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Melissa S. Kearney
Researcher at University of Maryland, College Park
Publications - 102
Citations - 9891
Melissa S. Kearney is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, College Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lottery & Birth rate. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 95 publications receiving 8840 citations. Previous affiliations of Melissa S. Kearney include Brookings Institution & National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists
TL;DR: This paper found that the slowing of the growth of overall wage inequality in the 1990s hides a divergence in the paths of upper-tail (90/50) inequality and lower-tail inequality, even adjusting for changes in labor force composition.
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The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
David H. Autor,David H. Autor,David H. Autor,Lawrence F. Katz,Lawrence F. Katz,Melissa S. Kearney,Melissa S. Kearney +6 more
TL;DR: The authors analyzes a marked change in the evolution of the U.S. wage structure over the past fifteen years: divergent trends in upper-tail and lower-tail (50/10) wage inequality, with employment polarizing into high-wage and low-wage jobs at the expense of middle-wage work.
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The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
TL;DR: The authors analyzes a marked change in the evolution of the U.S. wage structure over the past fifteen years: divergent trends in upper-tail and lower-tail (50/10) wage inequality, with employment polarizing into high-wage and low-wage jobs at the expense of middle-wage work.
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Parental Education and Parental Time with Children
TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional analysis of the American Time Use Surveys (ATUS) showed that time spent with children does not follow patterns typical of leisure or home production, suggesting an important difference.
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Parental Education and Parental Time with Children
TL;DR: For instance, the authors found that higher-educated parents spend more time with their children; for example, mothers with a college education or greater spend roughly 4.5 hours more per week in child care than mothers with high school degree or less.