Jacob Penglase
Biographic Data
| ID | 1151370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacob Penglase |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacob |
| FAMILY NAME | Penglase |
| SIGNATURE | PENGLASE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1909-4855 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Changes in assortative matching and educational inequality
Over the past three decades, educational attainment in Mexico has grown substantially. This increase in educational attainment may affect marriage patterns through the growing supply of individuals with higher education and changing preferences over their partner's education level. We use administrative marriage and birth certificate records to quantify changes in the relative education levels for both married and unmarried couples. Our results s…
The more the poorer? Resource sharing and scale economies in large families
Consumption Inequality Among Children
The share of household resources devoted to a child may depend on their gender, birth order, or relationship to the household head. However, it is challenging to determine whether parents favour certain children over others as consumption data are collected at the household level and goods are shared among family members. I develop a new methodology using the collective household framework to identify consumption inequality between different type…
The Impact of No-Fault Unilateral Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates in Mexico
Between 2008 and 2017, Mexican states introduced no-fault unilateral divorce, which allowed married individuals to seek a divorce without the consent of their spouse. In this paper, we exploit variation in the state-level adoption of the reforms to investigate the consequences of the divorce law liberalization. Based on an event study design, our results suggest that no-fault divorce dramatically increased divorce rates in the 3 years following t…
Consumption Inequality Among Children
The share of household resources devoted to a child may depend on their gender, birth order, or relationship to the household head. However, it is challenging to determine whether parents favour certain children over others as consumption data are collected at the household level and goods are shared among family members. I develop a new methodology using the collective household framework to identify consumption inequality between different type…
The more the poorer? Resource sharing and scale economies in large families
The Impact of No-Fault Unilateral Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates in Mexico
Between 2008 and 2017, Mexican states introduced no-fault unilateral divorce, which allowed married individuals to seek a divorce without the consent of their spouse. In this paper, we exploit variation in the state-level adoption of the reforms to investigate the consequences of the divorce law liberalization. Based on an event study design, our results suggest that no-fault divorce dramatically increased divorce rates in the 3 years following t…
Consumption Inequality Among Children
The share of household resources devoted to a child may depend on their gender, birth order, or relationship to the household head. However, it is challenging to determine whether parents favour certain children over others as consumption data are collected at the household level and goods are shared among family members. I develop a new methodology using the collective household framework to identify consumption inequality between different type…
The Impact of No-Fault Unilateral Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates in Mexico
Between 2008 and 2017, Mexican states introduced no-fault unilateral divorce, which allowed married individuals to seek a divorce without the consent of their spouse. In this paper, we exploit variation in the state-level adoption of the reforms to investigate the consequences of the divorce law liberalization. Based on an event study design, our results suggest that no-fault divorce dramatically increased divorce rates in the 3 years following t…
The more the poorer? Resource sharing and scale economies in large families
Changes in assortative matching and educational inequality
Over the past three decades, educational attainment in Mexico has grown substantially. This increase in educational attainment may affect marriage patterns through the growing supply of individuals with higher education and changing preferences over their partner's education level. We use administrative marriage and birth certificate records to quantify changes in the relative education levels for both married and unmarried couples. Our results s…
Demographic economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · Inequality (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Consumption (sociology (2 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (2 works)