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Kasey Buckles

Assistant Professor of Economics

Buckles’ research fields include labor economics and applied microeconometrics. Her recent work investigates the causes and consequences of fertility delay for working women. One project has measured the wage premium for each year that a woman delays the birth of her first child and finds that most of the premium can be explained by differences in women’s observable characteristics. She also is studying the effects of policies that promote adoption for children in foster care.

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CBC News—Want a smart child? Wait 2 years before having another

New Zealand Herald—Benefits to increasing spacing between siblings – study

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams—Study: Spacing siblings makes them smarter

Time Magazine (Healthland)—Spacing Siblings At Least Two Years Apart Makes Kids Smarter

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