Research

Forthcoming at the Journal of Experimental Political Science 
“COVID-19 and the Crisis of Childcare: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in the United States”
Annabelle Hutchinson, Sarah Khan, and Hilary Matfess

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Other Working Papers

1. Working Paper: “Subjective Perceptions and the Demand for Redistribution in the United States” (with Gautam Nair). Presented at APSA September, 2016. Link to current draft.

  • Abstract: This paper examines a fundamental question in the political economy of inequality literature that has largely gone untested; do individuals have accurate perceptions about their relative income and does correcting misperceptions change individuals’ preferences for redistribution? Unlike the results of similar studies in other countries, we find that a significant share of participants in a large, national survey have reasonably accurate perceptions of their relative income. We fail to find evidence of significant shifts in redistributive preferences when participants are randomly exposed to information about their true percentile rank. Our data suggest that subjective beliefs around future income, risk, mobility, and government efficiency are more important drivers of differences in redistributive preferences than perceptions of relative incomes.

2. “The Pluralization of Families,” in International Panel on Social Progress Report (IPSP), 2016, Contributing Author. Link to Chapter. Also see link to Hutchinson & Rosenbluth’s initial contribution to chapter at this link.

  • Abstract: I conducted a cross-national study on the economics of the modern family and an empirical analysis of how economic factors and governmental policies affect women’s labor market decisions, their bargaining power in relationships, and the gendered division of labor within a family. Working with other scholars at the 2016 IPSP Chapter Meeting in Miami, FL, I drafted the current version of the IPSP report, which incorporates this study.

3. Working Paper: “Learning to Grow? Connecting Higher Education and Economic Development” (with Kenneth Meier). Presented at MPSA April, 2015. Link to current draft.

  • Abstract: This paper explores an important aspect of the national higher education debate by investigating the connection between higher education and economic development at the U.S. state level. Using panel data from 1992-2006 on all 50 U.S. states, this paper examines whether the conferral of different types of college degrees leads to economic development and growth in U.S. states. The results show that the production of associate’s degrees has led to higher rates of economic and personal income growth and lower poverty rates in U.S. states. Secondly, the production of bachelor’s degrees has led to lower unemployment rates. Lastly, the production of advanced degrees is associated with lower levels of economic growth.