Research Economics Health Policy Education Social Equity Social Psychology Facet Area of Focus - Research Craig Volden Bala Mulloth Eileen Chou Benjamin Castleman Sarah Turner Edgar O. Olsen Sophie Trawalter Benjamin Converse Christine Mahoney Timothy Wilson Adam Leive James H. Wyckoff William Shobe Charles Holt Daniel W. Player Daphna Bassok Harry Harding Jay Shimshack Jeanine Braithwaite John Pepper Richard Bonnie David Leblang John Holbein Leora Friedberg Molly Lipscomb James Savage Sebastian Tello Trillo Frederick P. Hitz Gabrielle Adams Gerald Warburg Isaac Mbiti Paul S. Martin Raymond C. Scheppach Ruth Gaare Bernheim Andrew S. Pennock Gerald Higginbotham Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Jennifer Lawless Michele Claibourn Noah Myung Philip Potter (-) Christopher J. Ruhm Facet People - Research Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research The Changing Benefits of Early Work Experience Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Charles L. Baum We examine whether the benefits of high school work experience have changed over the last 20 years by comparing effects for the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Our main specifications suggest that the future annual earnings benefits of working 20 h per week in the senior year of high school have fallen from 17.4% for the earlier cohort, measured in 1987–1989, to 12.1% for the later cohort, in 2008–2010. Learn more Published Research Air Pollution and Procyclical Mortality Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Garth Heutel Prior research demonstrates that mortality rates increase during economic booms and decrease during economic busts, but little is known about the role of environmental risks as a potential mechanism for this relationship. We investigate the contribution of air pollution to the procyclicality of deaths by combining county-level data on overall, cause-specific, and age-specific mortality rates with county-level measures of ambient concentrations of three types of pollutants and the unemployment rate. Learn more Published Research The Effects of Paid Family Leave in California on Labor Market Outcomes Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Charles L. Baum Learn more Published Research Can Changing Economic Factors Explain the Rise in Obesity? Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Charles Courtemanche, Josh Pinkston, George Wehby Learn more Published Research Drug Poisoning Deaths in the United States, 1999-2012: A Statistical Adjustment Analysis Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm Learn more Published Research Recessions, Healthy No More? Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm Learn more Published Research Commentary: Macroeconomic conditions and social outcomes through a 90-year lens Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm Learn more Published Research Fathers’ Patenting Behavior and the Propensity of Offspring to Patent: An Intergenerational Analysis Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Albert N. Link In this paper we show that the patenting behavior of innovators is correlated with the patenting behavior of their fathers. Our argument for exploring this relationship stems from established theories of entrepreneurial behavior, specifically theories on intergenerational behavior. Learn more Published Research The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Maya Rossin-Slater, Jane Waldfogel This analysis uses March Current Population Survey data from 1999-2010 and a differences-in-differences approach to examine how California’s first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labor market outcomes. We obtain robust evidence that the California program more than doubled the overall use of maternity leave, increasing it from around three to six or seven weeks for the typical new mother – with particularly large growth for less advantaged groups. Learn more Published Research Time for Children: Trends in the Employment Patterns of Parents, 1967-2009 Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Liana Fox, Wen-Jui Han, Jane Waldfogel Utilizing data from the 1967-2009 years of the March Current Population Surveys, we examine two important resources for children’s well-being: time and money. We document trends in parental employment, from the perspective of children, and show what underlies these trends. Learn more Published Research Private Equity and the Innovation Strategies of Entrepreneurial Firms: Empirical Evidence from the Small Business Innovation Research Program Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm Learn more Published Research Understanding Overeating and Obesity Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm The combination of economic and biological factors is likely to result in overeating, in the current environment of cheap and readily available food. This propensity is shown using a “dual-decision” approach where choices reflect the interaction between two parts of the brain: a “deliberative” system, operating as in standard economic models, and an “affective” system that responds rapidly to stimuli without considering long-term consequences. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next ›
Published Research The Changing Benefits of Early Work Experience Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Charles L. Baum We examine whether the benefits of high school work experience have changed over the last 20 years by comparing effects for the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Our main specifications suggest that the future annual earnings benefits of working 20 h per week in the senior year of high school have fallen from 17.4% for the earlier cohort, measured in 1987–1989, to 12.1% for the later cohort, in 2008–2010. Learn more
Published Research Air Pollution and Procyclical Mortality Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Garth Heutel Prior research demonstrates that mortality rates increase during economic booms and decrease during economic busts, but little is known about the role of environmental risks as a potential mechanism for this relationship. We investigate the contribution of air pollution to the procyclicality of deaths by combining county-level data on overall, cause-specific, and age-specific mortality rates with county-level measures of ambient concentrations of three types of pollutants and the unemployment rate. Learn more
Published Research The Effects of Paid Family Leave in California on Labor Market Outcomes Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Charles L. Baum Learn more
Published Research Can Changing Economic Factors Explain the Rise in Obesity? Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Charles Courtemanche, Josh Pinkston, George Wehby Learn more
Published Research Drug Poisoning Deaths in the United States, 1999-2012: A Statistical Adjustment Analysis Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm Learn more
Published Research Commentary: Macroeconomic conditions and social outcomes through a 90-year lens Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm Learn more
Published Research Fathers’ Patenting Behavior and the Propensity of Offspring to Patent: An Intergenerational Analysis Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Albert N. Link In this paper we show that the patenting behavior of innovators is correlated with the patenting behavior of their fathers. Our argument for exploring this relationship stems from established theories of entrepreneurial behavior, specifically theories on intergenerational behavior. Learn more
Published Research The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Maya Rossin-Slater, Jane Waldfogel This analysis uses March Current Population Survey data from 1999-2010 and a differences-in-differences approach to examine how California’s first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labor market outcomes. We obtain robust evidence that the California program more than doubled the overall use of maternity leave, increasing it from around three to six or seven weeks for the typical new mother – with particularly large growth for less advantaged groups. Learn more
Published Research Time for Children: Trends in the Employment Patterns of Parents, 1967-2009 Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Liana Fox, Wen-Jui Han, Jane Waldfogel Utilizing data from the 1967-2009 years of the March Current Population Surveys, we examine two important resources for children’s well-being: time and money. We document trends in parental employment, from the perspective of children, and show what underlies these trends. Learn more
Published Research Private Equity and the Innovation Strategies of Entrepreneurial Firms: Empirical Evidence from the Small Business Innovation Research Program Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm Learn more
Published Research Understanding Overeating and Obesity Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm The combination of economic and biological factors is likely to result in overeating, in the current environment of cheap and readily available food. This propensity is shown using a “dual-decision” approach where choices reflect the interaction between two parts of the brain: a “deliberative” system, operating as in standard economic models, and an “affective” system that responds rapidly to stimuli without considering long-term consequences. Learn more