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Working Papers

2023

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

2022

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

2020

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

2018

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

2017

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

2016

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

2014

7. Do Minimum Wages Really Increase Youth Drinking and Drunk Driving?
   FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (14)
8. Impact of first-birth career interruption on earnings: evidence from administrative data
   FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 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) View citations (6) (2017)
9. 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
   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) (2014)

2013

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

2012

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

2011

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

2010

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

2008

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

2007

17. Cigarette smoking and food insecurity among low-income families in the United States, 2001
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (3)
18. Does disability explain state-level differences in the quality of Medicare beneficiary hospital inpatient care?
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
19. Evidence of demand factors in the determination of the labor market intermittency penalty
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (1)
20. The role of labor market intermittency in explaining gender wage differentials
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 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) View citations (24) (2007)

2006

21. Earnings on the information technology roller coaster: insight from matched employer-employee data
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    Also in FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2005) 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) (2006)
22. Smoking: taxing health and Social Security
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
    See also Journal Article Smoking: taxing health and Social Security, Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2007) (2007)
23. 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 View citations (2)

2005

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

2004

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

2003

26. Female labor force intermittency and current earnings: a switching regression model with unknown sample selection
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 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) View citations (17) (2005)
27. The influence of year-end bonuses on colorectal cancer screening
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (2)
28. 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 View citations (2)

2002

29. Incorporating insurance rate estimates and differential mortality into net marginal Social Security tax rate calculations
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 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) View citations (1) (2004)
30. Why choose women's work if it pays less? A structural model of occupational choice
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 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) (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

2022

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

2021

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

2020

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

2019

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

2017

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

2011

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

2010

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

2008

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

2007

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

2006

14. 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 Earnings on the information technology roller coaster: insight from matched employer-employee data, MPRA Paper (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
15. Freshman Learning Communities, College Performance, and Retention
    Education Economics, 2006, 14, (2), 197-210 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Freshman learning communities, college performance, and retention, FRB Atlanta Working Paper (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2005

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

2004

20. Incorporating Insurance Rate Estimates and Differential Mortality into the Net Marginal Social Security Tax Rate Calculation
    Public Finance Review, 2004, 32, (6), 588-609 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) View citations (3) (2002)

2003

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

2002

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

2000

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

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
   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) (2014)

2003

2. 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
   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) View citations (7) (2002)