David M. Blau
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View article: The Supply of Quality in Child Care Centers
The Supply of Quality in Child Care Centers Open
We use data from a sample of child care centers to estimate the relationships between cost and child care quality, and between revenue and quality. We use a measure of child care quality, designed by developmental psychologists, that is po…
View article: Unintended consequences of child care regulations
Unintended consequences of child care regulations Open
The effects of regulations governing staff-child ratio, group size, and staff qualifications in child care centers are estimated, using data on a sample of centers. The data contain measures of staff characteristics and wages, price of the…
View article: Health insurance and retirement of married couples
Health insurance and retirement of married couples Open
In this study we propose a new explanation for the fact that labor force participation of older married couples is strongly positively correlated, and we develop and estimate a model that allows us to determine its importance. Our explanat…
View article: Search for Nonwage Job Characteristics: A Test of the Reservation Wage Hypothesis
Search for Nonwage Job Characteristics: A Test of the Reservation Wage Hypothesis Open
Previous structural models of job search behavior have been based upon the reservation wage property. This article provides estimates of a more general search model that nests models with the reservation wage property. The estimates lead t…
View article: Why the US science and engineering workforce is aging rapidly
Why the US science and engineering workforce is aging rapidly Open
Significance The science and engineering workforce has aged rapidly, both absolutely and relative to the workforce, which is a concern if the large number of older scientists crowds out younger scientists. Moreover, scientists are believed…
View article: Pensions, household saving, and welfare: A dynamic analysis of crowd out
Pensions, household saving, and welfare: A dynamic analysis of crowd out Open
This paper specifies a life cycle model of saving and employment and uses it to analyze crowd out of private household saving by public and private pensions. Some parameters of the model are estimated and others are calibrated to match lif…