Melissa S. Kearney

6.7k citations
58 papers · 2.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 21

Melissa S. Kearney

56 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists1.4k20082026201420204008001.2k

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Melissa S. Kearney
Comparison fields: 5 of 116
  • Gender Studies 564
  • Economics and Econometrics 1.5k
  • Demography 496
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 272
  • General Health Professions 735
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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1 20231
2 20220
3 20211
4 201979
5
Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a policy response to current challenges
201911
6 201712
7
The Family Formation Response to a Localized Economic Shock: Evidence from the Fracking Boom
20161
8 20154
9 201563
10
Do Lottery Payments Induce Savings Behavior? Evidence from the Lab∗
20132
11
Explaining Recent Trends in the U.S. Teen Birth Rate. NBER Working Paper No. 17964.
20128
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Why Is the Teen Birth Rate in the United States so High and Why Does It Matter? NBER Working Paper No. 17965.
20125
13
Income Inequality and Early Non-Marital Childbearing: An Economic Exploration of the
20114
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Making Savers Winners: An Overview of Prize-Linked Savings Products
20103
15 201018
16
Teen and Non-Marital Childbearing
20092
17 2009127
18 200825
19 200887
20 200620

About Melissa S. Kearney

Melissa S. Kearney is a scholar working on Gender Studies, General Decision Sciences, Demography, Accounting and General Health Professions, having authored 58 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (16 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (11 papers), Global Health Care Issues (10 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (10 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (9 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (5 papers), Retirement, Disability, and Employment (5 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gender Studies (564 citations), Economics and Econometrics (1.5k citations), Demography (496 citations), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (272 citations) and General Health Professions (735 citations). Melissa S. Kearney has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Frequent co-authors include David Autor, Lawrence F. Katz, Phillip B. Levine, Jonathan Guryan, Katharine G. Abraham, Riley Wilson, Seth Freedman, Mara Lederman, Mark Duggan and Mesmin Destin. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Human Resources, The Review of Economics and Statistics, The Future of Children, The Journal of Economic Perspectives and American Economic Review.

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