Elder Jr., Glen, Aimée Dechter, and Hiromi Taniguchi Working paper no. 1999-20 Abstract The extraordinary manpower needs of World War II fueled a rapidly growing demand for both military and war industry personnel, though little is known about this war mobilization process in men’s lives, such as the relation between manpower policies (on age, occupation, …
Logan, John Allen, Peter D. Hoff, and Michael A. Newton Working paper no. 1999-31 Abstract We consider a parametric version of the two-sided matching model of marriage described in Roth and Sotomayor (1990). There are two matching populations, men and women. Members of each population have utilities for pairing with members of the other population, …
MacLean, Alair, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2000-04
McQuestion, Michael J. Working paper no. 2000-05
MacLean, Alair Working paper no. 2000-11 Abstract This paper has substantive and methodological goals. The substantive goals are motivated by two questions: How are occupations graded by age in the United States? How has this changed over the last fifty years? Methodologically, I compare results from two different means of measuring age segregation: the index …
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia Working paper no. 2000-13 Abstract Prior migration research has failed to take adequate account of the centrality of nonmigrant women to the creation and continuity of international labor migration processes. This study analyzes women’s activities in transnational families with life history data collected from Mexican women. The main argument is that the domestic …
Merli, M. Giovanna, and Herbert L. Smith Working paper no. 2000-14 Abstract The success of the Chinese One-Child policy and its rural adaptations in changing reproductive behavior and bringing about a dramatic fertility decline is unquestionable. However, an important but as yet unanswered question is the extent to which the strict implementation of such policies …
De Vos, Susan, and Elizabeth Arias Working paper no. 2001-05
Kuo, Hsiang-Hui Daphne, and Jonathan D. Mayer Working paper no. 2001-08 Abstract Using a large longitudinal sample of mid-life men and women, we study the long-term relationship between early life circumstances and regular smoking. Early life circumstances have profound influences on smoking experiences. Smoking is learned, but certain conditions foster this learning. Contrary to a …
Donato, Katharine M., Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni, Melissa Stainback Working paper no. 2001-10