$135,700
Public policy and opioid drug abuse: Investigating the effects of paid family and medical leave and Medicaid
2019
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Jenna Stearns
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of California, Davis
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Jenna Stearns is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Davis. She is also a research affiliate at the Institute for the Study of Labor and a Research Affiliate at the Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis.
Her research is currently focused on understanding the effects of social insurance and family-friendly policies on labor market choices, productivity, family structure, and health outcomes.  Stearns received her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her B.A. in economics from Whitman College.
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Authored by Jenna Stearns
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The economic imperative of enacting paid family leave across the United States (opens in a new tab)
Blog FEB 18, 2020
By: Maya Rossin-Slater, Jenna Stearns
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
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