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

1. Sabbatical Scholar
   Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1995
2. Sabbatical Scholar
   Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto, 1994

Publications and Working Papers

• David Zimmerman, "Roe v. Wade and American Fertility," (with Thomas Kane, Phil Levine, and Douglas Staiger) NBER Working Paper #5615.
• __________, "An Empirical Analysis of the Welfare Magnet Debate Using the NLSY," (with Phil Levine) NBER Working Paper #5264 (also Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper #1098-96).
• __________, "The Intergenerational Correlation in AFDC Participation: Welfare Trap of Poverty Trap?" (with Phil Levine) Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper #1100-96.
• __________, "The Effect of Medicaid Abortion Funding Restrictions Abortions, Pregnancies and Births," (with Phil Levine and Amy Trainor) Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming 1996.
• ___________, "Estimates of the Returns to Schooling From Sibling Data: Fathers, Sons, and Brothers," (with Orley Ashenfelter) Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming 1996.
• __________, "The Effects of State Restrictions on Medicaid Funding of Abortions," Focus, Vol. 17, no. 3, Winter 1996.
• ___________, "The Benefit of Additional High School Math and Science Classes For Young Women: Evidence From Longitudinal Data," (with Phil Levine) Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, April 1995.
• ___________, "A Comparison of the Sex-Type of Occupational Aspirations and Subsequent Achievement," (with Phil Levine) Work and Occupations, February 1995.
• ___________, "Regression Toward Mediocrity in Economic Stature," American Economic Review, June 1992.

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