Elizabeth Ananat
Biographic Data
| ID | 3093098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Ananat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Ananat |
| SIGNATURE | ANANAT E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9709-1441 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Benefits and Costs of Paid Parental Leave in the United States
The Potential Long-Run Impact of a Permanently Expanded Child Tax Credit
Inclusion of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) in the 2021 American Rescue Plan was, for many, a feasibility test of the impact of a permanent child allowance in the U.S. The CTC expansion was short-lived, however, so evaluations of its effects cannot provide complete evidence on the long-run impacts of a permanent expansion of the benefit. Here, we predict the long-term effects of a permanently expanded, refundable CTC. We use theory from stan…
The Effects of the Emeryville Fair Workweek Ordinance on the Daily Lives of Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
ization and trade and automation led to job destruction in many industries, particularly those such as manufacturing that in the past led to stability for less-educated workers. In their
The Benefits and Costs of a Child Allowance
This article conducts a benefit-cost analysis of a child allowance. Through a systematic literature review of the highest quality evidence on the causal effects of cash and near-cash transfers, this article produces core estimates on the benefits and costs per child and per adult of increasing household income by $1000, which can be used for any cash or near-cash program that increases household income. We then apply these estimates to three chil…
Effect of daily school and care disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic on child behavior problems
The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected American families and children, including through the closure or change in the nature of their care and school settings. As the pandemic has persisted, many children remain in remote schooling and those attending in-person childcare or school have contended with unpredictable closures. This study investigated the frequency and consequences of disruptions to children's childcare and school arrangements dur…
Work Schedule Unpredictability: Daily Occurrence and Effects on Working Parents' Well‐Being
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pervasiveness and frequency of work schedule unpredictability among workers in low-wage hourly jobs and the effects of work schedule unpredictability on worker and family well-being. BACKGROUND: Family science has long considered the ways in which parents' experiences in the workplace can affect families. Although unpredictability in work schedules has increased over time, especially for low-wage workers, the effects…
Covid-19 and Parent-Child Psychological Well-being
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 has changed American society in ways that are difficult to capture in a timely manner. With this study, we take advantage of daily survey data collected before and after the crisis started to investigate the hypothesis that the crisis has worsened parents’ and children’s psychological well-being. We also examine the extent of crisis-related hardships and evaluate the hypothesis t…
Race-specific urban wage premia and the black-white wage gap
Local Job Losses and Child Maltreatment: The Importance of Community Context
A growing body of literature suggests that economic downturns predict an increase in child maltreatment. However, to inform policies and practices to prevent and intervene in child maltreatment, it is necessary to identify how, when, and under what conditions community-level economic conditions affect child maltreatment. In this study, we use North Carolina administrative data from 2006 to 2011 on child maltreatment reports and job losses to dist…
Midpregnancy Marriage and Divorce: Why the Death of Shotgun Marriage Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Conventional wisdom holds that births following the colloquially termed “shotgun marriage”—that is, births to parents who married between conception and the birth—are nearing obsolescence. To investigate trends in shotgun marriage, we matched North Carolina administrative data on nearly 800,000 first births among white and black mothers to marriage and divorce records. We found that among married births, midpregnancy-married births (our preferred…
Effects of Statewide Job Losses on Adolescent Suicide-Related Behaviors
Objectives. We investigated the impact of statewide job loss on adolescent suicide-related behaviors. Methods. We used 1997 to 2009 data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to estimate the effects of statewide job loss on adolescents’ suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and suicide plans. Probit regression models controlled for demographic characteristics, state of residence, and year; samples were divided acco…
Community-Wide Job Loss and Teenage Fertility: Evidence From North Carolina
Using North Carolina data for the period 1990–2010, we estimate the effects of economic downturns on the birthrates of 15- to 19-year-olds, using county-level business closings and layoffs as a plausibly exogenous source of variation in the strength of the local economy. We find little effect of job losses on the white teen birthrate. For black teens, however, job losses to 1 % of the working-age population decrease the birthrate by around 2 %. B…
The Power of the Pill for the Next Generation: Oral Contraception's Effects on Fertility, Abortion, and Maternal and Child Characteristics
This paper considers how oral contraception's diffusion to young unmarried women affected the number and parental characteristics of children born to these women. In the short-term, pill access caused declines in fertility and increases in both the share of children born with low birthweight and the share born to poor households. In the long-term, access led to negligible changes in fertility while increasing the share of children with college-ed…
Abortion and Selection
Abortion legalization in the early 1970s led to dramatic changes in fertility. Some research has suggested that it altered cohort outcomes, but this literature has been limited and controversial. In this paper, we provide a framework for understanding selection mechanisms and use that framework to both address inconsistent past methodological approaches and provide evidence on the long-run impact on cohort characteristics. Our results indicate th…
Community-Wide Job Loss and Teenage Fertility: Evidence From North Carolina
Using North Carolina data for the period 1990–2010, we estimate the effects of economic downturns on the birthrates of 15- to 19-year-olds, using county-level business closings and layoffs as a plausibly exogenous source of variation in the strength of the local economy. We find little effect of job losses on the white teen birthrate. For black teens, however, job losses to 1 % of the working-age population decrease the birthrate by around 2 %. B…
Midpregnancy Marriage and Divorce: Why the Death of Shotgun Marriage Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Conventional wisdom holds that births following the colloquially termed “shotgun marriage”—that is, births to parents who married between conception and the birth—are nearing obsolescence. To investigate trends in shotgun marriage, we matched North Carolina administrative data on nearly 800,000 first births among white and black mothers to marriage and divorce records. We found that among married births, midpregnancy-married births (our preferred…
The Effects of the Emeryville Fair Workweek Ordinance on the Daily Lives of Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
ization and trade and automation led to job destruction in many industries, particularly those such as manufacturing that in the past led to stability for less-educated workers. In their
Local Job Losses and Child Maltreatment: The Importance of Community Context
A growing body of literature suggests that economic downturns predict an increase in child maltreatment. However, to inform policies and practices to prevent and intervene in child maltreatment, it is necessary to identify how, when, and under what conditions community-level economic conditions affect child maltreatment. In this study, we use North Carolina administrative data from 2006 to 2011 on child maltreatment reports and job losses to dist…
Effect of daily school and care disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic on child behavior problems
The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected American families and children, including through the closure or change in the nature of their care and school settings. As the pandemic has persisted, many children remain in remote schooling and those attending in-person childcare or school have contended with unpredictable closures. This study investigated the frequency and consequences of disruptions to children's childcare and school arrangements dur…
Effects of Statewide Job Losses on Adolescent Suicide-Related Behaviors
Objectives. We investigated the impact of statewide job loss on adolescent suicide-related behaviors. Methods. We used 1997 to 2009 data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to estimate the effects of statewide job loss on adolescents’ suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and suicide plans. Probit regression models controlled for demographic characteristics, state of residence, and year; samples were divided acco…
The Benefits and Costs of a Child Allowance
This article conducts a benefit-cost analysis of a child allowance. Through a systematic literature review of the highest quality evidence on the causal effects of cash and near-cash transfers, this article produces core estimates on the benefits and costs per child and per adult of increasing household income by $1000, which can be used for any cash or near-cash program that increases household income. We then apply these estimates to three chil…
The Potential Long-Run Impact of a Permanently Expanded Child Tax Credit
Inclusion of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) in the 2021 American Rescue Plan was, for many, a feasibility test of the impact of a permanent child allowance in the U.S. The CTC expansion was short-lived, however, so evaluations of its effects cannot provide complete evidence on the long-run impacts of a permanent expansion of the benefit. Here, we predict the long-term effects of a permanently expanded, refundable CTC. We use theory from stan…
Race-specific urban wage premia and the black-white wage gap
Abortion and Selection
Abortion legalization in the early 1970s led to dramatic changes in fertility. Some research has suggested that it altered cohort outcomes, but this literature has been limited and controversial. In this paper, we provide a framework for understanding selection mechanisms and use that framework to both address inconsistent past methodological approaches and provide evidence on the long-run impact on cohort characteristics. Our results indicate th…
The Power of the Pill for the Next Generation: Oral Contraception's Effects on Fertility, Abortion, and Maternal and Child Characteristics
This paper considers how oral contraception's diffusion to young unmarried women affected the number and parental characteristics of children born to these women. In the short-term, pill access caused declines in fertility and increases in both the share of children born with low birthweight and the share born to poor households. In the long-term, access led to negligible changes in fertility while increasing the share of children with college-ed…
Community-Wide Job Loss and Teenage Fertility: Evidence From North Carolina
Using North Carolina data for the period 1990–2010, we estimate the effects of economic downturns on the birthrates of 15- to 19-year-olds, using county-level business closings and layoffs as a plausibly exogenous source of variation in the strength of the local economy. We find little effect of job losses on the white teen birthrate. For black teens, however, job losses to 1 % of the working-age population decrease the birthrate by around 2 %. B…
Effects of Statewide Job Losses on Adolescent Suicide-Related Behaviors
Objectives. We investigated the impact of statewide job loss on adolescent suicide-related behaviors. Methods. We used 1997 to 2009 data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to estimate the effects of statewide job loss on adolescents’ suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and suicide plans. Probit regression models controlled for demographic characteristics, state of residence, and year; samples were divided acco…
Midpregnancy Marriage and Divorce: Why the Death of Shotgun Marriage Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Conventional wisdom holds that births following the colloquially termed “shotgun marriage”—that is, births to parents who married between conception and the birth—are nearing obsolescence. To investigate trends in shotgun marriage, we matched North Carolina administrative data on nearly 800,000 first births among white and black mothers to marriage and divorce records. We found that among married births, midpregnancy-married births (our preferred…
Local Job Losses and Child Maltreatment: The Importance of Community Context
A growing body of literature suggests that economic downturns predict an increase in child maltreatment. However, to inform policies and practices to prevent and intervene in child maltreatment, it is necessary to identify how, when, and under what conditions community-level economic conditions affect child maltreatment. In this study, we use North Carolina administrative data from 2006 to 2011 on child maltreatment reports and job losses to dist…
Race-specific urban wage premia and the black-white wage gap
Covid-19 and Parent-Child Psychological Well-being
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 has changed American society in ways that are difficult to capture in a timely manner. With this study, we take advantage of daily survey data collected before and after the crisis started to investigate the hypothesis that the crisis has worsened parents’ and children’s psychological well-being. We also examine the extent of crisis-related hardships and evaluate the hypothesis t…
Work Schedule Unpredictability: Daily Occurrence and Effects on Working Parents' Well‐Being
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pervasiveness and frequency of work schedule unpredictability among workers in low-wage hourly jobs and the effects of work schedule unpredictability on worker and family well-being. BACKGROUND: Family science has long considered the ways in which parents' experiences in the workplace can affect families. Although unpredictability in work schedules has increased over time, especially for low-wage workers, the effects…
The Effects of the Emeryville Fair Workweek Ordinance on the Daily Lives of Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
ization and trade and automation led to job destruction in many industries, particularly those such as manufacturing that in the past led to stability for less-educated workers. In their
The Benefits and Costs of a Child Allowance
This article conducts a benefit-cost analysis of a child allowance. Through a systematic literature review of the highest quality evidence on the causal effects of cash and near-cash transfers, this article produces core estimates on the benefits and costs per child and per adult of increasing household income by $1000, which can be used for any cash or near-cash program that increases household income. We then apply these estimates to three chil…
Effect of daily school and care disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic on child behavior problems
The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected American families and children, including through the closure or change in the nature of their care and school settings. As the pandemic has persisted, many children remain in remote schooling and those attending in-person childcare or school have contended with unpredictable closures. This study investigated the frequency and consequences of disruptions to children's childcare and school arrangements dur…
The Potential Long-Run Impact of a Permanently Expanded Child Tax Credit
Inclusion of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) in the 2021 American Rescue Plan was, for many, a feasibility test of the impact of a permanent child allowance in the U.S. The CTC expansion was short-lived, however, so evaluations of its effects cannot provide complete evidence on the long-run impacts of a permanent expansion of the benefit. Here, we predict the long-term effects of a permanently expanded, refundable CTC. We use theory from stan…
The Benefits and Costs of Paid Parental Leave in the United States
Economics (9 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (4 works)