Journal Article
Your current job probably won't be your last
Owyang, Michael T.; Engemann, Kristie M. (2004-02)
National Economic Trends , Issue Feb

Journal Article
Splitsville: the economics of unilateral divorce
Owyang, Michael T.; Engemann, Kristie M. (2008-01)
New studies have looked at the impact of easier divorce on everything from women working outside the home to children's education to spousal violence.
The Regional Economist , Issue Jan , Pages 12-16

Journal Article
Social changes lead married women into labor force
Owyang, Michael T.; Engemann, Kristie M. (2006-04)
The ranks of women in the workforce jumped by more than 24 percentage points between 1955 and 1999. Credit labor-saving devices at home (such as the dishwasher), the birth-control pill and the preference by some men to marry a woman who works outside the home.
The Regional Economist , Issue Apr , Pages 10-11

Journal Article
Extra credit: the rise of short-term liabilities
Owyang, Michael T.; Engemann, Kristie M. (2008-04)
Not only are more American families in debt, but the median value of the debt more than doubled between 1989 and 2004. Credit cards and payday loans are two of the favorite tools for digging the hole deeper.
The Regional Economist , Issue Apr , Pages 12-13

Journal Article
Can a summer hike cause a surprise fall for mortgage rates?
Owyang, Michael T.; Engemann, Kristie M. (2004-09)
Monetary Trends , Issue Sep

Journal Article
The effects of recessions across demographic groups
Wall, Howard J.; Engemann, Kristie M. (2010-01)
The burdens of a recession are not spread evenly across demographic groups. As the public and media noticed, from the start of the current recession in December 2007 through June 2009 men accounted for more than three-quarters of net job losses. Other differences have garnered less attention but are just as interesting. During the same period, the employment of single people fell at more than twice the rate that it did for married people and the decline for black workers was one and a half times that for white workers. To provide a more complete understanding of the effect of recessions, this ...
Review , Volume 92 , Issue Jan

Journal Article
A primer on the empirical identification of government spending shocks
Zubairy, Sarah; Owyang, Michael T.; Engemann, Kristie M. (2008-03)
The empirical literature on the effects of government spending shocks lacks unanimity about the responses of consumption and wages. Proponents of shocks identified by structural vector auto-regressions (VARs) find results consistent with New Keynesian models: consumption and wages increase. On the other hand, proponents of the narrative approach find results consistent with neoclassical models: consumption and wages decrease. This paper reviews these two identifications and confirms their differences by using standard economic series. It also uses alternative measures of government spending, ...
Review , Volume 90 , Issue Mar , Pages 117-132

Journal Article
Changing trends in the labor force: a survey
Wheeler, Christopher H.; Owyang, Michael T.; Engemann, Kristie M.; DiCecio, Riccardo (2008-01)
The composition of the American workforce has changed dramatically over the past half century as a result of both the emergence of married women as a substantial component of the labor force and an increase in the number of minority workers. The aging of the population has contributed to this change as well. In this paper, the authors review the evidence of changing labor force participation rates, estimate the trends in labor force participation over the past 50 years, and find that aggregate participation has stabilized after a period of persistent increases. Moreover, they examine the ...
Review , Volume 90 , Issue Jan , Pages 47-62

Journal Article
A winning combination? economic theory meets sports
Owyang, Michael T.; Engemann, Kristie M. (2009-01)
Satisfying a need to get out in the field, some economists are studying sports. Their topics have included racism in the NBA, coaches' maximization of their chances of winning, and the direction that soccer players and goalies should move during penalty kicks.
The Regional Economist , Issue Jan , Pages 10-13

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Barreling down the road to recession?
Owyang, Michael T.; Engemann, Kristie M. (2006-09)
National Economic Trends , Issue Sep