Address:
Department of Economics
Columbia University
420 W 118th St., New York NY 10027
Telephone: 212 854 5420
E-mail:
janet.currie@columbia.edu
Education:
Ph.D. Economics, Princeton University, 1988.
M.A. Economics, University of Toronto, 1983.
B.A. Economics, Lorne T. Morgan Gold Medal in Economics, University of Toronto, 1982.
Professional Employment:
Sami Mnaymneh Professor of Economics, Columbia University, Jan. 2009-
Director, National Bureau of Economic Research's Program on Children, July 2009-present
Editor, Journal of Economic Literature, July 2010-
Economics Department Chair, Columbia University, July 2006-June 2009.
Professor, Columbia University, July 2006-Dec 2008.
Charles E. Davidson Professor of Economics, UCLA, July 2005-6.
Fellow, Center for Health and Well-Being, Princeton University, 2003-4, 2009-10.
Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, July 1996-2005.
Associate Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, July 1993.
Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July 1991.
Assistant Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, July 1988.
Research
1. Books
The Invisible Safety Net: Protecting Poor Children and Families, Princeton University Press, Spring 2006
Welfare and the Well-Being of Children, Fundamentals of the Pure and Applied Economics #59, Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur Switzerland, 1995.
2. Journal Articles
"Does Pollution Affect School Absenteeism?" forthcoming in The Review of Economics and Statistics, with Eric Hanushek, E. Megan Kahn, Matthew Neidell, and Steve Rivkin.
"The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity and Weight Gain," forthcoming American Economic Journals: Economic Policy, with Stephano Della Vigna, Enrico Moretti, and Vikram Pathania.
"Long-term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect on Adult Economic Well-Being," Child Maltreatment, forthcoming with Cathy Spatz Widom.
"Policy Interventions to Address Health Disparities: Moving Beyond Health Insurance," forthcoming, Pediatrics.
"Child Health and Young Adult Outcomes," forthcoming in Journal of Human Resources, Summer 2010, with Mark Stabile, Phongsack Manivong, Leslie L. Roos.
"Policy Interventions to Address Health Disaparities: Moving Beyond Health Insurance," forthcoming in Pediatrics.
"Fetal Exposure to Toxic Releases and Infant Health," forthcoming in American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, May 2009, with Johannes Schmieder. Appendix
"Air Pollution and Infant Health: Lessons from New Jersey," Journal of Health Economics, 28 #3, May 2009, 688-703, with Matthew Neidell and Johannes Schmeider.
"Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise?
Socioeconmic Status, Poor Health
in Childhood, and Human Capital Devleopment," Journal of Economic Literature, 47 #1, March 2009, 87-122.
"Does Pollution Affect School
Absenteeism?", forthcoming in The Review of Economics and Statistics
with Eric Hanushek, E. Megan Kahn, Matthew Neidell, and Steve Rivkin.
"Has Public Health Insurance for Older Children Reduced Disparities in Access to Care and Health Outcomes?" Journal of Health Economics, 27 #6, Dec. 2008, 1407-1652, with Sandra Decker and Wanchuan Lin. Appendix
"First Do No Harm?
Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes," Quarterly Journal of
Economics, CXXIII #2, May 2008, with Bentley MacLeod, 795-830. Finalist for NIHCM Foundation's 15th Annual Health Care Research Award. Data
"Transfers in Cash and
In-Kind: Theory Meets the Data," Journal of Economic Literature, 46 #2, June 2008, 333-83, with Firouz Gahvari.
"Does Managed Care Hurt Health?:
Evidence from Medicaid Mothers," The Review of Economics and
Statistics, 89 #3, August 2007, 385-399, with Anna Aizer and Enrico
Moretti.
"Getting
Inside the 'Black Box' of Head Start Quality: What Matters and What
Doesn't," Economics of Education Review, 26 #1, February
2007, 83-99, with Matthew Neidell.
"Biology as Destiny? Short and Long-Run Determinants of Intergenerational Transmission of Birth Weight," The Journal of Labor Economics, 25 #2, April 2007, 231-264, with Enrico Moretti.
"Chipping Away at Health: More on the Relationship Between Income and Child Health," Health Affairs, 26 #2, Mar/Apr 2007, 331-344, with Wanchuan Lin.
"Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of ADHD, "The Journal of Health Economics, 25 #6, Nov. 2006, 1094-1118, with Mark Stabile.
"Breakfast of Champions? The Effects of the School Breakfast Program on the Nutrition of
Children and their Families," Journal of Human Resources Volume 41 Number 3, Summer 2006, with Jayanta Bhattacharya and Steven Haider.
"Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn From California's Recent Experience?" forthcoming in the Quarterly Journal of Economics v. CXX#3, August 2005, 1003-1030, with Matthew Neidell.
"Cut to the Bone?: Hospital Takeovers and Employment Contracts," Industrial
and Labor Relations Review, 58 #3, April 2005, 471-494, with Mehdi Farsi and Bentley MacLeod..
"Medicaid Managed Care: Effects on Children's Medicaid Coverage and Utilization of Care,"
Journal of Public Economics, 89 #1, Jan. 2005, 85-108, with John Fahr.
"Networks or Neighborhoods? Correlations in the Use of Publicly-Funded Maternity Care in California", Journal of Public Economics, 88 #12, Dec. 2004, 2573-2585, with Anna Aizer.
"Does WIC Work? The Effect of WIC on Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23 #4, Fall 2004, 73-91, with Marianne Bitler.
"Child Research Comes of Age," Canadian Journal of Economics, 37 #3, August, 2004, 509-527.
"Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Nutritional Outcomes in Children and Adults," Journal of Health
Economics, 23 #2, July 2004, 839-862, with Jayanta Bhattacharya and Steven Haider.
"Hospitals, Managed Care, and the Charity Caseload in California," Journal of Health Economics,
23 #3, May 2004, 421-625, with John Fahr.
"Accidents Will Happen? Unintentional Injury, Maternal Employment, and Child Care Policy,"
Journal of Health Economics, v23 #1, January 2004, 25-59 with V. Joseph Hotz.
""Socioeconomic Status and Health: Why is the Relationship Stronger for Older Children?,"
American Economic Review, v93 #5, December 2003, 1813-1823, with Mark Stabile.
"Mother's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from
College Openings," Quarterly Journal of Economics, VCXVIII #4, Nov. 2003, with Enrico
Moretti, 1495-1532.
"WIC Eligibility and Participation," Journal of Human Resources, v38, 2003, 1139-1179, with
Marianne Bitler and John Karl Scholz.
"Heat or Eat? Income Shocks and the Allocation of Nutrition in American Families," American
Journal of Public Health 93(7), July 2003,1149-1154, with Jayanta Bhattacharya, Thomas
DeLeire, and Steven Haider.
"Distance to Hospital and Children's Access to Care: Is Being Closer Better, and for Whom?,"
Economic Inquiry, v 41 #3, July 2003, 378-391, with Patricia Reagan.
"Longer Term Effects of Head Start," The American Economic Review, v92 #4, Sept. 2002,
999-1012, with Eliana Garces and Duncan Thomas.
"Medicaid Expansions and Welfare Contractions: Offsetting Effects on Prenatal Care and Infant
Health," Journal of Health Economics, v21 March 2002, 313-335, with Jeffrey Grogger.
"Public Health Insurance and Medical Treatment: The Equalizing Impact of the Medicaid
Expansions," Journal of Public Economics, v82 #1, October 2001, 63-90, with Jonathan Gruber.
"Early Test Scores, Socioeconomic Status, School Quality and Future Outcomes," Research in
Labor Economics, v 20, 2001, 103-132, with Duncan Thomas.
"Early Childhood Intervention Programs: What Do We Know?," Journal of Economic
Perspectives,15 #2, Spring 2001, 213-238.
"School Quality and the Longer-Term Effects of Head Start," Journal of Human Resources, fall
2000, v35 #4, 755-774, with Duncan Thomas.
"Are Public Housing Projects Good For Kids?," Journal of Public Economics, v75 #1, January
2000, 99-124, with Aaron Yelowitz.
"The Law and Labor Strife in the U.S., 1881-1894," Journal of Economic History, 60 #1, March
2000, 42-66, with Joseph Ferrie.
"Does Head Start Help Hispanic Children?," Journal of Public Economics, 74 #2, November,
1999, 235-262, with Duncan Thomas.
"The Intergenerational Transmission of "Intelligence": Down the Slippery Slopes of 'The Bell
Curve'," Industrial Relations, 38 #3, July 1999, 297-330, with Duncan Thomas.
"Is the Impact of Health Shocks Cushioned by Socioeconomic Status?: The Case of Birth
Weight," American Economic Review, May 1999, 89 #2, 245-250, with Rosemary Hyson.
"Sharing the Costs: The Impact of Trade Reform on Capital and Labor in Morocco," Journal of
Labor Economics, July 1997, 15 #3, S44-S71, with Ann Harrison.
"Saving Babies: The Efficacy and Cost of Recent Expansions of Medicaid Eligibility for
Pregnant Women," The Journal of Political Economy, December, 1996, 104 #6, 1263-1296, with
Jonathan Gruber. Reprinted in A Health Law Reader, John Robinson, Roberta Berry, and Kevin
McDonnell (eds) (Carolina Academic Press: Durham NC), 1999.
"Health Insurance Eligibility, Utilization of Medical Care, and Child Health," The Quarterly
Journal of Economics, May 1996, 111 #2, 431-466, with Jonathan Gruber.
"The Minimum Wage and the Employment of Youth: Evidence from the NLSY," The Journal of
Human Resources, Spring 1996, 31 #2, 404-428, with Bruce Fallick.
"Restrictions on Medicaid Funding of Abortion: Effects on Pregnancy Resolutions and Birth
Weight," The Journal of Human Resources, Winter 1996, 31 #1, 159-188, with Lucia Nixon and
Nancy Cole.
"Does Head Start Make A Difference?," The American Economic Review, June 1995, 85 #3,
341-364, with Duncan Thomas.
"Socioeconomic Status and Health: Does Universal Eligibility for Health Care Reduce the
Gaps?," The Scandanavian Journal of Economics, 97 #4, 1995, 603-620, Reprinted in The
Future of the Welfare State, London: Basil Blackwell, 1996.
"Male Jobs, Female Jobs, and Gender Gaps in Benefits Coverage in Canada, Research in Labor
Economics, Summer, v14, 1995, 171-210, with Richard Chaykowski.
"Physician Payments and Infant Mortality: Evidence from Medicaid Fee Policy," The American
Economic Review, May 1995, 85 #2, 106-111, with Jonathan Gruber and Michael Fischer.
"Medical Care for Children: Public Insurance, Private Insurance, and Racial Differences in
Utilization," The Journal of Human Resources, Winter, 1995, 30 #1, 135-162, with Duncan
Thomas. Reprinted in Portuguese in Revista Brasileira de Economia, 49 #2, April-June, 1995.
"The Impact of Collective Bargaining Legislation in the U.S. Public Sector: No Policy May be
the Worst Policy?," The Journal of Law and Economics, 37 #2, October 1994, 519-547, with
Sheena McConnell.
"Understanding When Agents are Fairmen or Gamesmen," Games and Economic Behavior, 7 #1,
July 1994, 104-115, with Matthew Spiegel, Hugo Sonnenschein, and Arunava Sen.
"Arbitrator Behavior and the Characteristics of Arbitrated and Negotiated Wage Settlements,"
Journal of Labor Economics, January 1994, 12 #1, 29-40.
"Welfare and Child Health: The Link Between AFDC Participation and Birth Weight," The
American Economic Review, September, 1993, 83 #4, 971-985, with Nancy Cole.
"An Experimental Comparison of Dispute Rates in Alternative Arbitration Systems,"
Econometrica, Nov. 1992, 60 #6, 1407-1433, with Orley Ashenfelter, Henry Farber, and
Matthew Spiegel.
"Firm-Specific Determinants of the Real Wage," The Review of Economics and Statistics, May
1992, 74 #2, 297-304, with Sheena McConnell.
"Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector: The Effect of Legal Structure on Dispute Costs and
Wages," The American Economic Review, September 1991, 81 #4, 693-718, with Sheena
McConnell. Reprinted in Labor Economics, Orley Ashenfelter and Kevin Hallock (ed.)
(Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : E. Elgar Pub)1996. Series title:
International library of critical writings in economics; 47.
"Employment Determination in a Unionized Public Sector Labor Market: The Case of Ontario's
School Teachers," Journal of Labor Economics, January 1991, 9 #1, 45-66.
"Negotiator Behavior and the Occurrence of Disputes," The American Economic Review, May
1990, 80 #2, 416-420, with Orley Ashenfelter.
"Who Uses Interest Arbitration? The Case of British Columbia's Teachers: 1947-1981,"
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, April 1989, 42 #3, 363-379.
"A Further Test of Noncooperative Bargaining Theory," The American Economic Review, Sept.
1988, 78 #4, 824-836, with Hugo Sonnenschein and Matthew Spiegel (published under the name
Janet Neelin).
"Sectoral Shifts and Canadian Unemployment," The Review of Economics and Statistics, Nov.
1987 69 #4, 718-723, published under the name Janet Neelin).
3. Book Chapters
"Health and Residential
Location," in Reinventing Older Communities: Why Does Place
Matter?, Susan Wachter and Harriet Weinberger (eds). (Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press), forthcoming.
"Parental SES and Child
Health," forthcoming in International
Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd ed., Barry McGaw, Penelope Peterson, Eva Baker
(eds) (Amsterdam: Elsevier) with Joshua Goodman, forthcoming.
"Mental Health in Childhood and
Human Capital," forthcoming in An Economic Perspective on the Problems of Disadvantaged
Youth, Jonathan Gruber (ed.) (Chicago: University of Chicago
Press for NBER), with Mark Stabile, 2009.
"Poverty Among Inner City Children," in Robert Inman (ed.)
Making Cities Work,
(Princeton: Princeton University Press), 2009.
"Short and Long-Run Effects of
the Introduction of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes in California," in
The Effects of Economic and
Social Policy on Health. R.F Schoeni, J House, G Kaplan, and H
Pollack (eds.) (New York: Russell Sage)with Enrico Moretti, 2008.
"Child Health and
Mortality," in Larry Blume and Steven Durlauf (eds.) The New Palgrave Dictionary of
Economics, 2nd Edition," (London: Macmillan), 2008.
"Nutrition and Public
Policy in Advanced Economies," in Larry Blume and Steven Durlauf
(eds). The New Palgrave
Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, (London: Macmillan),
2008.
"The Take-up of Social Benefits," forthcoming in Alan Auerbach, David Card, and John Quigley (eds.)
Poverty, the Distribution of Income, and Public Policy," (New York: Russell Sage) 2006.
"Who's Minding the Kids?: Preschool, Day Care, and After School Care," The Handbook of
Education Economics, Finis Welch and Eric Hanushek (eds). New York: North Holland, with
David Blau, forthcoming.
"Health Disparities and Gaps in School Readiness," in The Future of Children: School Readiness:
Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps, Volume 15, Number 1 - Spring 2005, 117-138.
"Inequality in Life and Death: What Drives Racial Trends in U.S. Child Death Rates?," in Social
Inequality (New York: Russell Sage), 2004, 569-632, with V. Joseph Hotz.
"U.S. Food and Nutrition Programs," Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States,
Robert Moffitt (ed.) (Chicago: University of Chicago Press for NBER), 2003, 199-290.
"Explaining Recent Declines in Food Stamp Program Participation," in Brookings Papers on
Urban Affairs, William Gale and Janet Rothenberg-Pack (eds), 2001, 203-244, with Jeffrey
Grogger.
"Youths at Nutritional Risk: Malnourished or Misnourished?," in Risky Behavior Among
Youths: An Economic Analysis, Jonathan Gruber (ed) (Chicago: University of Chicago Press for
NBER), 2001, 483-522, with Jay Bhattacharya.
"Health Insurance and Less Skilled Workers," in Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform, David
Card and Rebecca Blank (eds.), New York: Russell Sage, 233-261, with Aaron Yelowitz, 2000.
"Child Health in Developed Countries," The Handbook of Health Economics, Joseph P.
Newhouse and Anthony J. Culyer (eds.), Amsterdam: North Holland, 2000, 1053-1084.
"Do Children of Immigrants Make Differential Use of Public Health Insurance?," Issues in the Economics of Immigration, George Borjas (ed.), Chicago: University of Chicago Press for
NBER, 2000, 271-308.
"Health, Health Insurance and the Labor Market," The Handbook of Labor Economics, volume
3c, David Card and Orley Ashenfelter (eds.), Amsterdam: North Holland, 1999, 3309-3407, with
Brigitte Madrian.
"The Effect of Welfare on Child Outcomes: What We Know and What We Need to Know," in
Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Research Perspectives, Robert Moffitt (ed.),
Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998, 177-204.
"Choosing Among Alternative Programs for Poor Children," The Future of Children, Eugene
Lewit and Linda Baker (eds.), The Center for the Future of Children: Los Altos CA, Summer/Fall
1997, 113-131.
"Gender Gaps in Benefits Coverage," in The Handbook of Human Resource Management, David
Lewin, Daniel Mitchell and Mahmood Zaidi (eds), JAI Press, 1997, 175-198.
"Welfare and the Well-Being of Children: The Relative Effectiveness of Cash vs. In-Kind Transfers," in Tax Policy and the Economy, James Poterba (ed.), National Bureau of Economic
Research and MIT Press, 1994, 1-44.
"Is Arbitration Addictive?: Evidence from a Bargaining Experiment," Industrial Relations Research Association, Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting Jan. 1992, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992, with Henry Farber.
"From School to Work: The Effect of Minimum Wages on the Time to First Job," Industrial
Relations Research Association, Proceedings of the 42 Annual Meeting Dec. 1989, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1990, 576-584, with Bruce Fallick.
4. Selected Policy Notes and Briefings
"Socioeconomic Status, Child Health and Future Outcomes: Lessons for Appalachia," University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, October, 2009.
"Do Fast Food Resaurants Contribute to Obesity?" NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health, Spring 2009, with Stefano DellaVigna, Enrico Moretti, and Vickram Pathania.
"Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise," NBER Digest, Jan. 2009.
"Child Health and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital," Vox, July 19, 2008.
"Efficient Provision of High Quality Early Childhood Education: Does
the Private Sector or Public Sector Do it Best? CESifo DICE Report,
6(2) 2008, with David Blau.
"Why In-Kind Benefits?" Vox, Dec. 17, 2007, with Firouz Gahvari.
"The Federal Safety Net: Effective But Vulnerable
Programs," Focus on Law Studies, American Bar Association, Fall
2007.
"Consequences of Childhood Mental Health Disorders," NBER Bulletin on Aging
and Health, Summer 2007, with Mark Stabile.
"Stop Picking Holes in America's Social Safety Net," The Financial Times, July 12, 2007.
"Economic Impact of Head Start",
in Richard Tremblay, R.G. Barr, R. DeV. Peters (eds.) Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development, Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, 2005: 1-7. In French.
"Cutting the Safety Net, One Strand at a Time," in The Economist's Voice, V2, Issue 2, 2005,
article 5.
Reprinted in: Joseph Stiglitz, Aaron Edlin, and J.Bradford DeLong, The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take On Today's Problems, Columbia University Press, 2008.
"Combining Early Care and Education: Is Universal Pre-K the Best Way?" Social Policy Report:
A Publication of the Society for Research in Child Development, v. XVIII #2, 2004.
"Evaluating the Impact of School Nutrition Programs," Final Report to the United States
Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service Project #43-3AEM-1-80071, with
Jayanta Bhattacharya and Steven Haider, Spring 2004.
"When Do We Know What We Think We Know? Determining Causality," invited paper presented to NICHD Administration for Children and Families conference on Work, Family, Health and Well-Being, Washington D.C. June 16-18, 2003, in Suzanne Bianchi and Lynn Casper (eds.)
Work, Family, Health and Well-Being (Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates Inc.) 2005.
"The Impact of Outreach on Medi-Cal Enrollment and Child Health: Lessons from California,"
final report prepared for California Policy Research Center, University of California, California
Program on Access to Care, Sept. 30, 2002, with Anna Aizer.
"Longer Term Effects of Head Start," Joint Center for Research on Poverty Policy Brief, April
2002.
"Balancing Accessibility and Safety in Child Care through Regulations," Joint Center for
Research on Poverty Policy Brief, March 2002.
"Favorable Long-Term Effects of Head Start," NBER Digest, August 2001.
"Child Care Regulations Yield Mixed Results," NBER Digest, June 2001.
"What Can We Learn about Child Care Policy from Public Investments in Children's Health?,"
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation Conference, May 3, 2001.
"A Fresh Start for Head Start," The Brookings Institutions Children's Roundtable, March 2001.
"What We Know About Early Childhood Interventions," Poverty Research News, University of
Chicago/Northwestern Joint Center for Research on Poverty, July-August, 2000.
Congressional Briefing on Early Childhood Intervention, May 10, 2000.
"Can Early Childhood Education Lead to Long Term Gains in Cognition?," in Policy Options,
July/August 1997, with Duncan Thomas.
"Can Head Start lead to Long Term Gains in Cognition After All?" in Society of Research in
Child Development Newsletter, Spring 1997, with Duncan Thomas.
"Does Head Start Help Hispanic Children," Focus, 19 #1, Madison WI: Institute for Research on
Poverty, Summer/Fall 1997.
"Medicaid Use by Children of Immigrants," Focus, 18 #2, Madison WI: Institute for Research on
Poverty, Fall/Winter 1996-97.
"Welfare and the Well-Being of Children," NBER Reporter, Cambridge MA: National Bureau of
Economic Research, Spring 1996.
5. Unpublished Working Papers and Work in Progress
"Accidental Death and the Rule of Joint and Several Liability," NBER Working Paper #15412, October 2009, with Daniel Carvell and W. Bentley MacLeod.
"Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-ZPass," NBER Working Paper #15413, October 2009, with Reed Walker
"Human Capital Development Before Five," Handbook of Labor Economics, David Card and Orley Ashenfelter (eds.), with Douglas Almond.
"Anti-Poverty Programs for Poor Children and Families," in Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Poverty, Philip Jefferson (ed). Oxford University Press.
"Superfund Cleanups and Infant Health," with Michael Greenstone and Enrico Moretti, June 2009.
"Are Charity Care Requirements Effective? Evidence from Hill-Burton
Hospitals in Florida," June 2008, with Douglas Almond and Emilia
Simeonova.
"Understanding the Relationship Between Child Health and Long-Term
Socioeconomic Status," June 2008, with Leslie Roos and Mark
Stabile.
Does Child Abuse Lead to Crime?" NBER working paper #12171,
with Erdal Tekin, May 2007.
"Reported Income in the NLSY: Consistency Checks and Methods for Cleaning the Data," NBER Technical Working Paper #160, July 1994, with Nancy Cole.
"Travel Expenditures in Thailand 1975-76," "Travel Expenditures in Hong Kong, 1980," Travel
Expenditures in Sri Lanka, 1980-81," chapters 7, 8, and 9 in "The Demand for Personal Travel in
Developing Countries", by Angus Deaton with Janet Currie, Nikhilesh Bhattacharya, and Duncan
Thomas, World Bank Discussion Paper, August 1987.
6. Reviews
“Commentary: Does the Long Arm of the Family Have Legs?” International Journal of Epidemiology , April 6, 2009.
The Health Care Mess: How We
Got Into It and What it Will Take to Get Out, by Julius Richmond
and Rashi Fein, Journal of
Economic Literature, September 2006.
Investing in Our Children: What we Know and Don't Know about the Costs and Benefits of
Early Childhood Interventions, by Lynn Karoly et al., Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law,
Spring 1999.
Saving Our Children From Poverty: What the United States Can Learn From France, by Barbara
Bergmann, Journal of Economic Literature, 1997.
Parents' Jobs and Children's Lives, by Toby Parcel and Elizabeth Menaghan, American Journal
of Sociology, May 1995.
Labor Markets Under Trade Unionism, by John Pencavel, Journal of Economic Literature,
September, 1992.
When Public Sector Workers Unionize, by Richard Freeman and Casey Ichniowski, Journal of
Economic Literature, December, 1989.
Professional Honors
and Awards:
Vice President of the American Economic Association, 2010.
2006-2007 Faculty Mentoring Award for faculty in the Arts and Science. For excellence in the mentoring of Ph.D. students.
Best Advisor Award, Columbia University Association of Graduate Students
in Economics, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009.
Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists, elected May 2006.
2005 Prize for Best Economics Paper in Food Safety and Nutrition of the
American Association of Agricultural Economics for "Does WIC Work?
The Effects of WIC on Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes" Journal of Policy Analysis and
Management.
IZA Research Fellow, 2003-2010.
Senior Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy,
University of Michigan, 2002-present.
Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Jan. 1997 to 1999.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship Sept. 1993-Sept. 1995.
Fellow, UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy,
Sept. 94-June 1995.
National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Associate, 1995-present.
National Bureau of Economic Research Olin Fellow, academic year 1992-1993.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pentti J.K. Kouri Career Development Chair in
Economics, July 1991 to July 1993.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Sept. 1987-June 1988.
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Sept. 1984- June 1987.
Selected Invited
Lectures:
National Center for Marriage Research & National Institutes of Health, New Directions in Research and Theory Conference, "Caring for Families: Sharing the Burden?", June 2, 2009.
Baker Institute Health Policy Forum, "National Health Care Reform: Strategies for a Country in Crisis," May 6, 2009.
"Understanding the Relationship Between Child Health and Long-Term
Socioeconomic Status," June 2008, Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Peking University.
"The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity," Third
Tinbergen Institute Conference, May 22, 2008.
"Public Investments in Health Capital," Danish Graduate Program in Economics, University of Aarhus and University of Copenhagen, July 4-6, 2007.
"Martin H. Crego Lecture "Healthy, Wealthy and Wise? The Effect of Health on Childhood Human Capital," Tusday, April 10, 2007, Vassar College.
Keynote speaker, Work, Pensions, and Labor Economics Conference, University of Kent, July 10, 2006.
"What is Human Capital?" Albert Rees Lecturer, Society of Labor Economist's/European Association of Labour Economists
Joint Meeting, San Francisco, June 3, 2005.
Keynote lecture, Workshop on The Effects of Social Insurance on the Labour Market, Institute
for Arbetsmarknadspolitisk Utvardering (IFAU), Uppsala Sweden, May 12, 2005.
Invited lecture, Canadian Economic Association meetings, Ottawa Canada, May 31-June 2, 2003.
Guest lecturer, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, August, 2001.
Keynote speaker, Canadian Employment Research Forum, June 2, 2000.
Benjamin Meeker Lecturer, University of Bristol, June 1998.
Editorial
Positions:
Editorial Board, Journal of Economic Literature, 2004-2009.
Editorial Board, Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1995-present.
Associate Editor, Journal of
the European Economic Association, Jan. 2004-Dec. 2007.
Associate Editor, Journal of Public Economics, January 2002-present.
Associate Editor, Journal of Health Economics, January 2000 to Dec. 2002.
Co-editor, Journal of Labor Economics, May 1995 to Dec. 2001.
Editorial Board, Economic
Inquiry, Jan. 1997 to Dec. 2001, 2007-2008.
Other Professional Service
Advisory Panel National Children's Study, March 2006-March 2010.
Program Committee, American Economic Association Meetings, Jan. 2009.
National Health Interview Survey review panel, April-Nov. 2008.
National Longitudinal Surveys Technical Review Committee, fall 2006-present.
Member, American Economic Association Nominating Committee, 2007, 2008.
Chair, Society of Labor Economists Jacob Mincer prize committee, Fall 2004-Spring 2005.
Member UCLA Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP), Fall 2004-Spring 2005.
External Reviewer, University of Washington Economics Department, May 2005.
Member, American Economic Association Executive Committee and Budget Committee, Jan.2004-Dec. 2006.
Chair, American Economic Association Search Committee for Journal of Economic Literature Editor, 2003.
Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Population, Jan. 2001-Dec. 2004.
Research Committee, Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Mentoring Program (CeMENT), 2003-present.
Board Member, Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, Jan. 2001-Dec. 31, 2003.
Program Committee, Econometric Society meetings, January 2003
Member, National Research Council panel on Estimating Eligibility and Participation in the WIC program, Fall 2000-Spring 2002.
Program Committee, Society for Research in Labor Economics Meetings, May 2002.
National Institutes of Health Demographic and Behavioral Sciences, Long Range Planning
Committee, Spring 2001.
Selection Committee, Kenneth Arrow Award for best paper in Health Economics, 1997-2001.
Member, National Science Foundation Review Panel for Economics, Spring 1999 to Spring 2001.
Member, National Research Council panel on Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Children, Sept. 96-Spring 1998 (The report is From Generation to Generation: The Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families, Washington: NRC, September Fall 1998).
Director, NBER Program on Children and Families, 1997-1998.
Member Princeton University Economics Department Advisory Council, Fall 1995-Spring 1999.
Referee for: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, The Economic Journal, Review of Economic Studies, The Journal of Political Economy, The Journal of Public Economics and other journals.
Selected University
Service:
Chair, Department of Economics, Columbia University, July 2006-June 2009.
Columbia School of Continuing Education, Dean Search Committee, 2008-9.
Member Provost's Salary Gender Equity Task Force, 2008-2009.
Member, The School at Columbia University Oversight Committee, 2008-2009, 2009-2010.
Member, Columbia University Housing Committee, 2007-2008.
Member, Steering Committee of Arts and Science Chairs, 2007-, Chair of
the Steering Committee 2007-2008.
Member, Columbia Arts and Science Budget Committee, 2007-2008.
Graduate Vice-Chair for Economics, UCLA, July 1999-July 2003.
Chair of the Advisory Board, UCLA Child Care Services, 2002/3.
Acting Chair for UCLA Economics Department, Winter 2001
Co-Chair, UCLA Gender Equity Task Force, 2000.
Grants:
National
Institutes of Health, "Health Effects of Hazardous Waste Sites," with Michael
Greenstone and Enrico Moretti, R21 HD055613-01, June 1 2007-May 31 2009, $404,988.
National Institutes of Health, "Investigating the Link Between CHild Maltretment and Crime," with Erdal Tekin, R21 HD050740-01-A2, Apr. 1 2007- March 31 2009, $402,572.
National Science Foundation, "First Do No Harm? The Effects of Tort
Reform on Outcomes and Procedures at Birth," June 2006-June 2007,
with Bentley MacLeod NSF 0617829, $59,980.
National Science Foundation, "Human Capital, Social Capital and Infant Health: Evidence from New Panel Data", March 1 03-Feb. 28 05, with Enrico Moretti, NSF 0241861, $179,456.
Russell Sage Foundation, "Accidents Will Happen? Explaining the Downward Trend in Unintentional Injury and Deaths Among U.S. Children 1970-2000" part of the UCLA Project on Spatial Aspects of Inequality", Jan.2002-Dec. 2005, with V. Joseph Hotz, $250,849.
National Institutes of Health "Intrahousehold Allocation in Poor U.S. Households," April 2002-March 2004, with Steven Haider and Jayanta Bhattacharya, 1 R03 HD42084-01, $168,704.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture "Nutritional Impacts of School Lunch and School Breakfast, October 2001-September 2003, with Steve Haider and Jayanta Bhattacharya, $150,000.
National Institutes of Health "Does Management Matter? Outreach, Procedural Changes to the Medicaid Program, Enrollments of Pregnant Women and Infant Health," April 2000-April 2003, with Jeffrey Grogger, 01 HD38387-03, $466,697.
National Institutes of Health "Child Well-Being and Public Policy," with Duncan Thomas, July 1, 1995-July 1, 1998.
National Institutes of Health "Latino Families and Early School Performance," with Anne Pebley, July 1, 1996-July 1, 1999.
National Science Foundation, "Who Gains from Head Start," with
Duncan Thomas, Jan. 1, 1996-Jan. 1, 1998, NSF9512670, Received a "creativity extension" through June 2001.
National Science Foundation, "Welfare and the Well-Being of Children," March 1992-March 1994.
National Science Foundation, "Minimum Wages and the Employment of Young Women," Aug.1990 to July 1991.
References: On Request.
Last Updated: Jun 2009.
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