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The Financial Assimilation of an Immigrant Group: Evidence on the Use of Checking and Savings Accounts and Currency Exchanges 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
This article examines the determinants of financial market participation for a particular group of immigrants: Hmong refugees
in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Our findings indicate that controlling for income and education, Hmong immigrants are
less likely to have savings accounts and credit cards and are more likely to use currency exchanges, compared to randomly
selected non-Hmong households living in the same neighborhoods. However, these effects are mitigated by time spent in the
US. Financial assimilation appears to take 15–20 years. These findings expand our understanding of immigrant assimilation
and highlight some of the complexities associated with the process of assimilation.
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Sherrie L. W. RhineEmail: |
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The economics of gay and lesbian couples: Introduction to a special issue on gay and lesbian households 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
This article presents a simple conceptual framework integrating three couple-related outcomes analyzed in this volume: wage
differentials in earnings related to couple formation, household formation (including cohabitation and registration as Registered
Domestic Partnership), and intra-household allocation of income. It also discusses some of the articles’ main findings.
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Lisa K. Jepsen (Corresponding author)Email: |
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Rupa Banerjee 《Journal of Labor Research》2008,29(4):380-401
This study investigates perceptions of workplace discrimination among racial minorities in Canada. Specifically, the study
examines how objective experiences of disadvantage and expectations for equity influence racial minorities’ perceptions of
discrimination. The results indicate that while both of these factors affect perceptions of discrimination, expectations for
equity may be especially important. Although new immigrants are among the most disadvantaged groups in the Canadian labor
market, they are less likely to perceive discrimination than longer term immigrants, who may have higher expectations for
equitable treatment. Education also increases the perception of discrimination among immigrants, perhaps due to the higher
expectations of educated immigrants. Lastly, objective income inequity is not found to be related to perceived discrimination.
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Rupa BanerjeeEmail: |
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Agreeing on more than chicken soup: Intra-household decision-making and treatment for child psychopathology 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Frederick J. Zimmerman 《Review of Economics of the Household》2006,4(3):229-252
Using a large, U.S. dataset it is shown that children are more likely to receive needed mental health specialty treatment
when women have greater decision-making power, as measured by an index of wife-favorable divorce laws and by the sex ratio
at the time of marriage. Stratified analyses show that this effect is modified by the degree of marital conflict. Marriages
characterized by high conflict conform more closely to the unified household model. The paper then presents a model of household
decision-making consistent with these results that incorporates both objective determinants of bargaining power as well as
the role of violent coercion in maintaining otherwise unsustainable equilibria. Implications for improving children’s access
to mental health treatment are offered.
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Frederick J. ZimmermanEmail: |
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Family Financial Risk Taking When the Wife Earns More 总被引:4,自引:4,他引:0
Nancy Ammon Jianakoplos Alexandra Bernasek 《Journal of Family and Economic Issues》2008,29(2):289-306
This study investigates whether the relative bargaining power of spouses plays a role in explaining household financial risk
taking. Traditional models assume that household decisions are made based on pooled resources and common preferences. In contrast,
bargaining models hypothesize that household decisions depend on the relative bargaining power of spouses. According to bargaining
models, if women are more risk averse, then households should exhibit less financial risk taking as the bargaining power of
the wife increases. Results of an analysis of household financial risk taking in a sample of dual-earner, married households
from the 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances are more consistent with decision making based on pooled resources rather than on the relative bargaining power of spouses.
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Alexandra BernasekEmail: |
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Most analysis of intrahousehold decisions has been conducted using aggregate revealed preference data where preferences of
individual agents are never observed, only the household consumption outcomes are observed. We examine household behavior
in a bargaining framework by combining stated preference information from individual members of the household with revealed
preference information on the household’s actual choices. The resulting model provides information on the degree to which
the decision is the result of a bargaining process as well as information on the factors affecting bargaining power.
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Wiktor AdamowiczEmail: |
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John R. Walker 《Journal of Labor Research》2009,30(3):269-288
Data collected on self-employed women and men in one county allow examination of work effort, housework effort, housework
hours, and preference for flexible work on earnings. Regressions indicate housework effort of self-employed women contributes
to their lower earnings. Housework hours do not supporting the view women select self-employment to find flexible work. Housework
hours do reduce the earnings of self-employed men, which could reflect their stronger commitment to housework combined with
less flexible work. A Oaxaca decomposition suggests less tenure and greater housework effort are important contributors to
lower earnings of self-employed women. Ranges that measure earnings may contribute to the insignificance of work effort, normalized
work effort, and preference for flexible work hours. (J16, J23)
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John R. WalkerEmail: |
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James Monks 《Journal of Labor Research》2007,28(3):487-501
Part-time and full-time non-tenure-track faculty currently represent almost half of all faculty in U.S. higher education,
yet little is known about their earnings relative to traditional tenure-track faculty. I find that full-time non-tenure-track
faculty earn approximately 26% less per hour from their academic institution and 18% less in total earnings from all sources
per hour than comparable tenure-track assistant professors. Part-time non-tenure-track faculty earn 64% less per hour from
their institution, but only 1% less in total earnings per hour, than tenure-track assistant professors.
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James MonksEmail: |
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Younghwan Song 《Journal of Labor Research》2009,30(3):201-218
By matching industry/occupation data on training to displaced worker data from the Current Population Surveys, this paper
analyzes why many older workers were displaced by technological changes in the 1990s, and why these workers incurred large
earnings losses. When technological changes depreciate the existing stock of firm-specific human capital, older workers who
receive higher wages from the sharing arrangement of the returns to investment in firm-specific human capital are dismissed
as firms find it unprofitable to retain them. These displaced workers have higher predisplacement wages with steeper wage–tenure
profiles, and hence incur larger earnings losses after displacement than other displaced workers.
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Younghwan SongEmail: |
10.
The importance of informal care provided inside the household (co-residential care) is widely acknowledged in policy circles.
However, the factors that determine the likelihood and scale of provision are not fully understood. A two-part model (2PM)
is used to investigate both participation and levels of provision. Random effects dynamic panel specifications are employed.
Results show that co-residential informal care competes with other time demanding activities, such as childcare and employment.
Wealthier individuals are less likely to be caregivers, whereas wealthier households have a higher tendency towards caregiving.
Evidence of both substitution and complementarity is found between formal and informal care. Informal care and health status
are significantly related, with carers more likely to report worse General Health Questionnaire scores than non-carers. Finally,
significant dynamic effects are observed with the continuance of the provision of informal care being more likely than the
initiation of such activity, while heavy commitment in the past increases the hours provided in the current period.
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Emmanouil MentzakisEmail: |
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Wayne K. Talley 《Journal of Labor Research》2007,28(3):515-524
I investigate the earnings differentials among union and nonunion seafarers, across seafarer occupations, and with respective
to other transport operatives. The empirical results suggest that the union and nonunion weekly earnings of captains/mates
are comparable, and the union earnings gap for sailors/deckhands is positive. The union (nonunion) weekly earnings of captains/mates
are 14.7 (30.5) percent greater than those of sailors/deckhands; the union weekly earnings of captains/mates (sailors/deckhands)
are 12.6% greater (9.5% less) than those of truck drivers; and the nonunion weekly earnings of captains/mates (sailors/deckhands)
are 33.0% greater (6.2% less) than those of truck drivers. The sailor/deckhand and truck driver earnings differentials are
contrary to the general belief that the earnings of truck drivers are less than those of other operative occupations involved
in transporting intermodal cargo.
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Wayne K. TalleyEmail: |
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Using a unique data source on marital status, partnership and sexual orientation of academics and administrators at British
universities, we estimate the impact of personal relationships upon earnings for men and women. While university data cover
a relatively homogeneous group of workers, the two sides of the university are very different, with administrative jobs being
more like the general job market in the economy. We find a large and significant married male premium, but only on the administrative
side of the university. There is no female marriage premium, and no partnership return to gay men or to either heterosexual
or homosexual women.
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Jeff Frank (Corresponding author)Email: |
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This paper analyzes income-pooling by using a unique Danish data set that includes questions on income pooling among 1,696
couples. The analyses show that most Danish households use some kind of income pooling and that the proportion of income pooled
varies considerably according to individual characteristics (age, education, occupation, past partners, upbringing) and household
characteristics (household income, duration of marriage, location of residence and the existence of public goods, including
children). However, when all variables are evaluated in a common model, the duration of marriage and the existence of children
predominantly affect the likelihood of income pooling.
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Jens BonkeEmail: |
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David S. Loughran Ashlesha Datar M. Rebecca Kilburn 《Review of Economics of the Household》2008,6(3):223-242
The theoretical and empirical literature on parental investment focuses on whether child-specific parental investments reinforce
or compensate for a child’s initial endowments. However, many parental investments, such as neighborhood quality and family
size and structure, are shared wholly or in part among all children in a household. The empirical results of this paper imply
that such household parental investments compensate for low endowments, as proxied by low birth weight.
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M. Rebecca KilburnEmail: |
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In this paper we consider the issue of the intra-household distribution of welfare directly using a survey measure of self-perceived
economic well-being. We develop a theoretical model of satisfaction within the household for couples. In the empirical analysis
we find that husbands and wives often report different levels of financial satisfaction. The most important correlate of relative
satisfaction within the household is found to be relative income. This is a direct confirmation of the previously implicit
findings and is predicted by our theoretical model.
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Martin BrowningEmail: |
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This paper analyzes poverty and its persistence in Sweden using a large panel with detailed income information obtained from
tax registers. As opposed to many commonly used household panels, the features of the data utilized in this paper allow us
to study native-immigrant differences in poverty. We use a hazard rate model based on multiple spells that accounts for unobserved
heterogeneity and endogenous initial conditions. The empirical results suggest that there is negative duration dependence
in both exit and entry hazard rates. Moreover, the transition rates are significantly affected by immigrant status, educational
attainment, labor market conditions, age, and family status.
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Jorgen HansenEmail: |
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Economic Status of Older Asians in the United States 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
Deanna L. Sharpe 《Journal of Family and Economic Issues》2008,29(4):570-583
Data from the 5-percent Census 2000 Public Use Microdata were utilized to examine the economic status of six Asian-only groups
in the United States aged 65 and older. Japanese Americans’ economic status emulated that of older Whites; whereas, older
Korean and Vietnamese economic status more closely resembled that of older Blacks. Regression results indicated that education,
household size, and duration of immigration were significantly and positively related to household income for most of the
Asian-only groups, supporting the theory that human capital, structural barriers, and acculturation all play a role in determination
of household income for older Asian Americans.
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Deanna L. SharpeEmail: |
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Household Debt and Marital Instability: Evidence from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1
Korean society has recently experienced rapid increases in household debt and divorce rates. This study investigates whether
household debt and debt ratios lower marital stability and increase the probability of divorce among Korean families. Six-year
panels from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS) household surveys were used for analysis. The effect of household
debt upon the probability of divorce was estimated through pooled and population-averaged Logit models. The results suggest
that household financial strain measured by the amount of household debt and the debt-to-income ratios does not significantly
affect the probability of divorce. This finding contradicts the widespread notion that households’ excessive borrowing has
been partially responsible for the recent increase in divorce rates in Korea.
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Ki Young LeeEmail: |
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We study the long-term impact of job displacement from a big state owned enterprise as a result of its privatization in a
developing country. Our results suggest large reductions in earnings, which persist throughout the years. However, we also
find that the displaced worker’s post-displacement earnings are in line with competitive market wages, and unrelated to sector
of employment or to tenure losses, indicating that the long-term reduction in earnings as a result of displacement because
of privatization can be traced to the loss of wage rents. Our results indicate that job displacement in SOEs may have very
large redistributive implications for the workers involved but that this loss does not necessarily reflect the loss of specific
human capital associated to these jobs.
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Federico Sturzenegger (Corresponding author)Email: |
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We present findings from a nonexperimental evaluation of an employment program in which both partners in young, low-income,
primarily African-American couples simultaneously participated. Mothers participating in the couples program had larger immediate
gains in employment and earnings and decreases in TANF receipt following their exit from the program relative to mothers who
received employment assistance as individuals. Fathers showed similar although weaker results. These immediate benefits appeared
to be driven by higher rates of program completion among couples’ participants. Couples in which both partners completed the
program experienced the largest quarterly earnings gains, and couples with greater earnings’ gains were more likely to still
be together one year after the program ended. Mothers’ earnings gains eroded in the two years following program completion
and many reported new pregnancies and problems with child care. We suggest directions for future programs and encourage future
studies to consider the range of mechanisms associated with a couples focus, including potential motivational benefits and
unintended consequences.
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Carolyn J. Heinrich (Corresponding author)Email: |