Leslie S. Stratton

Research Fellow

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Leslie Stratton is a Professor of Economics at Virginia Commonwealth University. She received her Ph.D. from M.I.T in 1989 in the fields of labor economics and econometrics. She teaches courses in both these areas at the undergraduate and the Master’s level. Her research focuses on the interaction between market and nonmarket activities – with a number of articles exploring employment decisions, college enrollment patterns, and household production (both housework and child care). Her work has been published in the Journal of Population Economics, the Journal of Human Resources, the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and Research in Higher Education amongst others.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2004.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16097
Marriage versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type
Leslie S. Stratton
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15851
The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and Non-hispanic Men: 1970-2019
Ioannis Kospentaris, Leslie S. Stratton
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11938
Does Female Breadwinning Make Partnerships Less Healthy or Less Stable?
Gigi Foster, Leslie S. Stratton
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34 (1), 63-96.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10941
Housing Prices, Unemployment Rates, Disadvantage, and Progress toward a Degree
Leslie S. Stratton
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10832
What Women Want (Their Men to Do): Housework and Satisfaction in Australian Households
Gigi Foster, Leslie S. Stratton
published in: Feminist Economics, 2019, 25 (3), 23-47.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10831
Do Significant Labor Market Events Change Who Does the Chores? Paid Work, Housework and Power in Mixed-Gender Australian Households
Gigi Foster, Leslie S. Stratton
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (2), 483-519
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10741
Modeling Enrollment in and Completion of Vocational Education: The Role of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills by Program Type
Leslie S. Stratton, Nabanita Datta Gupta, David Reimer, Anders Holm
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2018, 18(4), 1-17.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6965
How Distance to a Non-Residential Parent Relates to Child Outcomes
Astrid Würtz Rasmussen, Leslie S. Stratton
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2016, 14 (4), 829-857
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6436
The Role of Preferences and Opportunity Costs in Determining the Time Allocated to Housework
Leslie S. Stratton
published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102(3), 606-611
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5253
Her Time, His Time, or the Maid's Time: An Analysis of the Demand for Domestic Work
Elena G. F. Stancanelli, Leslie S. Stratton
published as 'Maids, Appliances and Couples' Housework: The Demand for Inputs to Domestic Production' in: Economica, 2014, 81 (323), 445-467
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