News from the PRI Library and Data Archive » Labor Force http://info.pop.psu.edu Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:42:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/03/10/maternity-leave-and-employment-patterns-of-first-time-mothers/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/03/10/maternity-leave-and-employment-patterns-of-first-time-mothers/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:43:52 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/03/10/maternity-leave-and-employment-patterns-of-first-time-mothers/ Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers 1961-2003 (PDF) uses SIPP data to examine employment patterns of mothers who gave birth to a first child between 1961 and 2003. The report is part of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Reports Household Economic Studies series (P70-113).

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/03/10/maternity-leave-and-employment-patterns-of-first-time-mothers/feed/ New United Nations Data Service http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/03/05/1531/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/03/05/1531/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:22:54 +0000 Kiet Bang http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/03/05/1531/ The Statistics Department within the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has just launched a new internet-based data service for the global user community. The service brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point. Users can search and down load a variety of statistical resources of the UN system. Click here for more information and access to the service.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/03/05/1531/feed/ Washington Post series on aging http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/01/31/washington-post-series-on-aging/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/01/31/washington-post-series-on-aging/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:07:02 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/01/31/washington-post-series-on-aging/ The January 27 Washington Post featured a 3-part series on aging. (Free registration is required to view the WP articles.)

In No Country for Old People? Marc Freedman discusses “encore careers” for baby boomers. Freedman has also written a book, Encore: Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life.

In The New Alone, Elizabeth Marquardt discusses how family configurations (divorce, remarriage, “re-divorce”, single-parent childbearing) affect care in old age. Also see Divorce Foretells Child’s Future Care For Elderly Parent (a news story about Adam Davey’s work) and Marquardt’s book about her work with sociologist Norval Glenn, Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce.

In A Hidden Crime, Marie Therese-Connelly sheds light on elder abuse and our lengthening life spans.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/01/31/washington-post-series-on-aging/feed/ New working papers: Poverty and inequality http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/new-working-papers-poverty-and-inequality/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/new-working-papers-poverty-and-inequality/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:40:27 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/new-working-papers-poverty-and-inequality/ Using Census and Survey Data to Estimate Poverty and Inequality for Small Areas (PDF) by Alessandro Tarozzi and Angus Deaton (June 2007, Princeton University Research Program in Development Studies)

Mothers’ Residential Mobility Following the Birth of a Child (PDF; Fragile Families Research Brief, Princeton Center for Research on Child Wellbeing)

The Effects of Work-Conditioned Transfers on Marriage and Child Well-Being: A Review by Jeffrey Grogger & Lynn Karoly (NBER Working Paper No. 13485, October 2007)

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/new-working-papers-poverty-and-inequality/feed/ New working papers: Aging http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/new-working-papers-aging/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/new-working-papers-aging/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:47:55 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/new-working-papers-aging/ Population Aging, Labor Demand, and the Structure of Wages by Margarita Sapozhnikov and Robert K. Triest (WP#2007-14, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College).

Inter-vivos Giving Over the Lifecycle by Michael Hurd, James P. Smith, & Julie Zissimopoulos (WR-524, RAND).

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/new-working-papers-aging/feed/ Foreign-born Latinos make progress on wages http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/19/foreign-born-latinos-make-progress-on-wages/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/19/foreign-born-latinos-make-progress-on-wages/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:31:35 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/19/foreign-born-latinos-make-progress-on-wages/ Foreign-born Latino workers moved out of the low end of wage distribution into the middle between 1995 and 2005, according to an analysis of CPS data by the Pew Hispanic Center.

Citation: Rakesh Kochhar (2007, August). 1995–2005: Foreign-Born Latinos Make Progress on Wages. Pew Hispanic Center. (Available online)

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/19/foreign-born-latinos-make-progress-on-wages/feed/ Survey of Retiree Health Benefits, 2005 http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/02/survey-of-retiree-health-benefits-2005/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/02/survey-of-retiree-health-benefits-2005/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:00:12 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/02/survey-of-retiree-health-benefits-2005/ The Commonwealth Fund/National Opinion Research Center Survey of Retiree Health Benefits, 2005: A Chartbook is available for download from the Commonwealth Fund.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/02/survey-of-retiree-health-benefits-2005/feed/ Reasons People Do Not Work: 2004 http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/01/reasons-people-do-not-work-2004/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/01/reasons-people-do-not-work-2004/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:24:43 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/01/reasons-people-do-not-work-2004/ Reasons People Do Not Work: 2004 (PDF) uses Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) data to fill in gaps in our knowledge about nonworkers.

The report is number P70-111 in the Current Population Reports series from the Census Bureau.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/01/reasons-people-do-not-work-2004/feed/ Urban Institute roundtable on working families http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/09/24/urban-institute-roundtable-on-working-families/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/09/24/urban-institute-roundtable-on-working-families/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:02:04 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/09/24/urban-institute-roundtable-on-working-families/ In May 2007 the Urban Institute sponsored Public and Private Roles in the Workplace: What are the Next Steps in Supporting Working Families?, a roundtable involving business leaders, practitioners, national policy experts, researchers, and advocates. Papers from the roundtable are available online.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/09/24/urban-institute-roundtable-on-working-families/feed/ Women and Social Security http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/08/03/women-and-social-security/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/08/03/women-and-social-security/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:22:49 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/08/03/women-and-social-security/ Social Security provides benefits on a gender-neutral basis, but gender-related differences in work culture mean that in practice Social Security provides different levels of retirement security for men and women (Women and Social Security [PDF], American Academy of Actuaries issue brief).

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