M. Melinda Pitts

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta — United States

Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences

12h-index892citations89works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Labor market dynamics and wage inequality(30), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics(26), Retirement, Disability, and Employment(22), Global Health Care Issues(12), Healthcare Policy and Management(11)

Publications89 total

Pink and Poverty Taxes on Marriage
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Where There’s Smoke…: The Wage Impact of Smoking
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Industry-Level Sources for Solid US Employment Growth: Running on Empty or More Room to Run?
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Modeling event studies with heterogeneous treatment effects
2023Open Access
Is our fiscal system discouraging marriage? A new look at the marriage tax
2022Open Access
Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Untitled
2021· 3 citedOpen Access
The dynamics of the smoking wage penalty
Journal of Health Economics·2021· 8 cited
Untitled
2020· 1 citedOpen Access
The Dynamics of the Smoking Wage Penalty
2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Losing public health insurance: TennCare reform and personal financial distress
Journal of Public Economics·2020· 53 cited
The Dynamics of the Smoking Wage Penalty
SSRN Electronic Journal·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Are Minimum Wages a Silent Killer? New Evidence on Drunk Driving Fatalities
The Review of Economics and Statistics·2018· 31 citedOpen Access
State merit aid programs and youth labor market attachment
2018· 1 citedOpen Access
State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment
SSRN Electronic Journal·2018· 1 citedOpen Access
The impacts of losing health insurance
Econstor (Econstor)·2017· 1 citedOpen Access
Impact of first birth career interruption on earnings: evidence from administrative data
Applied Economics·2016· 12 cited
Killer Debt: The Impact of Debt on Mortality
Econstor (Econstor)·2016· 4 citedOpen Access
Do Minimum Wages Really Increase Youth Drinking and Drunk Driving
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics·2014
Do Minimum Wages Really Increase Youth Drinking and Drunk Driving
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics·2014
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Frequent Co-authors

Julie L. Hotchkiss(29), Brian S. Armour(7), John C. Robertson(7), Jeff Etchason(4), Laura M. Argys(4), Mary Beth Walker(4), MaryBeth Beth Walker(4), Robert E. Moore(3), Jennifer M. Wike(3), Linda Alley(3), Fernando Ríos‐Avila(3), Robert L. Clark(2), Andrew Friedson(2), Joseph J. Sabia(2), Carol Friedman(2), Brian Armour(2), Michael Darden(2), Ross Maclean(1), Charles B. Cangialose(1), Mark Kishel(1)