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Robert G. Valletta is affiliated with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on economics, econometrics, and finance, with interdisciplinary work spanning health professions and social sciences. Valletta's expertise encompasses several subfields, including economics and econometrics, general health professions, demography, modeling and simulation, and gender studies.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to employment and welfare studies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their work also addresses retirement, disability, and employment issues, as well as COVID-19 epidemiological studies and the intersections of gender, labor, and family dynamics, alongside disability education and employment.

Recent published papers by Robert G. Valletta include:

  • "UI Generosity and Job Acceptance: Effects of the 2020 CARES Act," 2021, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Working Paper Series
  • "Unemployment Paths in a Pandemic Economy," 2020, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Working Paper Series
  • "Ui Generosity and Job Acceptance: Effects of the 2020 Cares Act," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Unemployment Paths in a Pandemic Economy," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "The Economic Status of People with Disabilities and Their Families since the Great Recession," 2021, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Robert G. Valletta frequently publishes in several venues:

  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Working Paper Series
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society
  • Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau
  • Leila Bengali
  • Mary C. Daly
  • Olivia Lofton
  • Mary Yilma

Best Publications

  • The Economic Security Index: A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis

    Jacob S. Hacker;Gregory Alain Huber;Austin Nichols;Philipp Rehm

  • Declining Job Security

    Robert G. Valletta

  • A Search and Matching Approach to Labor Markets: Did the Natural Rate of Unemployment Rise?

    Mary C. Daly;Bart Hobijn;Aysegül Sahin;Robert G. Valletta

  • Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market

    Henry S. Farber;Robert G. Valletta

  • The effect of health insurance on married female labor supply

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Robert G. Valletta

  • Inequality and Poverty in United States: The Effects of Rising Dispersion of Men's Earnings and Changing Family Behaviour

    Mary C. Daly;Robert G. Valletta

  • THE EFFECTS OF EMPLOYER-PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE ON WORKER MOBILITY

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Robert G. Valletta

  • The Effect of an Employer Health Insurance Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage and the Demand for Labor: Evidence from Hawaii

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;John DiNardo;Robert G. Valletta

  • UNION EFFECTS ON HEALTH INSURANCE PROVISION AND COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;John Dinardo;Robert G. Valletta

  • The Bootstrap and Multiple Imputations: Harnessing Increased Computing Power for Improved Statistical Tests

    David Brownstone;Robert Valletta

  • Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market

    Henry S. Farber;Robert G. Valletta

  • House lock and structural unemployment

    Robert G. Valletta

  • THE INS AND OUTS OF POVERTY IN ADVANCED ECONOMIES: GOVERNMENT POLICY AND POVERTY DYNAMICS IN CANADA, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE UNITED STATES

    Robert G. Valletta

  • Recent Flattening in the Higher Education Wage Premium: Polarization, Skill Downgrading, or Both?

    Robert G. Valletta

  • Extended unemployment and UI benefits

    Robert G. Valletta;Katherine Kuang

  • The Effects of Public Sector Labor Laws on Labor Market Institutions and Outcomes

    Richard Freeman;Robert Valletta

  • The Effects of Public Sector Labor Laws on Labor Market Institutions and Outcomes

    Richard B Freeman;Robert Valletta

  • The Labor Market in the Great Recession—An Update to September 2011

    Michael W. L. Elsby;Bart Hobijn;Ayşegül Şahin;Robert G. Valletta

  • Modeling Earnings Measurement Error: A Multiple Imputation Approach

    David Brownstone;Robert G Valletta

  • Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market

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  • The Effect of Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Evidence from the 2012-2013 Phase-Out

    Henry Stuart Farber;Jesse Rothstein;Robert G. Valletta

  • The Effect of Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Evidence from the 2012-2013 Phase-Out

    Henry S. Farber;Jesse Rothstein;Robert G. Valletta

  • Is structural unemployment on the rise

    Robert G. Valletta;Katherine Kuang

  • The Effect of an Employer Health Insurance Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage and the Demand for Labor: Evidence from Hawaii

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;John DiNardo;John DiNardo;Robert G. Valletta;Robert G. Valletta

  • The Labor Market in the Great Recession: An Update

    Michael W. L. Elsby;Bart Hobijn;Robert G. Valletta

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Buchmueller
Thomas C. Buchmueller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mary C. Daly
Mary C. Daly Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
John DiNardo
John DiNardo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jesse Rothstein
Jesse Rothstein University of California, Berkeley
Henry S. Farber
Henry S. Farber Princeton University
Bart Hobijn
Bart Hobijn Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman Harvard University
John C. Williams
John C. Williams Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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