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5. Shift or shock? Long-term balance of power in labor markets

Author

Stevenson, Betsey, Swonk, Diane, and Horrigan, Michael

Subjects
Executives -- Interviews, Labor market -- Analysis, Economists -- Interviews, Accounting firms -- Officials and employees, Business, Economics
Abstract

Abstract Despite rapid growth, the aggregate job count remains below its pre-pandemic trend, particularly in service sectors. Participation rates have been depressed, especially among older groups of the population. Lingering [...]

Published
2023
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6. Sparking Student Curiosity. Symposium: Critical Thinking

Author

Stevenson, Betsey

Abstract

Today's students are motivated to understand the world around them, and in so doing, they question things that their professors take for granted. Students are naturally drawn to question the world around them, and as they do so, they are developing frameworks to better organize their questions and the answers. The author understands that students are already critical thinkers and that the professor's job is to help them become "more organized" critical thinkers. When economics succeeds at being realistic, useful, and inclusive, it helps students build the critical thinking skills that they need to make good choices. In this article, the author presents the importance of critical thinking skills in economics.

Published
2022
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7. Career and Family: Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity.

Author

Stevenson, Betsey

Subjects
WOMEN'S roles, GENDER wage gap, FAMILY-work relationship
Abstract

Betsey Stevenson of University of Michigan reviews "Career and Family: Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity" by Claudia Golden. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: "Explores the reasons for the persisting gender earnings gap, focusing on women's role in the American economy and how it has transformed over the last century." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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8. Paid Leave for Caregiving: AN INTRODUCTION

Author

Stevenson, Betsey and Sawhill, Isabel V.

Subjects
Working women -- Health aspects, Parenting -- Health aspects, Social sciences
Abstract

This volume examines the state of caregiving leave in the United States before the 2020 corona-virus pandemic. Most adults will be responsible for caregiving during their lifetime, yet little public [...]

Published
2020

10. Everyone Will Pay for the Debt Standoff

Author

Stevenson, Betsey

Subjects
Expenditures, Public -- Laws, regulations and rules, Public debts -- Forecasts and trends, Fiscal policy -- Evaluation, Budget -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, News, opinion and commentary, General interest
Abstract

Crisis averted; the debt ceiling has been raised. Before you turn your attention back to your summer travel plans and the challenges of inflation, let's take stock of what these [...]

Published
2023

11. Guess How Much This Debt Ceiling Nonsense Is Costing Us

Author

Stevenson, Betsey

Subjects
Fiscal policy, General interest
Abstract

Byline: Betsey Stevenson Crisis averted; the debt ceiling has been raised. Before you turn your attention back to your summer travel plans and the challenges of inflation, let's take stock [...]

Published
2023

27. New Ways of Measuring Welfare

Author

Sacks, Daniel W., primary, Stevenson, Betsey, additional, Wolfers, Justin, additional, Graham, Carol, additional, Hammond, Peter J., additional, Liberini, Federica, additional, Proto, Eugenio, additional, and Gasparini, Leonardo, additional

Published
2013
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33. The job numbers are horrible. But there's more to this story

Author

Stevenson, Betsey

Subjects
Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States, Layoffs -- Statistics -- Forecasts and trends -- Health aspects -- Economic aspects, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects -- Health aspects -- Statistics -- Forecasts and trends, Public health administration -- Economic aspects -- Health aspects -- Statistics -- Forecasts and trends, Employment, Time, Market trend/market analysis, Layoff, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Betsey Stevenson For Print Use Only. The scale of job losses over the past two months has been unimaginable, and the data probably understate the bleak reality that many [...]

Published
2020

34. Skip Tax Cuts. Send Big Checks

Author

Stevenson, Betsey and Wolfers, Justin

Subjects
Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States, Domestic economic assistance, Income tax -- Economic aspects, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects, Tax deductions -- Economic aspects, Unemployment insurance, Unemployment, United States economic conditions, Taxation, Public health officials, Public health, Public health movements, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A pandemic requires a different kind of stimulus: The government needs to get money to consumers, bolster unemployment insurance and provide loans. The United States economy is in uncharted waters. [...]

Published
2020

35. Title IX and the evolution of high school sports

Author

Stevenson, Betsey

Subjects
Women's rights -- Social aspects -- Educational aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, High school sports -- History -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Educational aspects -- Social aspects, Teenage athletes -- Demographic aspects -- Educational aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, United States history -- Educational aspects -- Social aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Education Amendments of 1972, Business, Economics, Government regulation, Educational aspects, Social aspects, Political aspects, History, Demographic aspects, Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The passage of Title IX, the 1972 Education Amendments to the Civil Rights Act, expanded high school athletic opportunities to include girls, revolutionizing mass sports participation in the United States. [...]

Published
2007

40. The best way to tackle infation: Confirm Biden's Fed nominations

Author

Stevenson, Betsey

Subjects
United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Political activity, United States. Council of Economic Advisers -- Political activity, Political science
Abstract

With inflation levels at a 40-year high and the conflict in Ukraine threatening even more economic turmoil, we need an all-hands-on-deck approach to stabilize prices and provide relief to the [...]

Published
2022

41. The evolution of the American family: an economic interpretation.

Author

Stevenson, Betsey

Subjects
Equitable distribution of marital property -- Economic aspects -- Usage -- Laws, regulations and rules, Economics -- Usage -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Family life -- Economic aspects -- Usage -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation
Abstract

Over recent decades, political, social, economic, and technological changes have impacted the shape of families, rendering the traditional nuclear family with a stay-at-home mom and a male breadwinner a minority. [...]

Published
2008

43. Five myths about the Federal Reserve

Author

Stevenson, Betsey

Subjects
United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Powers and duties, Monetary policy -- Planning, Interest rates -- Forecasts and trends, Americans, Banks (Finance), Deflation (Economics), Financial analysts, Financial statements, Stock markets, Financial markets, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Betsey Stevenson The Federal Reserve lowered the benchmark interest rate this past week by a quarter-point to just under 2.25%, the first rate cut since December 2008. President Donald [...]

Published
2019

47. Beyond the Classroom: Using Title IX to Measure the Return to High School Sports. NBER Working Paper No. 15728

Author

National Bureau of Economic Research and Stevenson, Betsey

Abstract

Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates--to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates--in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic participation. This paper examines the causal implications of this expansion in female sports participation by using variation in the level of boys' athletic participation across states before Title IX to instrument for the change in girls' athletic participation. Analysis of differences in outcomes across states in changes between pre- and post-cohorts reveals that a 10-percentage point rise in state-level female sports participation generates a 1 percentage point increase in female college attendance and a 1 to 2 percentage point rise in female labor force participation. Furthermore, greater opportunities to play sports leads to greater female participation in previously male-dominated occupations, particularly in high-skill occupations.

Published
2010

48. Women's Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility. NBER Working Paper No. 15725

Author

National Bureau of Economic Research, Isen, Adam, and Stevenson, Betsey

Abstract

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed. College educated women marry later, have fewer children, are less likely to view marriage as "financial security", are happier in their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest decrease in divorce since the 1970s compared to women without a college degree. In contrast, there have been fewer changes in marital patterns by education for men.

Published
2010

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