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Unintended consequences of family planning policies on the breastfeeding gap between sons and daughters
Chae, Minhee; Cai, Yong; Kim, Jun Hyung; Lavely, William R. - 2023
We examine the effect of a Chinese family planning policy (FPP) known as "Later, Longer, and Fewer" on the gender gap … intensity of the FPP predicts the gender gap to be 35% greater than the gap without FPP. The effects are explained by the skewed … gender composition of last-born children produced by sex-selective stopping behavior. The findings indicate a way in which …
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Action on Social Security: The Urgent Need for Delay
Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010
There is enormous public confusion (much of it deliberately cultivated) about the extent of Social Security’s projected shortfall. Many policymakers and analysts point out that projections from the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security Trustees show the program to be out of...
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State Union Membership, 2012
Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle; Sanes, Milla - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013
On January 23, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in 2012. This issue brief focuses on the union membership numbers by state. In addition to presenting the BLS estimates for overall union membership in each state, we also provide...
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The Urgent Need for Job Creation
Schmitt, John; Conroy, Tessa - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010
Many lawmakers, policymakers, and economic commentators do not appear to recognize the depth of the current labor-market recession. Between December 2007 – the official first month of the recession – and December 2009, the U.S. economy lost more than eight million jobs. Even if the economy...
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Women, Working Families, and Unions
Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
One of every nine women in the United States (11.8 percent in 2013) is represented by a union at her place of work. The annual number of hours of paid work performed by women has increased dramatically over the last four decades. In 1979, the typical woman was on the job 925 hours per year; by...
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Half in Ten: Why Taking Disability into Account is Essential to Reducing Income Poverty and Expanding Economic Inclusion
Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
Disability is both a fundamental cause and consequence of income poverty. The income-poverty rate for persons with disabilities is between two to three times the rate for persons without disabilities. Yet, contemporary policy debate and research about income poverty in the United States is...
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The Changing Face of Labor, 1983-2008
Schmitt, John; Warner, Kris - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
Over the last quarter century, the unionized workforce has changed dramatically, according to this new CEPR report. In 2008, union workers reflected trends in the workforce as a whole toward a greater share of women, Latinos, Asian Pacific Americans, older, more-educated workers, and a shift out...
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Hard Work? Patterns of Physically Demand Labor Among Older Workers
Rho, Hye Jin - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010
Employment in physically demanding jobs or in jobs with difficult working conditions is a major cause of early labor-market exit among older workers. Raising the retirement age is particularly concerning for near-retirement age workers with such jobs. Despite the fact that the retirement age...
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The Impact of Social Security Cuts on Retiree Income
Baker, Dean; Rosnick, David - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010
There has been a serious push in policy circles to cut Social Security benefits for near- and/or current retirees. The argument for such cuts has been based on the deficits in the federal budget; the finances of the Social Security program have been at most a secondary consideration. However,...
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Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality
Ray, Rebecca; Schmitt, John; Gornick, Janet C. - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2008
This report examines the parental leave policies in 21 high-income nations and identifies five "best practices" for parental leave policies. The study shows that the U.S. has the least generous leave policies of the 21 countries examined in the report. The states exhibiting the five best...
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