Faculty & Research Published Research 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 Time Off with Baby: The Case for Paid Care Leave Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Zigler Edward, Susan Muenchow About the book, T. Berry Brazelton, MD writes: “This is a long overdue book and I am proud to recommend it. We have been so fortunate to have had Ed Zigler lead us in obtaining the little bit of parental leave we have been able to get. It is so critical to provide the time in early infancy for mothers (as well as fathers) to learn about their babies as they make their attachments to their newborns and infants. Paid care leave will make this valuable time available to the underprivileged poor as well as the rich. This book should lead the way.” Learn more Published Research Health Policy Nurses’ Presenteeism and Its Effects on Self-Reported Quality of Care and Costs Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Susan A. Letvak, Sat N. Gupta Although research has been conducted on how nurse staffing levels affect outcomes, there has been little investigation into how the health-related productivity of nurses is related to quality of care. Two major causes of worker presenteeism (reduced on-the-job productivity as a result of health problems) are musculoskeletal pain and mental health issues, particularly depression. Learn more Published Research Health Policy Rising educational gradients in mortality: The role of behavioral risk factors Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, David M. Cutler, Fabian Lange, Ellen Meara, Seth Richards-Shubik The long-standing inverse relationship between education and mortality strengthened substantially at the end of the 20th century. This paper examines the reasons for this increase. Learn more Published Research Education Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Care and Education Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel This paper critically reviews what we know about the long-term effects of parental leave and early childhood education programs. We find only limited evidence that expansions of parental leave durations improved long-run educational or labor market outcomes of the children whose parents were affected by them, perhaps because benefits are hard to measure or confined to sub-groups, or because leave entitlements were sufficiently long, even before recent extensions, to yield most potential benefits. Learn more Published Research Economics The Economics of Risky Behaviors Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Cawley J., Thomas G. McGuire, Mark V. Pauly, Pedro Pita Barros (eds.) Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky health behaviors. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3
Published Research Time Off with Baby: The Case for Paid Care Leave Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Zigler Edward, Susan Muenchow About the book, T. Berry Brazelton, MD writes: “This is a long overdue book and I am proud to recommend it. We have been so fortunate to have had Ed Zigler lead us in obtaining the little bit of parental leave we have been able to get. It is so critical to provide the time in early infancy for mothers (as well as fathers) to learn about their babies as they make their attachments to their newborns and infants. Paid care leave will make this valuable time available to the underprivileged poor as well as the rich. This book should lead the way.” Learn more
Published Research Health Policy Nurses’ Presenteeism and Its Effects on Self-Reported Quality of Care and Costs Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Susan A. Letvak, Sat N. Gupta Although research has been conducted on how nurse staffing levels affect outcomes, there has been little investigation into how the health-related productivity of nurses is related to quality of care. Two major causes of worker presenteeism (reduced on-the-job productivity as a result of health problems) are musculoskeletal pain and mental health issues, particularly depression. Learn more
Published Research Health Policy Rising educational gradients in mortality: The role of behavioral risk factors Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, David M. Cutler, Fabian Lange, Ellen Meara, Seth Richards-Shubik The long-standing inverse relationship between education and mortality strengthened substantially at the end of the 20th century. This paper examines the reasons for this increase. Learn more
Published Research Education Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Care and Education Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel This paper critically reviews what we know about the long-term effects of parental leave and early childhood education programs. We find only limited evidence that expansions of parental leave durations improved long-run educational or labor market outcomes of the children whose parents were affected by them, perhaps because benefits are hard to measure or confined to sub-groups, or because leave entitlements were sufficiently long, even before recent extensions, to yield most potential benefits. Learn more
Published Research Economics The Economics of Risky Behaviors Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Cawley J., Thomas G. McGuire, Mark V. Pauly, Pedro Pita Barros (eds.) Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky health behaviors. Learn more