Grol Prokopczyk, Hanna, Jeremy Freese, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2010-09 Abstract This paper identifies a potentially serious problem with the widely used self-rated health (SRH) survey item: that different groups (e.g., different nationalities) …
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Precarious Employment, Bad Jobs, Labor Unions, and Early Retirement
Raymo, James, John R. Warren, Megan M. Sweeney, Robert M. Hauser, and Jeong-Hwa Ho Working paper no. 2010-14 Abstract Objectives:We examined the extent to which involuntary job loss, exposure to “bad jobs,” and employment in …
Age, Sex, and Race Effects in Anchoring Vignette Studies: Methodological and Empirical Contributions
Grol-Prokopczyk, Hanna Working paper no. 2010-18 Abstract In the past decade, anchoring vignettes have become an increasingly popular tool for identifying and correcting for group differences in use of subjective ordered response categories. However, existing …
Costa Rica: Subjective Survival Expectations versus Self-Rated Health Status
Novak, Beatriz Working paper no. 2011-10 Abstract Purpose: The main objective of this study was to investigate whether subjective survival expectations in a developing country were as good as predictors of mortality as they have shown …
Female Education, Low Fertility, and Economic Development
Palloni, Alberto, Beatriz Novak, and Laeticia Rodrigues de Souza Working paper no. 2012-03 Abstract We know surprisingly little about the long reach of changes in education and fertility, their intergenerational implications and the long term …
The Reversal of the Gender Gap in Education and Trends in Marital Dissolution
Schwartz, Christine and Hongyun Han Working paper no. 2012-05 Abstract The reversal of the gender gap in education has potentially far-reaching consequences for marriage markets, family formation, and relationship outcomes. One possible consequence of this …
County-Specific Net Migration by Five-Year Age Groups, Hispanic Origin, Race and Sex 2000-2010
Winkler, Richelle, Kenneth M. Johnson, Cheng Cheng, Paul R. Voss, and Katherine Curtis Working paper no. 2013-04 Abstract This report documents the methodology used to prepare county-level, net migration estimates by five-year age cohorts and …
Careers and Mortality: What Do We Learn from Detailed Employment History Data?
Raymo, James, Andrew Halpern-Manners, and John Warren Working paper no. 2013-05 Abstract Our understanding of career influences on mortality is limited by reliance on relatively old data, use of surveys that contain only partial employment …
Single Mothers and Poverty in Japan: The Role of Intergenerational Coresidence
Shirahase, Sawako, and James M. Raymo Working paper no. 2014-01 Abstract Single mothers’ relatively high levels of poverty are well documented, but the role that intergenerational coresidence may play in mitigating this disadvantage is not …
Gender Equity, Opportunity Costs of Parenthood, and Educational Differences in Unintended First Births: Insights from Japan
Raymo, James M., Kelly Musick, and Miho Iwasawa Working paper no. 2014-05 Abstract We examine educational differences in the intendedness of first births in Japan using data from a nationally representative survey of married women …