David J. Zimmerman
Assistant Professor of Economics
Education
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1992
Bachelor of Commerce (Honors), University of Toronto, 1985
Fields
Labor Economics, Poverty and Income Distribution, Technological Change
and Unemployment, Discrimination in the Labor Market
Selected Work Experience
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Sabbatical Scholar
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison,
1995
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Sabbatical Scholar
Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto, 1994
Publications and Working Papers
David Zimmerman, (with Thomas Kane, Phil Levine, and Douglas Staiger)
"Roe v. Wade and American
Fertility," NBER Working Paper #5615.
__________, (with Phil Levine) "An Empirical Analysis of the Welfare
Magnet Debate Using the NLSY," NBER Working Paper #5264 (also Institute
for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper #1098-96).
__________, (with Phil Levine) "The Intergenerational Correlation in
AFDC Participation: Welfare Trap of Poverty Trap?" Institute for Research
on Poverty Discussion Paper #1100-96.
__________, (with Phil Levine and Amy Trainor) "The Effect of Medicaid
Abortion Funding Restrictions Abortions, Pregnancies and Births," Journal
of Health Economics, 1996.
___________, (with Orley Ashenfelter) "Estimates of the Returns to
Schooling From Sibling Data: Fathers, Sons, and Brothers," Review of Economics
and Statistics, 1996.
__________, "The Effects of State Restrictions on Medicaid Funding
of Abortions," Focus, Vol. 17, no. 3, Winter 1996.
___________, (with Phil Levine) "The Benefit of Additional High School
Math and Science Classes For Young Women: Evidence From Longitudinal Data,"
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, April 1995.
___________, (with Phil Levine) "A Comparison of the Sex-Type of Occupational
Aspirations and Subsequent Achievement," Work and Occupations, February
1995.
___________, "Regression Toward Mediocrity in Economic Stature," American
Economic Review, June 1992.
Williams 
Economics