Natasha Pilkauskas

Biographic Data

ID81777
NAMENatasha Pilkauskas
GIVEN NAMESNatasha
FAMILY NAMEPilkauskas
SIGNATUREPILKAUSKAS N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Michigan
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS97
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX6

  • Transportation Insecurity in the United States

    Open AccessAlexandra K Murphy, Karina Mcdonald-Lopez et al.ARTICLESocius Sociological Research for…2022Cited by: 13References: 38

    Transportation insecurity is a condition in which a person is unable to regularly move from place to place in a safe or timely manner and has important implications for the study of poverty and inequality. Drawing on nationally representative survey data and a new, validated measure of transportation insecurity, the Transportation Security Index, the authors provide the first descriptive portrait of transportation insecurity in the United States,…

  • Tots and Teens

    Katherine Michelmore, Natasha Pilkauskas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Labor Economics2021

    Building on earlier work that shows that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has a substantial positive effect on maternal labor supply, we show that labor supply effects are concentrated among mothers with children under age 3, with only moderate effects of the EITC on the labor supply of mothers with teenagers. These increases in labor supply are coupled with large increases in the use and cost of child care among mothers with children under ag…

  • Under Whose Roof? Understanding the Living Arrangements of Children in Doubled-Up Households

    Open AccessH Harvey, Rachel Dunifon et al.ARTICLEDemography2021Cited by: 17References: 36

    A growing literature in family demography examines children's residence in doubled-up (shared) households with extended family members and nonkin. This research has largely overlooked the role of doubling up as a housing strategy, with “hosts” (householders) providing housing support for “guests” living in their home. Yet, understanding children's experiences in doubled-up households requires attention to host/guest status. Using the American Com…

  • Juggling jobs and the kids

    Alexandria Bruns, Natasha Pilkauskas et al.ARTICLECommunity Work & Family2020References: 11

    Many low-income women face precarious or low-quality employment, and studies show that low-quality maternal employment is linked with poorer outcomes for children. This study examines whether maternal multiple job holding, an understudied facet of employment quality, is associated with children’s behavior in early childhood. Multiple job holding may affect parental time, well-being or income, all of which may influence child behavior. Using data …

  • Multiple Job Holding and Mental Health among Low-Income Mothers

    Open AccessAlexandria Bruns, Natasha Pilkauskas et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2019

  • The Effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Housing and Living Arrangements

    Open AccessNatasha Pilkauskas, Natasha V Pilkauskas et al.ARTICLEDemography2019Cited by: 17References: 50

    As rents have risen and wages have not kept pace, housing affordability in the United States has declined over the last 15 years, impacting the housing and living arrangements of low-income families. Housing subsidies improve the housing situations of low-income families, but less than one in four eligible families receive a voucher. In this article, we analyze whether one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the United States—the Earned Incom…

  • The magnitude and timing of grandparental coresidence during childhood in the United States

    Open AccessMariana Amorim, Rachel Dunifon et al.ARTICLEDemographic Research2017Cited by: 22References: 11

    The likelihood that a US child will live with a grandparent has increased over time. In 2015, nearly 12% of children lived with a grandparent. However, the likelihood that a child will ever live with a grandparent is not known

  • Maternal labor force participation and differences by education in an urban birth cohort study - 1998-2010

    Open AccessNatasha Pilkauskas, Natasha V Pilkauskas et al.ARTICLEDemographic Research2016Cited by: 2References: 6

    BACKGROUND: Maternal labor force participation has increased dramatically over the last 40 years, yet surprisingly little is known about longitudinal patterns of maternal labor force participation in the years after a birth, or how these patterns vary by education. OBJECTIVE: We document variation by maternal education in mothers' labor force participation (timing, intensity, non-standard work, multiple job-holding) over the first nine years afte…

  • Three-generation family households in early childhood

    Open AccessNatasha Pilkauskas, Natasha V Pilkauskas et al.ARTICLEDemographic Research2014Cited by: 15References: 14

    BACKGROUND: Shifting demographic trends in the United States (US) have resulted in increasing numbers of three-generation family households, where a child lives with a parent(s) and grandparent(s). Although similar demographic trends have been occurring in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia, very little research has studied three-generation coresidence in these countries and no research has documented trends cross-nationally. OBJECTIVE: We inv…

  • Private Financial Transfers, Family Income, and the Great Recession

    Open AccessAaron Gottlieb, Natasha Pilkauskas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2014Cited by: 11References: 40

    Using longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 4,701; 1998-2010), the authors studied whether the unemployment rate was associated with private financial transfers (PFTs) among urban families with young children and whether family income moderated these associations. They found that an increase in the unemployment rate was associated with greater PFT receipt and that family income moderated the association. Poor …