Spatial Features of Labor Markets and Links to the Housing Market

<p>This dissertation comprises three papers on spatial features of labor markets and links to the housing market. The first two papers look at how a local parental leave policy and the neighborhood in which one resides can influence women's decision to work. One paper shows that New Jersey's 2009 family leave insurance program induces women to remain employed following childbirth. The other reveals that, for women, having other women with similar aged children to yours among your closest neighbors makes you emulate their work behavior. The final paper analyzes how seasonality in occupational employment via either monthly or business-cycle induced fluctuations to labor demand increases the likelihood of holding a home equity line of credit. This finding is consistent with individuals drawing on these credit lines to access stored home equity in order to smooth consumption in the face of short-term breaks to employment.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Abreu Faro e Mota, Nuno

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stuart S. Rosenthal

• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://surface.syr.edu/etd/202

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:surface.syr.edu:etd-1202