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Browsing PAM Publications by Title
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Family Man in the Other America: New Opportunities, Motivations, and Supports for Paternal Caregiving
(2009)This analysis draws on longitudinal, qualitative interviews with disadvantaged mothers and fathers who participated in the Fragile Families Study (a U.S. birth cohort study) to examine how issues related to men’s employment, ... -
Financing and Productivity of Biomedical Research across Therapeutic Areas
(2009)Background: We estimated U.S. biomedical research funding across therapeutic areas, determined the association with disease burden, and evaluated new drug approvals that resulted from this investment. Methodology/Principal ... -
The Formation and Evolution of Physician Treatment Styles: An Application to Caesarean Sections
(Elsevier, 2009)Small-area-variation studies have shown that physician treatment styles differ substantially both between and within markets, controlling for patient characteristics. Using data on the universe of deliveries in Florida ... -
Funding of Parkinson’s Research from Industry and U.S. Federal and Foundation Sources
(2009)Funding for biomedical and neuroscience research has increased over the last decade but without a concomitant increase in new therapies. This study’s objectives were to determine the level and principal sources of recent ... -
Household Income
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The Impact of Income on the Weight of Elderly Americans
(2009)This paper estimates the impact of income on the body weight and clinical weight classification of elderly Americans using a natural experiment that led otherwise identical retirees to receive significantly different ... -
Institutional Responses to Structural Lag: The Changing Patterns of Work at Older Ages
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Intergenerational Patterns of Union Formation and Marital Quality
(2009)The authors examine whether young adults who experienced their parents’ divorce and new relationships have different relationship trajectories than those who spent their childhoods living with biological parents in ... -
Intragenerational Inequality and Intertemporal Mobility
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Is Stable Employment Becoming more Elusive for Young Men?
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Measuring Contact between Children and Nonresident Fathers
(Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates, 2009) -
More Time, Less Crime? Estimating the Incapacitative Effect of Sentence Enhancements
(2009)Sentence enhancements may reduce crime both by deterring potential criminals and by incapacitating previous offenders, removing these possible recidivists from society for longer periods. I estimate the incapacitative ... -
Navigating the “New” Market: How Attitudes Towards Partner Characteristics Shape Union Formation
(2009)Trends in divorce and nonmarital childbearing suggest that the marriage market is increasingly filled with people who have been married and/or have children. This study examines the effect of personal attitudes on entrance ... -
Older adults place lower value on choice relative to young adults
(2009)Choice is highly valued in modern society, from the supermarket to the hospital; however, it remains unknown whether older and younger adults place the same value on increased choice. The current investigation tested whether ... -
Patient education and the impact of new medical research
(Elsevier, 2009)We examine the impact that medical research published in peer-reviewed journals has on the practice of medicine. We exploit the release of a recent New England Journal of Medicine article which demonstrated that the risks ... -
Planned Parenthood? Fertility Intentions and Experiences among Cohabiting Couples
(2009)Most research on nonmarital births focuses on disadvantaged populations. This study examined the childbearing expectations and experiences of a workingclass sample, drawing on in-depth interviews with 30 cohabiting ... -
Poverty
(W.E. UpJohn Institute for Employment Research, 2009)
