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Workplace:Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, (more information at EDIRC)
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

  1. Modeling Event Studies with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads

2022

  1. Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) Downloads View citations (3)

2020

  1. The Dynamics of the Smoking Wage Penalty
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2020) Downloads

2018

  1. State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2018) Downloads View citations (2)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) Downloads View citations (2)

2017

  1. Losing Public Health Insurance: TennCare Disenrollment and Personal Financial Distress
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (9)

2016

  1. Killer Debt: The Impact of Debt on Mortality
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (7)

2014

  1. Do Minimum Wages Really Increase Youth Drinking and Drunk Driving?
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (14)
  2. Impact of first-birth career interruption on earnings: evidence from administrative data
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Impact of first birth career interruption on earnings: evidence from administrative data, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) Downloads View citations (6) (2017)
  3. The gap between the conditional wage distributions of incumbents and the newly hired employees: decomposition and uniform ordering
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads
    See also Chapter The Gap between the Conditional Wage Distributions of Incumbents and the Newly Hired Employees: Decomposition and Uniform Ordering, Advances in Econometrics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2014) Downloads (2014)

2013

  1. Even one is too much: the economic consequences of being a smoker
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (5)

2012

  1. A closer look at nonparticipants during and after the Great Recession
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (15)

2011

  1. A decomposition of the black-white differential in birth outcomes
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (2)
  2. To work or not to work: the economics of a mother's dilemma
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads

2010

  1. Assessing the impact of education and marriage on labor market exit decisions of women
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (3)

2008

  1. The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust, Economic Development Quarterly (2008) Downloads View citations (2) (2008)
  2. Working with children? the probability of mothers exiting the workforce at time of birth
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (2)

2007

  1. Cigarette smoking and food insecurity among low-income families in the United States, 2001
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Does disability explain state-level differences in the quality of Medicare beneficiary hospital inpatient care?
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads
  3. Evidence of demand factors in the determination of the labor market intermittency penalty
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (1)
  4. The role of labor market intermittency in explaining gender wage differentials
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article The Role of Labor Market Intermittency in Explaining Gender Wage Differentials, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2007) Downloads View citations (24) (2007)

2006

  1. Earnings on the information technology roller coaster: insight from matched employer-employee data
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2005) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Earnings on the Information Technology Roller Coaster: Insight from Matched Employer‐Employee Data, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2006) Downloads (2006)
  2. Smoking: taxing health and Social Security
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads
    See also Journal Article Smoking: taxing health and Social Security, Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2007) Downloads (2007)
  3. The push-pull effects of the information technology boom and bust: insight from matched employer-employee data
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (2)

2005

  1. Freshman learning communities, college performance, and retention
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Freshman Learning Communities, College Performance, and Retention, Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2006) Downloads View citations (4) (2006)

2004

  1. Wage gains among job changers across the business cycle: insight from state administrative data
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (4)

2003

  1. Female labor force intermittency and current earnings: a switching regression model with unknown sample selection
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Female labour force intermittency and current earnings: switching regression model with unknown sample selection, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2005) Downloads View citations (17) (2005)
  2. The influence of year-end bonuses on colorectal cancer screening
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (2)
  3. The ups and downs of jobs in Georgia: what can we learn about employment dynamics from state administrative data?
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (2)

2002

  1. Incorporating insurance rate estimates and differential mortality into net marginal Social Security tax rate calculations
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Incorporating Insurance Rate Estimates and Differential Mortality into the Net Marginal Social Security Tax Rate Calculation, Public Finance Review (2004) Downloads View citations (1) (2004)
  2. Why choose women's work if it pays less? A structural model of occupational choice
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Chapter WHY CHOOSE WOMEN’S WORK IF IT PAYS LESS? A STRUCTURAL MODEL OF OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2003) Downloads (2003)

Journal Articles

2024

  1. Industry-Level Sources for Solid US Employment Growth: Running on Empty or More Room to Run?
    Policy Hub, 2024, 2024, (8), 19 Downloads

2022

  1. Pink and Poverty Taxes on Marriage
    Policy Hub, 2022, 2022, (12) Downloads

2021

  1. Where Are They Now? Workers with Young Children during COVID-19
    Policy Hub, 2021, 2021, (10) Downloads

2020

  1. Losing public health insurance: TennCare reform and personal financial distress
    Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 187, (C) Downloads View citations (17)
  2. Where There's Smoke...: The Wage Impact of Smoking
    Policy Hub, 2020, 2020, (11), 8 Downloads

2019

  1. Are Minimum Wages a Silent Killer? New Evidence on Drunk Driving Fatalities
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (1), 192-199 Downloads View citations (17)

2017

  1. Impact of first birth career interruption on earnings: evidence from administrative data
    Applied Economics, 2017, 49, (35), 3509-3522 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Impact of first-birth career interruption on earnings: evidence from administrative data, FRB Atlanta Working Paper (2014) Downloads View citations (3) (2014)

2011

  1. Labor force exit decisions of new mothers
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9, (3), 397-414 Downloads View citations (7)

2010

  1. The demand side of the penalty for intermittent labour market behaviour
    Applied Economics Letters, 2010, 17, (6), 531-535 Downloads View citations (1)

2008

  1. The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust
    Economic Development Quarterly, 2008, 22, (3), 200-212 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust, MPRA Paper (2008) Downloads View citations (2) (2008)
  2. When things still don't add up
    EconSouth, 2008, 10, (1) Downloads

2007

  1. Smoking: taxing health and Social Security
    Economic Review, 2007, 92, (Q 3), 27-41 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Smoking: taxing health and Social Security, FRB Atlanta Working Paper (2006) Downloads (2006)
  2. The Role of Labor Market Intermittency in Explaining Gender Wage Differentials
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 417-421 Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper The role of labor market intermittency in explaining gender wage differentials, FRB Atlanta Working Paper (2007) Downloads View citations (25) (2007)

2006

  1. Earnings on the Information Technology Roller Coaster: Insight from Matched Employer‐Employee Data
    Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 73, (2), 342-361 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Earnings on the information technology roller coaster: insight from matched employer-employee data, MPRA Paper (2006) Downloads View citations (1) (2006)
  2. Freshman Learning Communities, College Performance, and Retention
    Education Economics, 2006, 14, (2), 197-210 Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Freshman learning communities, college performance, and retention, FRB Atlanta Working Paper (2005) Downloads View citations (1) (2005)

2005

  1. Female labour force intermittency and current earnings: switching regression model with unknown sample selection
    Applied Economics, 2005, 37, (5), 545-560 Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Female labor force intermittency and current earnings: a switching regression model with unknown sample selection, FRB Atlanta Working Paper (2003) Downloads View citations (3) (2003)
  2. Ill winds can’t blow U.S. economy off course
    EconSouth, 2005, 7, (Q4) Downloads
  3. It's who you are and what you do: explaining the IT industry wage premium
    Economic Review, 2005, 90, (Q 3), 37-45 Downloads View citations (2)
  4. The quality of preventive and diagnostic medical care: why do southern states underperform?
    Economic Review, 2005, 90, (Q 1), 59-67 Downloads

2004

  1. Incorporating Insurance Rate Estimates and Differential Mortality into the Net Marginal Social Security Tax Rate Calculation
    Public Finance Review, 2004, 32, (6), 588-609 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Incorporating insurance rate estimates and differential mortality into net marginal Social Security tax rate calculations, FRB Atlanta Working Paper (2002) Downloads View citations (3) (2002)

2003

  1. At What Level of Labor-Market Intermittency Are Women Penalized?
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 233-237 Downloads View citations (6)

2002

  1. Southeastern economy still feeling recession's effects
    EconSouth, 2002, 4, (Q4), 8-23 Downloads

2000

  1. Book Review: Labor Economics: Latinas and African American Women at Work: Race, Gender, and Economic Inequality
    ILR Review, 2000, 53, (2), 342-343 Downloads

Chapters

2014

  1. The Gap between the Conditional Wage Distributions of Incumbents and the Newly Hired Employees: Decomposition and Uniform Ordering
    A chapter in Essays in Honor of Peter C. B. Phillips, 2014, vol. 33, pp 587-612 Downloads
    See also Working Paper The gap between the conditional wage distributions of incumbents and the newly hired employees: decomposition and uniform ordering, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2014) Downloads (2014)

2003

  1. WHY CHOOSE WOMEN’S WORK IF IT PAYS LESS? A STRUCTURAL MODEL OF OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
    A chapter in Worker Well-Being and Public Policy, 2003, pp 415-445 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Why choose women's work if it pays less? A structural model of occupational choice, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2002) Downloads View citations (7) (2002)
 
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