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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave : Exploiting Forty Years of U.S. Policy Variation
Flores, Andrea M.; Gayle, George-Levi; Hincapié, Andrés - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of … education benefit more. As a potential mechanism, we find that the policies increased mothers' time investments in children and … parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437042
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, Opioid Abuse, and Crime
Dave, Dhaval - 2018
We study the spillover effects of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on crime, and in the process inform how policies that restrict access to Rx opioids per se within the healthcare system would impact broader non-health domains. In response to the substantial increase in opioid use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480628
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Substance Abuse during the Pandemic : Implications for Labor-Force Participation
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kopecky, Karen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The labor-force participation rates of prime-age U.S. workers dropped in March 2020--the start of the COVID-19 pandemic--and have still not fully recovered. At the same time, substance-abuse deaths were elevated during the pandemic relative to trend indicating an increase in the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191027
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The Transformation of Manufacturing and the Decline in U.S. Employment
Charles, Kerwin Kofi - 2018
Using data from a variety of sources, this paper comprehensively documents the dramatic changes in the manufacturing sector and the large decline in employment rates and hours worked among prime-aged Americans since 2000. We use cross-region variation to explore the link between declining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453246
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The Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Employment and Earnings
Dave, Dhaval; Liang, Yang; Muratori, Caterina; Sabia, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Despite nearly 70 percent of the American public supporting legalization of recreational marijuana, opponents argue that increased marijuana use may diminish motivation, impede cognitive function, and harm health, each of which could adversely affect adults' economic wellbeing. This study is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477305
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Expanding Access to Clean Water for the Rural Poor : Experimental Evidence from Malawi
Dupas, Pascaline - 2020
children. The program is more effective and much more cost-effective than asking Community Health Workers (CHWs) to distribute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481425
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Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Employment Outcomes : Evidence from Real-World Data from April to December 2021
Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans; Glasner, Benjamin; Hamilton, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
.S. families with children from July to December 2021, substantially reduced poverty and food hardship. Other studies posit … participation in the labor force among adults living in households with children. Further, labor supply responses to the policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172123
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Gender Differences in (some) Formative Inputs to Child Development
Baker, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
, mothers in the US and Canada are more likely to experience depression post birth when the first born child is a boy. Perhaps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482600
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Employment and Labor Supply Responses to the Child Tax Credit Expansion : Theory and Evidence
Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore; Strain, Michael R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
groups was not reduced by the 2021 CTC changes. However, we present evidence that employment was reduced among mothers with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576580
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Childhood Health and Differences in Late-Life Health Outcomes Between England and the United States
Banks, James - 2011
In this paper we examine the link between retrospectively reported measures of childhood health and the prevalence of various major and minor diseases at older ages. Our analysis is based on comparable retrospective questionnaires placed in the Health and Retirement Study and the English...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461561