Details about Melinda Pitts

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Short-id: ppi175

Working Papers

2008

1. Working with children? the probability of mothers exiting the workforce at time of birth
   Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

2007

2. Cigarette smoking and food insecurity among low-income families in the United States, 2001
   Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations
3. Does disability explain state-level differences in the quality of Medicare beneficiary hospital inpatient care?
   Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
4. Evidence of demand factors in the determination of the labor market intermittency penalty
   Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
5. The role of labor market intermittency in explaining gender wage differentials
   Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2007)

2006

6. Earnings on the information technology roller coaster: insight from matched employer-employee data
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   Also in Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2005) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Southern Economic Journal (2006)
7. Smoking: taxing health and Social Security
   Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
   See also Journal Article in Economic Review (2007)
8. The push-pull effects of the information technology boom and bust: insight from matched employer-employee data
   Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

2005

9. Freshman learning communities, college performance, and retention
   Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
   See also Journal Article in Education Economics (2006)

2004

10. Wage gains among job changers across the business cycle:> insight from state administrative data
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations

2003

11. Female labor force intermittency and current earnings: a switching regression model with unknown sample selection
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations
12. The influence of year-end bonuses on colorectal cancer screening
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
13. The ups and downs of jobs in Georgia: what can we learn about employment dynamics from state administrative data?
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

2002

14. Incorporating insurance rate estimates and differential mortality into net marginal Social Security tax rate calculations
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations
15. Why choose women's work if it pays less? A structural model of occupational choice
    Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations

Journal Articles

2007

1. Smoking: taxing health and Social Security
   Economic Review, 2007, (Q 3), 27-41
   See also Working Paper (2006)
2. The Role of Labor Market Intermittency in Explaining Gender Wage Differentials
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 417-421 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2006

3. Earnings on the Information Technology Roller Coaster: Insight from Matched Employer-Employee Data
   Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 73, (2), 342–361
   See also Working Paper (2006)
4. Freshman Learning Communities, College Performance, and Retention
   Education Economics, 2006, 14, (2), 197-210
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

5. Female labour force intermittency and current earnings: switching regression model with unknown sample selection
   Applied Economics, 2005, 37, (5), 545-560 View citations
6. Ill winds can’t blow U.S. economy off course
   EconSouth, 2005, (Q4)
7. It's who you are and what you do: explaining the IT industry wage premium
   Economic Review, 2005, (Q 3), 37-45
8. The quality of preventive and diagnostic medical care: why do southern states underperform?
   Economic Review, 2005, (Q 1), 59-67

2003

9. At What Level of Labor-Market Intermittency Are Women Penalized?
   American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 233-237 View citations
10. Physician Financial Incentives in Managed Care: Resource Use, Quality and Cost Implications
    Disease Management and Health Outcomes, 2003, 11, (3), 139-147
11. Validation of the Pneumonia Severity Index Among Patients Treated at Home or in the Hospital
    Disease Management and Health Outcomes, 2003, 11, (9), 595-601

2002

12. Southeastern economy still feeling recession's effects
    EconSouth, 2002, (Q4), 8-23