Melissa Schettini Kearney

Is There an Effect of Incremental Welfare Benefits on Fertility Behavior? A Look at the Family Cap

Year: 2002
Journal: Journal of Human Resources
Authors: Melissa Schettini Kearney

State Lotteries and Consumer Behavior

Year: 2002
Journal: Journal of Public Economics
Authors: Melissa Schettini Kearney

The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation

Year: 2005
Journal: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Authors: Mark Duggan; Melissa Schettini Kearney

Parental Education and Parental Time with Children

Year: 2008
Journal: Journal of Economic Perspectives
Authors: Jonathan Guryan; Erik Hurst; Melissa Schettini Kearney

Product Recalls, Imperfect Information, and Spillover Effects: Lessons from the Consumer Response to the 2007 Toy Recalls

Year: 2009
Journal: Review of Economics and Statistics
Authors: Seth M. Freedman; Melissa Schettini Kearney; Mara Lederman

Is Lottery Gambling Addictive?

Year: 2009
Journal: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Authors: Jonathan Guryan; Melissa Schettini Kearney

Making Savers Winners: An Overview of Prize-Linked Savings Products

Year: 2010
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Melissa Schettini Kearney; Peter Tufano; Jonathan Guryan; Erik Hurst

House Prices and Birth Rates: The Impact of the Real Estate Market on the Decision to Have a Baby

Year: 2011
Journal: Journal of Public Economics
Authors: Lisa J. Dettling; Melissa Schettini Kearney

Income Inequality and Early Nonmarital Childbearing: An Economic Exploration of the Culture of Despair

Year: 2011
Journal: Journal of Human Resources
Authors: Melissa Schettini Kearney; Phillip B. Levine

Explaining Recent Trends in the US Teen Birth Rate

Year: 2012
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Melissa Schettini Kearney; Phillip B. Levine

Why is the Teen Birth Rate in the United States So High and Why Does it Matter?

Year: 2012
Journal: Journal of Economic Perspectives
Authors: Melissa Schettini Kearney; Phillip B. Levine

Do Lottery Payments Induce Savings Behavior? Evidence from the Lab

Year: 2013
Journal: Journal of Public Economics
Authors: Emel Filiz-Ozbay; Jonathan Guryan; Kyle Hyndman; Melissa Schettini Kearney; Erkut Y. Ozbay

College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise

Year: 2020
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Brad Hershbein; Melissa Schettini Kearney; Luke W. Pardue

The Role of Childcare Challenges in the US Jobs Market Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Year: 2021
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Jason Furman; Melissa Schettini Kearney; Wilson Powell

The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates Since the Great Recession

Year: 2021
Journal: Journal of Economic Perspectives
Authors: Melissa Schettini Kearney; Phillip B. Levine; Luke W. Pardue

The US COVID-19 Baby Bust and Rebound

Year: 2022
Journal: Journal of Population Economics
Authors: Melissa Schettini Kearney; Phillip B. Levine

The College Gap in Marriage and Children's Family Structure

Year: 2022
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Melissa Schettini Kearney

The Cyclicality of Births and Babies Health Revisited: Evidence from Unemployment Insurance

Year: 2023
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Lisa J. Dettling; Melissa Schettini Kearney