M. Melinda Pitts

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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1.

Freshman Learning Communities, College Performance, and Retention

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2005-22
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Oct 2005
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Robert Elijah Moore and M. Melinda Pitts
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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freshman learning community, treatment effects

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Do Minimum Wages Really Increase Youth Drinking and Drunk Driving?

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2014-20
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Apr 2015
Joseph J. Sabia, M. Melinda Pitts and Laura M. Argys
San Diego State University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and University of Colorado at Denver - Department of Economics
Downloads 157 (321,377)
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minimum wage, teen drunk driving, alcohol consumption

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Even One is Too Much: The Economic Consequences of Being a Smoker

FRB Atlanta Working Paper Series 2013-3
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Nov 2013
Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Downloads 149 (335,625)
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smoking wage penalty, wage decomposition, wage differentials

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Female Labor Force Intermittency and Current Earnings: A Switching Regression Model with Unknown Sample Selection

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2003-33
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Jan 2004
Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Intermittent participation, wage, gender differentials

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Working with Children? The Probability of Mothers Exiting the Workforce at Time of Birth

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2008-8
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 May 2008
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and MaryBeth Beth Walker
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
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female labor force participation, children, firm and industry dynamics

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Impact of First-Birth Career Interruption on Earnings: Evidence from Administrative Data

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Impact of First-Birth Career Interruption on Earnings: Evidence from Administrative Data

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 15-01
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Feb 2015
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and MaryBeth Beth Walker
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
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intermittency, administrative data, career interruptions, fertility, labor supply, wage differentials

Impact of First-Birth Career Interruption on Earnings: Evidence from Administrative Data

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2014-23
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Apr 2015
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and MaryBeth Beth Walker
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
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intermittency, administrative data, career interruptions, fertility, labor supply, wage differentials

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Incorporating Insurance Rate Estimates and Differential Mortality into Net Marginal Social Security Tax Rate Calculation

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2002-29
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Mar 2003
Brian Armour and M. Melinda Pitts
Kerr L. White Institute and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Social Security, poverty, tax rates

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Smoking: Taxing Health and Social Security

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2006-12
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Oct 2006
Brian Armour and M. Melinda Pitts
Kerr L. White Institute and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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smoking, Social Security, health, taxes, widows, low earnings

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The Influence of Year-End Bonuses on Colorectal Cancer Screening

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2003-41
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Jan 2004
Brian Armour, Carol Friedman, M. Melinda Pitts, Jennifer Wike, Linda Alley and Jeff Etchason
Kerr L. White Institute, Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Kerr L. White Institute, Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Managed care, primary care physicians, bonuses, colorectal cancer screening

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The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust: Insight from Matched Employer-Employee Data

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2006-1
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 May 2006
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and John Robertson
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Downloads 100 (451,981)
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push-pull, migration, information technology, administrative data, profit analysis

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Losing Public Health Insurance: Tenncare Disenrollment and Personal Financial Distress

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2017-6
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Laura M. Argys, Andrew Friedson, M. Melinda Pitts and D. Tello-Trillo
University of Colorado at Denver - Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Denver - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and University of Virginia
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Medicaid, public assistance, household finances, debt, bankruptcy

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Killer Debt: The Impact of Debt on Mortality

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2016-14
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Dec 2016
Laura M. Argys, Andrew Friedson and M. Melinda Pitts
University of Colorado at Denver - Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Denver - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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debt, mortality, creditworthiness

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The Role of Labor Market Intermittency in Explaining Gender Wage Differentials

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2007-1
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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gender wage differentials, Oaxaca decomposition, intermittent labor supply, time allocation

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Wage Gains Among Job Changers Across the Business Cycle: Insight from State Administrative Data

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2004-19
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Sep 2004
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and John Robertson
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Labor mobility, industry dynamics, administrative data

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Assessing the Impact of Education and Marriage on Labor Market Exit Decisions of Women

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper Series No. 2010-2
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Feb 2010
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and MaryBeth Beth Walker
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
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labor force participation, labor supply, labor market exit, opt out, administrative data

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Does Disability Explain State-Level Differences in the Quality of Medicare Beneficiary Hospital Inpatient Care?

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2007-18
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Aug 2007
Brian Armour and M. Melinda Pitts
Kerr L. White Institute and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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disability, process measures, Medicare

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State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment

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State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11557
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 11 Jun 2018
David E. Frisvold and M. Melinda Pitts
University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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merit aid, labor force participation, education, financial aid

State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2018-4
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
David E. Frisvold and M. Melinda Pitts
University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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merit aid, labor force participation, education, financial aid

State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment

NBER Working Paper No. w24662
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 22 May 2022
David E. Frisvold and M. Melinda Pitts
University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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To Work or Not to Work: The Economics of a Mother's Dilemma

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper Series 2011-02
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Apr 2011
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and MaryBeth Beth Walker
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
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labor supply behavior, intermittent, labor market exit, labor leisure choice model

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The Ups and Downs of Jobs in Georgia: What Can We Learn About Employment Dynamics from State Administrative Data?

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2003-38
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jan 2004
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and John Robertson
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Job creation, job destruction, ES202, employment flows, jobless recovery

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A Decomposition of the Black-White Differential in Birth Outcomes

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper Series 2011-1
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Apr 2011
M. Melinda Pitts, MaryBeth Beth Walker and Brian Armour
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Georgia State University and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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racial disparities, preterm birth, low birth weight

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Earnings on the Information Technology Roller Coaster: Insight from Matched Employer-Employee Data

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2005-11
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Jul 2005
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and John Robertson
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Information technology, earnings, employer-employee matched data

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A Closer Look at Nonparticipants During and After the Great Recession

FRB Atlanta Working Paper Series No. 2012-10
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Aug 2012
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and Fernando Rios‐Avila
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Bard College - The Levy Economics Institute
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nonparticipation, labor force participation, labor market transition, great recession

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The Gap between the Conditional Wage Distributions of Incumbents and the Newly Hired Employees: Decomposition and Uniform Ordering

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2014-22
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Apr 2015
Esfandiar Maasoumi, M. Melinda Pitts and Ke Wu
Emory University, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Renmin University of China
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wage gap, metric entropy distance, stochastic dominance, wage distributions, counterfactual analysis, human capital, inequality, labor markets

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Modeling Event Studies with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2023-11
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Sep 2023
Laura Argys, Thomas A. Mroz and M. Melinda Pitts
University of Colorado at Denver, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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event studies, heterogeneous treatment effects

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Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax

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Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2022-6
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Sep 2022
Elias Ilin, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and M. Melinda Pitts
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Boston University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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marriage taxation, disincentives, marriage, social safety net, income tax

Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax

NBER Working Paper No. w30159
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 20 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Elias Ilin, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and M. Melinda Pitts
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Boston University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Evidence of Demand Factors in the Determination of the Labor Market Intermittency Penalty

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2007-16
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Feb 2015
Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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intermittent labor supply, time allocation, wage determination

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The Dynamics of the Smoking Wage Penalty

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The Dynamics of the Smoking Wage Penalty

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2020-11
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Aug 2020
Michael Darden, Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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The Dynamics of the Smoking Wage Penalty

NBER Working Paper No. w27567
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Michael Darden, Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Freshman Learning Communities, College Performance, and Retention

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2005-22
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Robert E. Moore and M. Melinda Pitts
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Impact of First-Birth Career Interruption on Earnings: Evidence from Administrative Data

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2014-23
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and Mary Beth Walker
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Role of Labor Market Intermittency in Explaining Gender Wage Differentials

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2007-1
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Female Labor Force Intermittency and Current Earnings: A Switching Regression Model with Unknown Sample Selection

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2003-33
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Working with Children? The Probability of Mothers Exiting the Workforce at Time of Birth

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2008-8
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and Mary Beth Walker
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Wage Gains Among Job Changers Across the Business Cycle:≫ Insight from State Administrative Data

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2004-19
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and John C. Robertson
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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To Work or Not to Work: The Economics of a Mother'S Dilemma

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2011-2
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and Mary Beth Walker
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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The Ups and Downs of Jobs in Georgia: What Can We Learn About Employment Dynamics from State Administrative Data?

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2003-38
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and John C. Robertson
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust: Insight from Matched Employer-Employee Data

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2006-1
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and John C. Robertson
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Evidence of Demand Factors in the Determination of the Labor Market Intermittency Penalty

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2007-16
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Even One is Too Much: The Economic Consequences of Being a Smoker

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2013-3
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Earnings on the Information Technology Roller Coaster: Insight from Matched Employer-Employee Data

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2005-11
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and John C. Robertson
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Assessing the Impact of Education and Marriage on Labor Market Exit Decisions of Women

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2010-2
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and Mary Beth Walker
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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A Closer Look at Nonparticipants During and after the Great Recession

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2012-10
Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2021
Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts and Fernando Rios-Avila
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Cigarette Smoking and Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Families in the United States, 2001

American Journal of Health Promotion, Forthcoming
Posted: 04 Sep 2007
Brian Armour, M. Melinda Pitts and Chung-won Lee
Kerr L. White Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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food security, smoking, poverty

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Maternal Job Stress and Birth Outcomes

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Brian Armour, M. Melinda Pitts and MaryBeth Beth Walker
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University

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Pregnancy outcomes, industry, labor force participation, job stress

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Do Disability Rates Explain State Level Differences in the Quality of Medicare Beneficiary Medical Care?

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Posted: 17 Jun 2007
Brian Armour and M. Melinda Pitts
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Disability, Quality of Care

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Why Choose Women's Work If it Pays Less? A Structural Model of Occupational Choice

Posted: 15 Apr 2003
M. Melinda Pitts
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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occupational choice, gender wage differential, selection bias