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THE CASE FOR TARGETED PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES

David M. Blau

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management > 41 > 3 > 929 - 937

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RESPONSE TO JILL YAVORSKY AND LEAH RUPPANNER

David M. Blau

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management > 41 > 3 > 940 - 943

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Commitment in the household: Evidence from the effect of inheritances on the labor supply of older married couples

David M. Blau, Ryan M. Goodstein

Labour Economics > 2016 > 42 > C > 123-137

We study the effect of receiving an inheritance on the labor force participation (LFP) of both the recipient and the recipient's spouse in a population of older married couples. An inheritance is not subject to laws in the U.S. governing division of marital property at divorce, because it is not acquired with income earned during marriage. Hence it plays the role of a “distribution factor” in the...

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WHAT DETERMINES FAMILY STRUCTURE?

DAVID M. BLAU, WILBERT van der KLAAUW

Economic Inquiry > 51 > 1 > 579 - 604

We use data from the 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to estimate the effects of policy and labor market variables on the demographic behaviors that determine children's family structure experiences: union formation and dissolution, and fertility. Male and female wages have substantial effects on family structure for children of black and Hispanic mothers. The tax treatment of children also affects family structure. Welfare reform, welfare benefits, and unilateral divorce had much smaller effects on family structure for the children of this cohort of women. Trends in wages and tax rates explain only a small share of the observed changes in family structure in recent decades....

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A demographic analysis of the family structure experiences of children in the United States

David M. Blau, Wilbert Klaauw

Review of Economics of the Household > 2008 > 6 > 3 > 193-221

This paper analyzes the family structure experiences of children in the U.S. Childbearing and transitions among single, cohabiting, and married states are analyzed jointly. A novel contribution is to distinguish men by their relationship to children: biological father or stepfather. The analysis uses data from the NLSY79. A key finding is that children of black mothers spend on average only 33% of...

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Unintended consequences of child care regulations

David M. Blau

Labour Economics > 2007 > 14 > 3 > 513-538

The effects of regulations governing staff-child ratio, group size, and staff qualifications in child care centers are estimated, using data on a sample of centers. The data contain measures of staff characteristics and wages, price of the service, and the developmental quality of the child care provided. Regulations vary across states, but may be endogenous to these outcomes. Estimates with state...

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A dynamic analysis of turnover in employment and child care

David M. Blau, PhiliP K. Robins

Demography > 1998 > 35 > 1 > 83-96

The causes of turnover in child-care arrangements and maternal employment are analyzed using panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, supplemented with state-level information on child-care markets. The results indicate that turnover in child care is quite high and that child and family characteristics help explain turnover. Important factors include the mother’s wage, the cost of...

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Social security and the labor supply of older married couples

David M. Blau

Labour Economics > 1997 > 4 > 4 > 373-418

This paper provides estimates of the impact of social security benefits on the labor force behavior of older married couples in the United States, with the spouse benefit provision receiving particular attention. The empirical results using data from the Retirement History Survey show that the spouse benefit provision has a moderately small negative impact on labor force participation by older...

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