Donna B. Gilleskie
Department of Economics Office: (919) 966-5372
CB # 3305, 6B Gardner Hall FAX: (919) 966-4986
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Home: (919) 932-6204
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3305 Email: donna_gilleskie@unc.edu
Ph.D. Economics University of Minnesota 08/1994
M.A. Economics University of Minnesota 02/1992
B.A. Economics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 05/1989
B.A. Mathematics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 05/1989
Fields of Interest: Health Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics,
Applied Microeconomics
Associate Professor 07/2001 – present
Department of Economics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Associate 10/2001 – present
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Health Care Program, Health Economics Program, Children’s Program
Director 08/2008 – present
Demography and Economics of Aging Research Center (DEAR)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Assistant Professor 07/1994 – 06/2001
Department of Economics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Faculty Research Fellow 05/1995 – 09/2001
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Health Care Program, Health Economics Program
Research Assistant to John Geweke and Michael Keane 06/1992 – 09/1993
Department of Economics
University of Minnesota
Instructor 09/1990 – 06/1992
Department of Economics
University of Minnesota
Research Assistant to William Wascher and David Neumark 05/1989 – 08/1989
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Washington DC
HONORS AND AWARDS
Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) Fellowship Award 2007
Kenneth J. Arrow Award * 1999
international Health Economics Association (iHEA)
for the best published article worldwide on health economics in 1998
* first of two female economists in 17 years of awarding
Undergraduate Teaching Award 1998 – 1999
Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Harold Hardy Fellowship, University of Minnesota 1992 – 1993
Distinguished Instructor 1991
Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
Distinguished Teaching Assistant 1990
Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota 1989 – 1990
BIBLIOGRAPHY
* Order of authorship in the economics discipline is almost always alphabetical
Books and Chapters
[1] Gilleskie, Donna. “Health Capital: Theory and Empirical Evidence” in Incentives and
Choice in Health Care, eds. Frank A. Sloan and Hirschel Kasper, Cambridge:
MIT Press, 2008: 51-83.
(33 pages; refereed)
[2] Blau, David and Donna Gilleskie. “The Effect of Health on Employment Transitions
of Older Men” in Worker Wellbeing in a Changing Labor Market, Research in Labor Economics, vol. 20, JAI Press, Amsterdam, 2001: 35-65.
(30 pages; refereed)
[1] Gilleskie, Donna. “Work Absences and Doctor Visits during an Illness Episode: The
Differential Role of Preferences, Production, and Policies among Men and Women.”
Journal of Econometrics, Forthcoming.
(48 pages; refereed)
[2] Gilleskie, Donna and Ahmed Khwaja. “Structural Models of Optimization Behavior in Labor, Aging, and Health.”
Journal of Econometrics, Forthcoming.
(4 pages; not refereed)
BIBLIOGRAPHY - continued
[3] Yang, Zhou, Donna Gilleskie, Edward Norton. “Health Insurance, Medical Care, and
Health Outcomes: A Model of Elderly Health Dynamics.”
Journal of Human Resources 44(1), 2009, p. 47-114. (NBER Working Paper #10964)
(68 pages; refereed)
[4] Blau, David and Donna Gilleskie. “The Role of Retiree Health Insurance in the
Employment Behavior of Older Males.”
International Economic Review 49(2), 2008, p. 475-514. (NBER Working Paper #10100)
(40 pages; refereed)
[5] Coppejans, Mark, Donna Gilleskie, Holger Sieg, and Koleman Strumpf. “Consumer
Demand Under Price Uncertainty: Empirical Evidence from the Market for Cigarettes.”
Review of Economics and Statistics 89(3), 2007, p. 510-521. (NBER Working Paper #12156)
(12 pages; refereed)
[6] Blau, David and Donna Gilleskie. “Health Insurance and Retirement of Married Couples.”
Journal of Applied Econometrics 21(7), 2006, p. 935-953.
(19 pages; refereed)
[7] Gilleskie, Donna and Koleman Strumpf. “The Behavioral Dynamics of Youth Smoking.”
Journal of Human Resources 40(4), 2005, p. 822-866. (NBER Working Paper #7838)
(45 pages; refereed)
[8] Gilleskie, Donna and Thomas A. Mroz. “A Flexible Approach for Estimating the Effects
of Covariates on Health Expenditures.”
Journal of Health Economics 23(2), 2004, p. 391-418. (NBER Working Paper #7942)
(28 pages; refereed)
[9] Gilleskie, Donna and Byron Lutz. “The Impact of Employer-Provided Health Insurance
on Dynamic Employment Transitions.”
Journal of Human Resources 37(1), Winter 2002, p. 129-162. (NBER Working Paper #7307)
(34 pages; refereed)
[10] Blau, David and Donna Gilleskie. “Retiree Health Insurance and Labor Force Behavior
of Older Men in the 1990's.”
Review of Economics and Statistics 83(1), Feb 2001, p. 60-84. (NBER Working Paper #5948)
(25 pages; refereed)
[11] Gilleskie, Donna and Amy Harrison. “The Effect of Endogenous Health Inputs on the Relationship between Health and Education.”
Economics of Education Review 17(3), Jun 1998, p. 279-297.
(19 pages; refereed)
[12] Gilleskie, Donna. “A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Medical Care Use and Work Absence.”
Econometrica 66(1), Jan 1998, p. 1-45.
(46 pages; refereed)
BIBLIOGRAPHY – continued
Gilleskie, Donna. “State of Medicine: Universal Change Health Policy Forum:
Questions and Answers.”
Duke University Chapter, American Medical Association, 2009.
(12 pages; not refereed)
Gilleskie, Donna, Andrew Perrin, Kevin G. Stewart, and David Bevevino. “Grading Patterns at UNC-CH, 1995-2008: Annual Report to the Faculty Council.”
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009.
(26 pages; not refereed)
Gilleskie, Donna and Kim Jinnett. “Evaluation of the Content of Publicly-Available
Nationally-Representative Datasets for Use in Measuring Health-Related Lost Work Time.” Integrated Benefits Institute Fellowship paper, 2007.
(24 pages; not refereed)
Gilleskie, Donna. “A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Medical Care Use and Work Absence.”
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota
(171 pages; not refereed)
Gardner, Lara and Donna Gilleskie. “The Effects of State Medicaid Policies on the Dynamic
Savings Patterns and Medicaid Enrollment of the Elderly.”
(NBER Working Paper #12208)
Donna Gilleskie and Yun Sean Zhang. “Friendship Formation and Smoking Initiation
Among Teens.”
Research in Progress
Donna Gilleskie and Betty Tao. “The Impact of Health Insurance on Decisions to Monitor,
Treat, and Manage Diabetes.”
(Draft written)
Donna Gilleskie and Heather Krull. “Earnings Disparities: The Role of Internal Promotions
and Job Performance Evaluations.”
(Draft written)
Donna Gilleskie and Mai Hubbard. “The Effects of Acculturation and Income on Youth
Health Behaviors.”
(Draft written)
Donna Gilleskie, Euna Han, and Edward Norton. “Untangling the Direct and Indirect Effects
of Body Mass on Earnings Using Longitudinal Data.”
(Draft in progress)
BIBLIOGRAPHY - continued
Donna Gilleskie and Ginette Rowe. “Adolescent Physical Activity and Body Mass: How Does Neighborhood Crime Influence Behavior?”
(Draft written)
Cook, Jeremy and Donna Gilleskie. “The Role of Peer Academic Standing on Academic
Outcomes.”
(Draft written)
Gilleskie, Donna, Daver Kahvecioglu, and Koleman Strumpf. “Smoking, Morbidity, and
Mortality: Evidence from a Long Panel.”
(Draft in progress)
Gilleskie, Donna and Thomas A. Mroz. “A Dynamic Model of Medical Care Consumption
during the Health Insurance Year.”
(Draft written)
Gilleskie, Donna and Andrew Perrin. “Student, Instructor, and Department Explanations
for Observed Grading Patterns at a Large Public University.”
(Draft in progress)
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Graduate Courses
Health Economics (ECON 250 / 850)
Seminar in Health Economics (ECON 890)
Research in Health Economics (ECON 355 / 951)
Research in Public Finance (ECON 956)
Seminar in Applied Microeconomics (ECON 385 / 985)
Undergraduate Courses
Economic Statistics (ECON 70 / 400)
Health Economics: Problems and Policy (ECON 158 / 450)
Econometrics (ECON 170 / 570)
Honors in Economics (ECON 98, 99 / 691H, 692H)
Independent Study Courses
Fall 1995, Fall 1996, Spg 2008
Undergraduate Summer Interns* * financed through my own grant money
Student Year Project
Byron Lutz Sum 1997 Health Insurance and Job Mobility
Amy Harrison Sum 1996 Preventive Care, Curative Care, and Health
TEACHING ACTIVITIES - continued
Courses Taught in Past Three Years
Health Economics: Problems and Policy ECON 450 Spr 2009 (45 students)
Research in Public Finance ECON 956 Spr 2009 (14 students)
Research in Public Finance ECON 956 Fall 2008 (14 students)
Seminar in Applied Microeconomics ECON 985 Fall 2008 (06 students)
Seminar in Health Economics ECON 890 Spr 2008 (05 students)
Seminar in Health Economics ECON 890 Fall 2007 (16 students)
Honors in Economics ECON 692H Spr 2007 (13 students)
Research in Health Economics ECON 951 Spr 2007 (06 students)
Honors in Economics ECON 691H Fall 2006 (19 students)
Seminar in Applied Microeconomics ECON 985 Fall 2006 (08 students)
Mai Noguchi Hubbard “The Effects of Maternal Employment and Child Care Dec 2009
on the Health of Young Children”
Alica Sparling “Income, Drugs, and Health: Evidence from Russian Aug 2008
Elderly Women”
David Jones “Essays on Preventive Care and Children’s Health” Aug 2008
Tiffany Green “The Effect of Maternal Health Inputs on the Incidence Dec 2007
of Pediatric Asthma Diagnosis”
Betty Tao “The Impact of Insurance on Recommended Medical Aug 2007
Care, Lifestyle Behaviors, and the Health of
Non-Elderly Diabetics”
Yun Sean Zyang “Friendship Formation and Smoking Initiation Among Aug 2007
American Teens”
Heather Krull “Earnings Disparities: The Role of Internal Promotions May 2007
and Job Performance”
Lara Bryant Gardner “The Effects of State Medicaid Policies on the Dynamic Aug 2003
Savings Patterns and Long-Term Care Decisions of
the Elderly”
Current Ph.D. Advisees
Student Current Status Topic
Katherine Cloud defense Aug 2007 Work Behavior, Treatment, and Depression
Denise Whalen proposal Oct 2008 Occupational Choices and Disability
Michael Darden proposal Feb 2009 Smoking, Learning, and Health
Mana Kanchanachitra proposal May 2009 Modeling of Skewed Outcomes
Arnie Aldridge field paper May 2005 Drinking, Employment, and Productivity
Bert Grider field paper May 2005 Smoking, Drinking, Marijuana Use over Time
Nopphol Witvorapong field paper Aug 2008 Altruism and Intra-vivo Transfers
Jeremy Cook field paper Jun 2009 Peer Effects and Education
TEACHING ACTIVITIES - continued
Ph.D. Dissertation Membership * Indicates very active involvement with student
Student Proposal Final Role Topic
Olesya Fomenko Spr 2009 Fertility Decline in Russia
Lauren Raymer Heller Spr 2009 * Location and Preventive Care Choice
Suzette Baker Spr 2009 Physician Specialty Decisions
Justin Joffrion Fall 2009 Sum 2009 Incentive Mechanisms in College
Katy Felter Rouse Spr 2007 Spr 2009 Leadership and Wages
Silviya Nikolova Spr 2007 Spr 2009 SCHIP Premium Effects
M. Bontch-Osmolovskii Spr 2007 Spr 2009 Labor Supply in Russia
Tetyana Shvydko Spr 2007 Sum 2008 Peer Effects on Productivity
Steve McMullen Spr 2007 Sum 2008 Homework and School Outcomes
Ryan Goodstein Spr 2007 Spr 2008 Wealth and Retirement
Ray Farkouth Fall 2006 Sum 2007 Health in Indonesia
Volker Grzimek Spg 2006 Sum 2007 Decentralization of Sickness Funds in Germany
Ron Oertel Fall 2005 Sum 2007 Schooling Decisions
Emil Rusev Fall 2005 Spg 2007 Labor supply
Valerie Rawlston Spg 2006 Sum 2006 Effect of HBCUs on Educational Outcomes
Daver Kahvecioglu Fall 2003 Sum 2006 Retirement, Savings, and Portfolio Allocation
Tim Diette Fall 2003 Fall 2005 Access, Race and the Math Achievement Gap
Melissa Banzhaf Spg 1998 Sum 2005 Wage Differentials of Men and Women
Chung-Ping Loh Fall 2001 Spg 2004 Physical Exercise &Constrained Working Hours
Haiyong Liu Spg 1998 Spg 2003 Education, Work Experience, and Employment
John Csellak Fall 2002 Spg 2003 Wages and Teacher Labor Supply
Jonathan Pingle Fall 2002 Spg 2003 TANF Program Evaluation
Jae-Young Lim Spg 2002 Spg 2003 Physician Advice and Health Outcomes
Melissa Sims Spg 1998 Spg 2002 * Employer Accommodation of Disability
Sarah Broome Spg 1998 Fall 2001 Nursing Quality and Hospital Stays
Paul Hutchinson Spg 1999 Fall 2000 Health Care Consumption/Decentralization
Amber Jessup Spg 1998 Sum 1999 Child Health and Mother's Labor Supply
Charlie Baum Spg 1998 Spg 1999 Maternity Leave Legislation/Labor Supply
Alex Cowell Spg 1998 Spg 1999 * Smoking and Education
Elena Glinskaya Spg 1999 Spg 1999 Employment Transitions and Wage Arrears
Tim Savage Spg 1998 Spg 1999 * Unemployment and Labor Supply
Ke (Tom) Xu Spg 1998 Spg 1999 * Smoking and Health Care Consumption
Jason Deitrich – Spg 1999 Preventive Behavior
Alison Aughinbaugh Spg 1997 Sum 1998 Custodial Care/Non-Custodial Transfers
Kristin Sandusky Spg 1999 – Preventive Behavior
Curtis Florence Spg 1994 Sum 1997 Job Search Methods
Gustavo Angeles Spg 1996 Sum 1997 * Schooling, Migration, Program Placement
Matthew Thompson Spg 1996 Sum 1997 Private and Public Housing Choices
Chris Trenholm Spg 1996 Sum 1997 Medicaid and Birth Outcomes
Jennie Chase Fall 1995 Sum 1996 Effects of Catholic School
Jeffrey Rous Fall 1994 Sum 1996 * Contraceptive Method Choice
TEACHING ACTIVITIES - continued
Ph.D. Dissertation Membership * Indicates very active involvement with student
(outside of UNC Econ)
Student Proposal Final Role Topic
Nasim Lari Spr 2006 Sum 2009 NCSU Diabetic care and medical care utilization
Zhou Yang Fall 2002 Spg 2004 HPAA* Rx, Medical Care Use, and Health of Elderly
Tori Knight Spr 1996 Fall 1998 NCSU* Family Medical Care Consumption
Teri Prince Spr 1997 PUPA Public Policy and Health
Oswaldo Urdapillete Spr 1997 PUPA Public Policy and Health
Zack Kinlaw “A Replication and Extension of Neumark and Adams’ May 2009
‘Do Living Wage Ordinances Reduce Urban Poverty’
as published in JHR Sum 2003”
Philip Gear “The Link between Technological Advances Evidenced Dec 2007
by the Prevalence of Television and Overweight/Obesity
Percentage Increases in China”
Tia Palmero “The Effect of Mother’s Health on Child Health May 2005
Outcomes in the Phillipines”
Stephanie Childress “The Impact of Adolescent Weight on Future Economic May 2004
Determinants”
Joanne Pais “An Investigation into Dietary Acculturation and May 2003
its Effects”
Jonathan Roenker “A Dynamic Model of the Effect of Health and Welfare May 2000
Receipt on Single Mothers' Labor Force Participation”
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Supervision
Ginette Rowe “Adolescent Body Mass, Rigorous Activity, and 2008 – 2009
Sedentary Activity: Might Neighborhood Crime
Influence Behavior”
Highest Honors; Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award
Faculty Facilitator Advised all honors thesis students 2006 – 2007
Palmer Steel “The Impact of the North Carolina Cigarette Excise 2005 – 2006
Tax Increase on Cigarette Sales and Tax Revenue
in North and South Carolina”
Highest Honors; Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award
TEACHING ACTIVITIES - continued
Laura Johnson “The Influence of Income on Adolescent Health 2003 – 2004
Outcomes: Differentiating Between Generations
of Residence in the U.S.”
Highest Honors
Faculty Facilitator Advised all honors thesis students 2002 – 2003
Faculty Facilitator Advised all honors thesis students 2001 – 2002
Foray Kallon “The Effect of Managed Care on Hospital 2000 – 2001
Length of Stay: The Case of Medicare Patients”
Honors
Jason Szobota Student did not complete Econ 99 (2nd semester course) 1998 – 1999
Byron Lutz “An Estimation of the Extent of Job Lock in the U.S. 1996 – 1997
Labor Market”
Highest Honors; Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award
Amy Harrison “The Effect of Medical Care Consumption as an 1995 – 1996
Intervening Variable in the Health-Schooling Correlation”
Highest Honors; Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award
Bo Durickovic Student did not complete Econ 99 (2nd semester course) 1994 – 1995
Teaching Workshops
Lecturer, Future Faculty Fellowship Program and Workshop Aug 2004
Chapel Hill, NC
AEA Committee on Economic Education, Active Learning Workshop for May 1997
College and University Economics Faculty, Chapel Hill NC
Arts and Sciences Instructional Technology Planning Session Nov 1996
Institute for Academic Technology, Cary NC
Grant Source: National Institute on Aging (NIH) 08/08 – 06/10
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Demography and Economics of Aging and the Life Course
Amount: $ 267,570 5-P30-AG024376-04
Grant Source: National Institute on Aging (NIH) 02/09 – 01/10
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: The Impacts of Elderly Parent Health Shocks on the Smoking
Decisions of the Near Elderly
Amount: $ 26,770 5-P30-AG024376
Grant Source: National Institutes on Aging (NIH) 08/09 – 08/10
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Personality, Expectations, and Decisionmaking
Amount: $ 47,807 5-P30-AG024376
Grant Source: National Institute on Aging (NIH) 04/05 – 04/08
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Structural Models of Consumer Optimization Behavior
Amount: $ 20,000 R13-AG024769-01
Grant Source: National Institute on Aging (NIH) 09/05 – 08/08
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Structural Models in Labor, Aging, and Health
Amount: $ 15,000
Grant Source: Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) Fellowship 01/07 – 12/07
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Health and Productivity Management (HPM) Research
Amount: $ 5,000
Grant Source: National Institute of Child Health 07/02 – 06/06
and Human Development (NIH)
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: The Behavioral Dynamics of Smoking
Amount: $ 663,269 R01-HD042256
Grant Source: National Institute on Aging (NIH) 07/00 – 06/05
PI: D. Blau
Collaborator: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Demography and Economics of Aging and the Life Course
Amount: $ 540,000 K07-AG01015-01
Grant Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health 09/98 – 08/03
Services Administration (SAMHSA)
PI: S. Sachs
Health Economist: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Residential/Aftercare TC fir/HIV/AIDS and Comorbidity
Amount: $ 2,749,004 UD1-SM52403-01
Grant Source: National Institute on Aging (NIH) 09/95 – 08/99
PI: D. Blau
Co-PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Health Insurance, Health, and Retirement Dynamics
Amount: $ 477,152 R01-AG13406-01
Grant Source: University Research Council Award 01/97 – 12/98
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Impact of Health Insurance on Employment Transitions
Amount: $ 1,794
Grant Source: Institute for Research in Social Sciences Award 01/97 – 06/97
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Employer-Provided Health Insurance and Job-Lock
Amount: $ 1,000
Grant Source: Junior Faculty Development Award 01/96 – 12/96
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: Dynamic Consumption of Medical Care over the Insurance Year
Amount: $ 3,000
Grant Source: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) 08/93 – 07/94
PI: Donna Gilleskie
Title: A Dynamic Model of Medical Care Use and Work Absence
Amount: $ 20,000
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO DISCIPLINE
Invited Presentations
New York University, New York, NY Nov 09, 2009
Elon University, Elon NC Oct 06, 2009
Triangle Health Economics Workshop, Chapel Hill NC Sep 11, 2009
Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, NC May 05, 2008
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA Apr 10, 2008
UNCGreensboro, Greensboro NC Sep 28, 2007
Yale University, New Haven CT Apr 20, 2007
Brookings Institution, Washington DC Dec 12, 2006
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI May 02, 2006
Indiana University, Bloomington IL Apr 29, 2005
Northwestern University, Evanston IL May 13, 2004
Triangle Health Economics Workshop, Chapel Hill NC Mar 19, 2004
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN Feb 03, 2003
University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler, Chapel Hill NC Feb 27, 2003
University of Montreal, Montreal CANADA Oct 03, 2002
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington DC Oct 24, 2000
Brown University, Providence RI Apr 13, 2000
University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA Mar 02, 2000
Boston University, Boston MA Feb 21, 1996
UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro NC Feb 26, 1996
University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA Sep 26, 1995
Invited Panelist
State of Medicine: Universal Change, American Medical Association, Jun 05, 2009
Duke University Chapter, Durham, NC
Incentives and Choice in Health Care: The Contributions and Limitations Sep 08-10, 2006
of Economics, Oberlin College, Oberlin OH
Colloquium in Honor of the Service and Research of Frank Sloan, Sep 16, 2005
Duke University, Durham NC
Freshman Seminar Series, Dept. of Applied Math, Duke University Sep 15, 2000
Durham NC
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO DISCIPLINE - continued
Conference Organizer
Conference on Structural Models in Labor, Aging, and Health, Sep 16-18, 2005
held at the Thomas Center, Duke University, Durham NC
Conference Presentations
American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), Durham NC Jun 22-25, 2008
Southern Economics Association (SEA) Meetings, New Orleans LA Nov 20-22, 2004
Southeastern Health Economics Study Group (SHESG), Atlanta GA Nov 05-06, 2004
Conference on Improving Social Insurance Programs, College Park MC Sep 12-13, 2003
Triangle Applied Microeconomics Conference, Durham NC Apr 28, 2000
American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meetings, Boston MA Jan 07-09, 2000
Triangle Econometrics Conference, Durham NC Dec 10, 1999
Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meetings, New Orleans LA Nov 20-22, 1999
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Conference on Absenteeism, Nov 06, 1999
Bonn Germany
Triangle Applied Microeconomics Conference, Durham NC May 01, 1999
Population Association of America (PAA) Meetings, Washington DC Mar 27-29, 1997
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Boston MA May 23, 1997
Winter Econometric Society (ES) Meetings, New Orleans LA Jan 03-04, 1997
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE), Empirical Analysis Aug 19-23, 1996
of Game-Theoretic Models, Palo Alto CA
Triangle Econometrics Conference, Research Triangle Park NC Dec 08, 1995
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Boston MA Dec 01, 1995
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE), Empirical Analysis Jul 10-14, 1995
of Game-Theoretic Models, Palo Alto CA
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) Conference on the Low Income Jun 20-24, 1995
Population, Madison WI
Center for Economic Research (CentER) Conference on the May 06-07, 1994
Microeconomics of Dynamic Decisionmaking, Tilberg Netherlands
Discussant
Annual Health Econometrics Conference (AHEC), Chicago IL Oct 02-03, 2009
Southeastern Health Economics Group (SHESG), Durham NC Oct 19-20, 2007
American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meetings, Chicago IL Jan 05-08, 2007
Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured (ERIU), Ann Arbor MI Jul 07-08, 2005
Southern Economics Association (SEA) Meetings, New Orleans LA Nov 20-22, 2004
Winter Econometric Society (ES) Meetings, Washington DC Jan 03-05, 2003
Cowles Conference on the Econometrics of Strategy and Decision Making, May 05-07, 2000
New Haven CT
Winter Econometric Society (ES) Meetings, New Orleans LA Jan 03-04, 1997
7th Annual Health Economics Conference (AHEC), Boston MA Jun 23-25, 1996
6th Annual Health Economics Conference (AHEC), Ann Arbor MI Jun 22-24, 1995
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO DISCIPLINE - continued
Guest Editor: Journal of Econometrics 09/06 – 09/08
Associate Editor: Southern Economic Journal 05/06 – 08/08
Reviewer for Journals
American Economic Review, Contemporary Economic Policy, Demography, Developmental Psychology, Econometrica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economics of Education Review, Health Economics, Health Services Research, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Inquiry, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Business and Economics Statistics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Managerial and Decision Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economics of the Household, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Development Economics, Southern Economic Journal
Reviewer for Research Institutions
National Institutes for Health, National Science Foundation, Economic and Social Research Council, Leverhulme Trust (UK), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada), Strategic Research Projects of University of Padua (Italy)
Reviewer for Publishers
MIT Press, Routledge Publishers, Worth Publishers, University of Georgia Press
Professional Mentoring
Campus Rep Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation, 05/09 – present
Scholars in Health Policy Research Program
Mentor Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics (DITE) 01/08 – present
Campus Rep Committee on the Status of Women 08/04 – present
in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)
Mentor Committee on the Status of Minority Groups 08/02 – 07/08
in the Economics Profession (CSMGEP)
Pipeline Project
Mentor CeMent Mentoring Workshop (CSWEP/AEA) Jan 08-10, 2006
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO DISCIPLINE - continued
Member
Econometric Society (ES)
international Health Economics Association (iHEA)
American Society of Health Economists (ASHE)
Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY
Departmental Service
Various Committees
Placement Director 2009 – 2010
Recruiting 1995 – 1996, 2006 – 2007, 2007 – 2009
Student Appeals 1998 – 2001, 2005 – 2009
Graduate Admissions 1994 – 1996, 1998 – 1999, 2007 – 2008
Advisory 1996 – 1999, 2005 – 2008
Curriculum 2005 – 2008
Honors Program Director 2000 – 2002, 2006 – 2007
Computer 2000 – 2001
Outside Review 1999 – 2000
Graduate Admissions (Public Policy) 1996 – 1997, 1997 – 1998
Teacher Training Program 1995 – 1996
Written Preliminary Exam Committees
UNC-CH Economics
UNC-CH Public Policy
UNC-CH Health Policy and Administration
Duke Economics
Ph.D. Dissertation Committees
Advisor: 8 students (currently); 16 students (running total)
Committee Member: 41 students (from UNC-CH Economics)
3 students (from UNC-CH HPAA, PUPA)
2 students (from NCSU Economics)
Masters Thesis Committees
Advisor: 0 students (currently); 6 students (running total)
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committees
Advisor: 0 students (currently); 8 students (running total)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY - continued
University Service
Elected Member Educational Policy Committee 08/07 – present
Chair Grading Subcommittee 12/08 – present
Educational Policy Committee
Member General College Administrative Board Appeals Committee 08/02 – 06/08
Member Research Computing Advisory Committee 01/05 – 06/08
Member General College Administrative Board 08/02 – 06/08
of the College of Arts & Sciences
Member General Education Subcommittee 01/05 – 06/07
Chair Undergraduate Curriculum Review Subcommittee 09/04 – 12/04
Chair Proposal Evaluation & Funding Committee 01/01 – 12/03
University Research Council
Faculty Advisor Phi Mu Sorority, UNC-CH 08/00 – 05/01
Community Service
Member Family Advisory Board, NC Children’s Hospital 08/06 – 08/08
President Board, Pinewoods Montessori School Corporation 01/07 – 05/08
Aug 2009