David Ribar

DAUGHTERS AND DIVORCE

Jan Kabatek, David C Ribar

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECONOMIC JOURNAL

Abstract Are couples with daughters more likely to divorce than couples with sons? Using Dutch registry and US surv..

Implications of COVID-19 labour market shocks for inequality in financial wellbeing

Ferdi Botha, John P de New, Sonja C de New, David C Ribar, Nicolas Salamanca

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS

Australia's economy abruptly entered into a recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Related labour market shocks on Austra..

Under pressure? Assessing the roles of skills and other personal resources for work-life strains

Niels-Hugo Blunch, David C Ribar, Mark Western

Journal article  |  2020  |  Review of Economics of the Household

Many working parents struggle to balance the demands of their jobs and family roles. Although we might expect that additional reso..

Four Dimensions of Quality in Australian Jobs

David C Ribar, Mark Wooden

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Economic Record

We develop and analyse comprehensive, multi‐item scales of the quality of Australian jobs, using the rich measures of job characte..

Financial Outcomes in Adolescence and Early Adulthood in Australian Longitudinal Data

John de New, David Ribar, Christopher Ryan, Clement Wong

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Australian Economic Review

This article describes and catalogues person‐specific measures of financial outcomes that are available for adolescents and young ..

The reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and employment status

Melisa Bubonya, Deborah A Cobb-Clark, David C Ribar

Journal article  |  2019  |  ECONOMICS & HUMAN BIOLOGY

This paper analyzes the reciprocal lagged relationship between depressive symptoms and employment status. We find that severe depr..

Food Stamps and the Working Poor

Peter Mueser, David Ribar, Erdal Tekin

Book  |  2019

The authors show that many households that are eligible for food stamps do not receive them, and that eligible individuals' enroll..

Child age and gender differences in food security in a low-income U.S. inner-city population

Robert A Moffitt, David C Ribar

Report  |  2018  |  European Economic Review

Child age and gender differences in food security in a low-income U.S. inner-city population

RA Moffitt, DC Ribar

Journal article  |  2018  |  European Economic Review

A long literature in economics studies differential allocations of resources to children within the family. In a study of approxim..

Not your lucky day: romantically and numerically special wedding date divorce risks

Jan Kabatek, David C Ribar

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS

Characteristics of couples on or about their wedding day and characteristics of weddings have been shown to predict marital outcom..