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Melinda Pitts

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First Name:Melinda
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Last Name:Pitts
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RePEc Short-ID:ppi175
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Affiliation

(50%) Economic Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
http://www.frbatlanta.org/research/
RePEc:edi:efrbaus (more details at EDIRC)

(50%) Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
http://www.frbatlanta.org/
RePEc:edi:frbatus (more details at EDIRC)

Research output

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Working papers

  1. Laura Argys & Thomas Mroz & M. Melinda Pitts, 2023. "Modeling Event Studies with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2023-11, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  2. Elias Ilin & Laurence J. Kotlikoff & M. Melinda Pitts, 2022. "Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2022-6, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  3. Michael Darden & Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2020. "The Dynamics of the Smoking Wage Penalty," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2020-11, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  4. David Frisvold & M. Melinda Pitts, 2018. "State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2018-4, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  5. Laura Argys & Andrew Friedson & M. Melinda Pitts & D. Sebastian Tello-Trillo, 2017. "Losing Public Health Insurance: TennCare Disenrollment and Personal Financial Distress," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2017-6, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  6. Laura Argys & Andrew Friedson & M. Melinda Pitts, 2016. "Killer Debt: The Impact of Debt on Mortality," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2016-14, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  7. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & Mary Beth Walker, 2014. "Impact of first-birth career interruption on earnings: evidence from administrative data," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2014-23, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  8. Laura Argys & M. Melinda Pitts & Joseph J. Sabia, 2014. "Do Minimum Wages Really Increase Youth Drinking and Drunk Driving?," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2014-20, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  9. Esfandiar Maasoumi & M. Melinda Pitts & Ke Wu, 2014. "The gap between the conditional wage distributions of incumbents and the newly hired employees: decomposition and uniform ordering," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2014-22, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  10. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2013. "Even one is too much: the economic consequences of being a smoker," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2013-03, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  11. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & Fernando Rios-Avila, 2012. "A closer look at nonparticipants during and after the Great Recession," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2012-10, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  12. Brian S. Armour & M. Melinda Pitts & Mary Beth Walker, 2011. "A decomposition of the black-white differential in birth outcomes," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2011-01, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  13. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & Mary Beth Walker, 2011. "To work or not to work: the economics of a mother's dilemma," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2011-02, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  14. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & Mary Beth Walker, 2010. "Assessing the impact of education and marriage on labor market exit decisions of women," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2010-02, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  15. Hotchkiss, Julie L. & Pitts, M. Melinda & Robertson, John C., 2008. "The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust," MPRA Paper 44800, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  16. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & Mary Beth Walker, 2008. "Working with children? the probability of mothers exiting the workforce at time of birth," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2008-08, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  17. Brian S. Armour & M. Melinda Pitts, 2007. "Does disability explain state-level differences in the quality of Medicare beneficiary hospital inpatient care?," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2007-18, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  18. Brian S. Armour & Chung-won Lee & M. Melinda Pitts, 2007. "Cigarette smoking and food insecurity among low-income families in the United States, 2001," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2007-19, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  19. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2007. "Evidence of demand factors in the determination of the labor market intermittency penalty," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2007-16, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  20. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2007. "The role of labor market intermittency in explaining gender wage differentials," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2007-01, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  21. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & John C. Robertson, 2006. "The push-pull effects of the information technology boom and bust: insight from matched employer-employee data," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2006-01, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  22. Brian S. Armour & M. Melinda Pitts, 2006. "Smoking: taxing health and Social Security," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2006-12, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  23. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & John C. Robertson, 2005. "Earnings on the information technology roller coaster: insight from matched employer-employee data," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2005-11, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  24. Julie L. Hotchkiss & Robert E. Moore & M. Melinda Pitts, 2005. "Freshman learning communities, college performance, and retention," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2005-22, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  25. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & John C. Robertson, 2004. "Wage gains among job changers across the business cycle: insight from state administrative data," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2004-19, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  26. Linda Alley & Brian S. Armour & Jeff Etchason & Carol Friedman & M. Melinda Pitts & Jennifer Wike, 2003. "The influence of year-end bonuses on colorectal cancer screening," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2003-41, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  27. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & John C. Robertson, 2003. "The ups and downs of jobs in Georgia: what can we learn about employment dynamics from state administrative data?," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2003-38, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  28. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2003. "Female labor force intermittency and current earnings: a switching regression model with unknown sample selection," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2003-33, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  29. M. Melinda Pitts, 2002. "Why choose women's work if it pays less? A structural model of occupational choice," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2002-30, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  30. Brian S. Armour & M. Melinda Pitts, 2002. "Incorporating insurance rate estimates and differential mortality into net marginal Social Security tax rate calculations," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2002-29, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

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Articles

  1. Patrick C. Higgins & M. Melinda Pitts & David Wiczer, 2024. "Industry-Level Sources for Solid US Employment Growth: Running on Empty or More Room to Run?," Policy Hub, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 2024(8), pages 1-19, November.
  2. Elias Ilin & Laurence J. Kotlikoff & M. Melinda Pitts, 2022. "Pink and Poverty Taxes on Marriage," Policy Hub, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 2022(12), October.
  3. M. Melinda Pitts, 2021. "Where Are They Now? Workers with Young Children during COVID-19," Policy Hub, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 2021(10), September.
  4. Steph Clampitt & Michael Darden & Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2020. "Where There's Smoke...: The Wage Impact of Smoking," Policy Hub, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 2020(11), pages 1-8, October.
  5. Argys, Laura M. & Friedson, Andrew I. & Pitts, M. Melinda & Tello-Trillo, D. Sebastian, 2020. "Losing public health insurance: TennCare reform and personal financial distress," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
  6. Joseph J. Sabia & M. Melinda Pitts & Laura M. Argys, 2019. "Are Minimum Wages a Silent Killer? New Evidence on Drunk Driving Fatalities," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 101(1), pages 192-199, March.
  7. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & Mary Beth Walker, 2017. "Impact of first birth career interruption on earnings: evidence from administrative data," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(35), pages 3509-3522, July.
  8. Julie Hotchkiss & M. Pitts & Mary Walker, 2011. "Labor force exit decisions of new mothers," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 9(3), pages 397-414, September.
  9. Julie Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2010. "The demand side of the penalty for intermittent labour market behaviour," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(6), pages 531-535.
  10. M. Melinda Pitts, 2008. "When things still don't add up," EconSouth, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 10(1).
  11. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & John C. Robertson, 2008. "The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 22(3), pages 200-212, August.
  12. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2007. "The Role of Labor Market Intermittency in Explaining Gender Wage Differentials," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 97(2), pages 417-421, May.
  13. Brian S. Armour & M. Melinda Pitts, 2007. "Smoking: taxing health and Social Security," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 92(Q 3), pages 27-41.
  14. Julie Hotchkiss & Robert Moore & M. Melinda Pitts, 2006. "Freshman Learning Communities, College Performance, and Retention," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 197-210.
  15. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & John C. Robertson, 2006. "Earnings on the Information Technology Roller Coaster: Insight from Matched Employer‐Employee Data," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 73(2), pages 342-361, October.
  16. M. Melinda Pitts & John C. Robertson & Ellis W. Tallman, 2005. "Ill winds can’t blow U.S. economy off course," EconSouth, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 7(Q4).
  17. Brian S. Armour & M. Melinda Pitts, 2005. "The quality of preventive and diagnostic medical care: why do southern states underperform?," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 90(Q 1), pages 59-67.
  18. Jason M. DeBacker & Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts & John C. Robertson, 2005. "It's who you are and what you do: explaining the IT industry wage premium," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 90(Q 3), pages 37-45.
  19. Julie Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2005. "Female labour force intermittency and current earnings: switching regression model with unknown sample selection," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(5), pages 545-560.
  20. Brian S. Armour & M. Melinda Pitts, 2004. "Incorporating Insurance Rate Estimates and Differential Mortality into the Net Marginal Social Security Tax Rate Calculation," Public Finance Review, , vol. 32(6), pages 588-609, November.
  21. Julie L. Hotchkiss & M. Melinda Pitts, 2003. "At What Level of Labor-Market Intermittency Are Women Penalized?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 93(2), pages 233-237, May.
  22. David Avery & Michael J. Chriszt & Whitney Mancuso & M. Melinda Pitts & John C. Robertson & Navnita Sarma & Gustavo A. Uceda, 2002. "Southeastern economy still feeling recession's effects," EconSouth, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 4(Q4), pages 8-23.
  23. M. Melinda Pitts, 2000. "Book Review: Labor Economics: Latinas and African American Women at Work: Race, Gender, and Economic Inequality," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 53(2), pages 342-343, January.

Chapters

  1. Esfandiar Maasoumi & Melinda Pitts & Ke Wu, 2014. "The Gap between the Conditional Wage Distributions of Incumbents and the Newly Hired Employees: Decomposition and Uniform Ordering," Advances in Econometrics, in: Essays in Honor of Peter C. B. Phillips, volume 33, pages 587-612, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  2. M.Melinda Pitts, 2003. "Why Choose Women’S Work If It Pays Less? A Structural Model Of Occupational Choice," Research in Labor Economics, in: Worker Well-Being and Public Policy, pages 415-445, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

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NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 31 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (13) 2004-02-29 2006-10-14 2007-08-27 2007-09-09 2011-04-02 2011-04-02 2013-07-15 2015-01-14 2016-12-11 2017-09-10 2020-08-31 2021-02-01 2022-06-27. Author is listed
  2. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (10) 2003-01-27 2004-09-05 2007-02-17 2008-04-12 2010-04-11 2011-04-02 2011-04-02 2012-08-23 2015-01-26 2015-01-31. Author is listed
  3. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (4) 2018-07-09 2018-08-13 2020-08-31 2020-09-07
  4. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (3) 2003-01-27 2007-08-27 2017-09-10
  5. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (3) 2006-10-14 2022-07-25 2022-10-17
  6. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (3) 2018-07-09 2018-07-16 2018-08-13
  7. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2005-11-05 2015-01-31
  8. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (2) 2006-10-14 2022-07-25
  9. NEP-BAN: Banking (1) 2016-12-11
  10. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2005-07-11
  11. NEP-ECM: Econometrics (1) 2023-09-25
  12. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2011-04-02
  13. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2015-01-26
  14. NEP-KNM: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (1) 2018-07-09
  15. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (1) 2015-01-26
  16. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2006-10-14
  17. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (1) 2005-11-05

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