Cohort Size and the Marriage Market: Explaining Nearly a Century of Changes in US Marriage Rates [0.03%]
cohort规模与婚姻市场：解释近一个世纪以来美国结婚率的变化
Mary Ann Bronson,Maurizio Mazzocco
Mary Ann Bronson
We document that the US marriage market is characterized by two systematic empirical patterns. First, there is a quantitatively large, strong, and persistent negative relationship between changes in cohort size and marriage rates of women. ...
Erin Kelley,Gregory Lane,Matthew Pecenco et al.
Erin Kelley et al.
Many workers are evaluated on their ability to engage with customers. We measure the impact of gender-based customer discrimination on the productivity of online sales agents in sub-Saharan Africa. Using a novel framework that randomly vari...
The Association between the Volatility of Income and Life Expectancy in the United States [0.03%]
美国收入波动与预期寿命之间的关系
Anna L Ziff,Emily Wiemers,V Joseph Hotz
Anna L Ziff
We examine the relationship between income volatility and life expectancy in mid-sized U.S. commuting zones between 2006 and 2014. We use a commercial dataset, InfoUSA, to measure income volatility which we link to estimates of life expecta...
Geographic Variation in Cesarean Sections in the United States: Trends, Correlates, and Other Interesting Facts [0.03%]
美国的剖宫产的地域差异：趋势、相关性及其他有趣的事实
Sarah Robinson,Heather Royer,David Silver
Sarah Robinson
Analyzing data spanning three decades covering the near universe of births, we study county-level differences in Cesarean section (C-section) rates among first-time mothers of singleton births. Our research reveals persistent geographic var...
Does Ageist Language in Job Ads Predict Age Discrimination in Hiring? [0.03%]
工作招聘广告中的年龄歧视性用词预示着招聘过程中的年龄歧视？
Ian Burn,Patrick Button,Luis Munguia Corella et al.
Ian Burn et al.
We study the relationships between ageist stereotypes - as reflected in the language used in job ads - and age discrimination in hiring, exploiting the text of job ads and differences in callbacks to older and younger job applicants from a ...
Nevertheless She Persisted? Gender Peer Effects in Doctoral STEM Programs [0.03%]
她依旧坚持下去吗？博士STEM项目中的性别同伴效应
Valerie K Bostwick,Bruce A Weinberg
Valerie K Bostwick
We study the effects of peer gender composition in STEM doctoral programs on persistence and degree completion. Leveraging unique new data and quasi-random variation in gender composition across cohorts within programs, we show that women e...
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A HIGH NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1966 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT [0.03%]
1966年公平劳动标准法的经济影响：证据与高国家最低工资的影响
Martha J Bailey,John DiNardo,Bryan A Stuart
Martha J Bailey
This paper examines the short and longer-term economic effects of the 1966 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which increased the national minimum wage to its highest level of the 20th Century and extended coverage to an additional 9.1 million...
Changes across Cohorts in Wage Returns to Schooling and Early Work Experiences [0.03%]
学历和工作经验早期回报的世代变化
Jared Ashworth,V Joseph Hotz,Arnaud Maurel et al.
Jared Ashworth et al.
This paper investigates the wage returns to schooling and actual early work experiences and how these returns have changed over the past 20 years. Using the NLSY surveys, we develop and estimate a dynamic model of the joint schooling and wo...
Diagnosing Expertise: Human Capital, Decision Making, and Performance among Physicians [0.03%]
诊断专业知识：医生的人力资本、决策和绩效之间的关系
Janet Currie,W Bentley MacLeod
Janet Currie
Expert performance is often evaluated assuming that good experts have good outcomes. We examine expertise in medicine and develop a model that allows for two dimensions of physician performance: decision making and procedural skill. Better ...
Andreas I Mueller,Jesse Rothstein,Till M von Wachter
Andreas I Mueller
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) awards rise during recessions. If marginal applicants are able to work but unable to find jobs, countercyclical Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit extensions may reduce SSDI uptake. Exploiting UI...