Author Page for M. Melinda Pitts

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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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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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

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment

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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: 21 Feb 2019

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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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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State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment

NBER Working Paper No. w24662

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 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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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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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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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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Why Choose Women's Work If it Pays Less? A Structural Model of Occupational Choice

Research in Labor Economics, Forthcoming

Posted: 15 Apr 2003

M. Melinda Pitts

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Faculty Choice of a Pension Plan: Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 38, No. 1, January 1999

Posted: 07 Sep 1999

Robert L. Clark and M. Melinda Pitts

North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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