Abstract Millennials (born 1981–1996) are the largest portion of the US workforce, but very
little research has examined and compared their health behaviors and health outcomes to …

US labor markets have experienced transformative change over the past half century.
Spurred on by global economic change, robotization, and the decline of labor unions, state …

In the last few years, changes in the work market have produced effects on the transition
school-to-work and, more specifically, on the ability to plan for the future, in particular in the …

Although a sizeable body of research has examined the labor market outcomes for sexual
minority men, suggesting that gay and bisexual men earn less than their heterosexual …

This paper develops normative approaches for measuring individual-level income
insecurity. Using concepts derived from Expected Utility Theory and Prospect Theory, we …

Background The world was hit hard by the 2008 recession which led to increased
unemployment and financial strain. However, how the recession affected people with pre …

This research examines the association between economic insecurity and imprisonment
rates in the United States. Building on Garland's thesis about punishment and late …

This dissertation explores the question of how housing policy and the availability of
affordable housing affect education. It consists of three papers that collectively provide …

Estimating the effect of a randomized treatment and the effect that is transmitted through a
mediator is often complicated by treatment noncompliance. In literature, an instrumental …

This thesis explores two key measures of economic wellbeing-economic insecurity and
income inequality. Chapters 2 and 3 present an Economic Security Index (ESI) for New …