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Joni Hersch
Researcher at Vanderbilt University
Publications - 132
Citations - 4429
Joni Hersch is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wage & Earnings. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 130 publications receiving 4176 citations. Previous affiliations of Joni Hersch include University of Oregon & Institute for the Study of Labor.
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Education Match and Job Match
TL;DR: This paper found that training time is inversely related to overqualification and that overqualified workers are less satisfied with their jobs and are more likely to quit, which may explain why such seeming mismatches occur and may in fact be optimal.
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Housework, Fixed Effects, and Wages of Married Workers
Joni Hersch,Leslie S. Stratton +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the direct effect of housework on wages using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and found a substantial negative relation between wages and housework for wives.
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Smoking, seat belts, and other risky consumer decisions: Differences by gender and race
TL;DR: The authors found substantial differences by gender and race in smoking behavior, seat belt use, preventative dental care measured by teeth brushing and flossing, exercise, and whether the individual checks his or her blood pressure.
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Household Specialization And The Male Marriage Wage Premium
TL;DR: The authors found that married men spent virtually the same amount of time on home production as did single men, albeit on different types of housework, and that the male marriage wage premium is not substantially affected by controls for home production activities.
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Cigarette Smokers as Job Risk Takers
W. Kip Viscusi,Joni Hersch +1 more
TL;DR: The authors developed a model in which worker risk preferences and job safety performance lead to smokers facing a flatter market offer curve than nonsmokers, and the empirical results support the theoretical model.