 2013

School-age children need 10-11 hours of sleep per night. It has been well-documented that lack of sleep leads to diminished cognitive performance and that people who sleep less are more likely to be overweight or obese. I use data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) to examine two factors...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009695990

Cyclical variation in labor hours and productivity using the ATUS

Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Stewart, Jay … - 2012

We examine monthly variation in weekly work hours using data for 2003-10 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009679523