Curriculum Vita - David Card

August 2000

 

Business Address:                            Department of Economics

                                                             549 Evans Hall

                                                             University of California Berkeley,

                                                             Berkeley, CA  94720

 

Business Phone:                                510-642-5222

                                                             510-643-7042 (fax)

 

E-mail:                                                  card@econ.berkeley.edu

 

Citizenship:                                         Canadian (U.S. Permanent Resident)

 

Current Positions:                             Class of 1950 Professor of Economics,

                                                             University of California, Berkeley

                                                            

                                                             Faculty Research Associate,

                                                             National Bureau of Economic Research

 

Previous Positions:                           Assistant Professor of Business Economics

                                                             Graduate School of Business

                                                             University of Chicago, 1982-83

 

                                                             Assistant Professor of Economics

                                                             Princeton University, 1983-87

 

                                                             Professor of Economics

                                                             Princeton University, 1987-1997

 

                                                             Visiting Professor of Economics

                                                             Columbia University, 1990-91

 

                                                             Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in

                                                             Behavioral Sciences, 1996-97

 

Editorial Positions:                            Co-editor Econometrica, 1993-97

                                                             Associate Editor

                                                             Journal of Labor Economics 1988-92

                            


 

Education:                                          Queen's University (Kingston), B.A. 1978

                                                             Princeton University, Ph.D. 1983

 

Awards and Prizes:                           John Bates Clark Prize, 1995

 

                                                             L.L.D. (Honorary) Queen’s University (Kingston), 1999

 

                                                             Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998.

 

                                                             Douglas Purvis Prize (for an article or book on Economics

                                                             and Public Policy  in Canada), 1994.

 

                                                             Fellow of the Econometric Society, 1992.

 

                                                             Manufacturers Hanover Preceptorship in

                                                             Economics, 1983-88.

 

                                                             Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Department of

                                                             Economics, Princeton University, 1986.

 

                                                             Prince of Wales Prize (highest undergraduate

                                                             standing), Queen's University, 1978.

 

Advisory Boards:                              AEA Representative to United States Census

                                                             Advisory Committee, 1991-96

 

                                                             Statistics Canada Advisory Committee on Labour

                                                             Statistics, 1990-

 

                                                             Advisory Council, Inter-University

                                                             Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1994-96.

 

                                                             Joint Center for Poverty Research, 1997-99

 

                                                             National Research Council Institute of Medicine Board on

                                                             Children, Youth and Families, 1998-

                            

                                                             National Institute of Health, Social Sciences, Nursing,

                                                             Epidemiology, and Methods (SNEM) Review Panel, 1998-

 

                                                             Florida Opportunity Scholarship Research Project Advisory

                                                             Board, 1999-


Books:

 

(co-edited with Rebecca M.. Blank)  Finding Work: Jobs and Welfare Reform.  New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2000.

 

(co-edited with Orley Ashenfelter)  Handbook of Labor Economics (3 volumes). Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1999.

 

(co-authored with Alan B. Krueger)  Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage.  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.

 

(co-edited with Richard B. Freeman).  Small Differences that Matter: Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.

 

 

Journal Articles and Chapters in Books:

 

(with Thomas Lemieux).  "Education, Earnings, and the Canadian G.I. Bill."    Canadian Journal of Economics, forthcoming 2001.

 

(with Thomas Lemieux).  “Can Falling Supply Explain the Rising Return to College for Younger Men?  A Cohort-Based Analysis.”  Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming 2001.

 

"Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher Immigration."  Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming January 2001.

 

"The Effect of Unions on Wage Inequality in the U.S. Labor Market."  Industrial and Labor Relations Review forthcoming 2001.

 

(with Thomas Lemieux).  “Dropout and Enrollment Trends in the Post-War Period: What Went Wrong in the 1970s?”  Forthcoming in Jonathan Gruber, editor, An Economic Analysis of Risky Behavior Among Youth.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press,  2000.

 

(with Alan Krueger).  “A Re-analysis of the Effect of the New Jersey Minimum Wage with Representative Payroll Data.”  American Economic Review, forthcoming 2000.

 

(with John E. DiNardo).  “Do Immigrant Inflows Lead to Native Outflows?”  American Economic Review, 90 (May 2000).

 

(with Rebecca M. Blank and Philip K. Robins).  “Financial Incentives for Increasing Work and Income Among Low-Income Families.”  In Rebecca M.. Blank and David Card, editors, Finding Work: Jobs and Welfare Reform.  New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2000.

 

(with Phillip Levine).  "Extended Benefits and the Duration of UI Spells: Evidence from the New Jersey Extended Benefit Program."   Journal of Public Economics, 78 (October 2000).

 

(with John E. DiNardo and Eugena Estes).  "The More Things Change: Immigrants and the Children of Immigrants in the 1940s, the 1970s, and the 1990s."  In George J. Borjas, editor, Issues in the Economics of Immigration.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

 

"The Causal Effect of Education on Earnings".  In Orley Ashenfelter and David Card, editors, Handbook of Labor Economics Volume 3.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1999.

 

(with Francis Kramarz and Thomas Lemieux).  "Changes in the Relative Structure of Wages and Employment: A Comparison of the United States, Canada, and France." Canadian Journal of Economics,  August 1999.

 

(with Thomas Lemieux).  "Adapting to Circumstances: The Evolution of Work, School, and Living Arrangements Among North American Youth."  In David Blanchflower and Richard Freeman, editors, Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

 

(with Philip Robins). "Do Financial Incentives Encourage Welfare Recipients to Work? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of the Self-Sufficiency Project".  Research in Labor Economics, 1998.

 

(with Alan Krueger).  "School Resources and Student Outcomes."  Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 559 (September 1998).

 

(with Thomas Lemieux). “Recent Trends in the Economic Status of North American Youth”.   Annual Proceedings of the Industrial Relations Research Association (December 1997).

 

"Deregulation and Labor Earnings in the Airline Industry."  In James Peoples, editor, Regulatory Reform and Labor Markets.  Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.

 

(with W. Craig Riddell).  "Unemployment in Canada and the United States: A Further Analysis".  In  B. Curtis Eaton and Richard Harris, editors, Trade, Technology, and Economics: Essays in Honour of Richard G. Lipsey.  Brookfield MA: Edward Elgar, 1997.

 

(with Dean Hyslop). "Does Inflation 'Grease the Wheels of the Labor Market'?"  In Christina D. Romer and David H. Romer, editors, Reducing Inflation: Motivation and Strategy.  University of Chicago Press, 1997.

 

(with Alan Krueger).  "School Resources and Student Outcomes: An Overview of the Literature and New Evidence from North and South Carolina".  Journal of Economic Perspectives, 10 (Fall 1996).

(with Thomas Lemieux).  "Wage Dispersion, Returns to Skill, and Black-White Wage Differentials".  Journal of Econometrics (October 1996).

 

(with Alan Krueger). "Labor Market Effects of School Quality: Theory and Evidence".

In Gary Burtless, editor, The Link Between Schools, Student Achievement, and Adult Success.  Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1996.

 

(with Brian McCall).  "Is Workers' Compensation Covering Uninsured Medical Costs? Evidence from the 'Monday Effect'".  Industrial and Labor Relations Review 49 (July 1996).

 

"The Effect of Unions on the Structure of Wages: A Longitudinal Analysis."  Econometrica 64 (July 1996).

 

"Earnings, Schooling, and Ability Revisited."  In Solomon Polachek, editor, Research in Labor Economics, vol. 14.  Greenwich Connecticut: JAI Press, 1995.

 

(with Alan Krueger).  "The Economic Return to School Quality: A Partial Survey."  In William Baumol and William E. Becker, editors, Assessing Educational Practices: The Contribution of Economics.  Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1995.

 

"Using Geographic Variation in College Proximity to Estimate the Return to Schooling".  In L.N. Christofides, E.K. Grant, and R. Swidinsky, editors, Aspects of Labor Market Behaviour: Essays in Honour of John Vanderkamp.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995.

 

(with Alan Krueger).  "Time-Series Minimum Wage Studies: A Meta-Analysis."  American Economic Review 85 (May 1995).

 

(with Craig Olson).  "Bargaining Power, Strike Durations, and Wage Outcomes: An Analysis of Strikes in the 1880s."   Journal of Labor Economics 13 (January 1995).

 

(with Alan Krueger).  "Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania."  American Economic Review 84 (September 1994).

 

(with Richard Freeman).  "Small Differences that Matter: Canada Versus the United States."  In Richard B. Freeman, editor, Working Under Different Rules.  New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1994.

 

(with Thomas Lemieux).  "Changing Wage Structure and Black-White Wage Differentials."  American Economic Review 84 (May 1994).

 

"Intertemporal Labor Supply: An Assessment."  In Christopher Sims, editor, Advances in Econometrics, Sixth World Congress. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

 

(with Phillip Levine). "Unemployment Insurance Taxes and the Cyclical Properties of Employment and Unemployment."  Journal of Public Economics 53 (February 1994).

 

(with Rebecca Blank).  "Poverty, Income, and Growth: Are They Still Connected?"  Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2 (Fall) 1993.

 

(with W. Craig Riddell). "A Comparative Analysis of Unemployment in the United States and

Canada."  In David Card and Richard B. Freeman, editors, Small Differences that Matter: Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.

 

(with Alan Krueger). "Trends in Relative Black-White Earnings Revisited."  American Economic Review 83 (May 1993).

 

"Do Minimum Wages Reduce Employment?  A Case Study of California, 1987-89." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 46 (October 1992).

 

"Using Regional Variation in Wages to Measure the Effects of the Federal Minimum Wage." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 46 (October 1992).

 

(with Alan Krueger). "Does School Quality Matter: Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States."  Journal of Political Economy, 100 (February 1992).

 

(with Alan Krueger). "School Quality and Black-White Relative Earnings: A Direct Assessment."  Quarterly Journal of Economics 107 (February 1992).

 

(with Rebecca Blank).  "Recent Trends in Insured and Uninsured Unemployment: Is There An Explanation?"  Quarterly Journal of Economics 106 (November 1991).

 

(with Kristin Butcher). "Immigration and Wages: Evidence from the 1980s."  American Economic Review 81 (May 1991).

 

(with Joseph Altonji).  "The Effects of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of Less-Skilled Natives."  In John Abowd and Richard B. Freeman, editors., Immigration, Trade and Labor. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. 

 

"Minimum Wages and the Teenage Labor Market: A Case Study of California, 1987-89."  Annual Proceedings of the Industrial Relations Research Association (December 1990).

 

"Labor Supply with a Minimum Hours Threshold."  Carnegie Rochester Conference on Public Policy 33 (Autumn 1990).

 

"Strikes and Wages: A Test of An Asymmetric Information Model." Quarterly Journal of Economics 105 (August 1990).

 

"Unexpected Inflation, Real Wages, and Employment Determination in Union Contracts."  American Economic Review 80 (September 1990).

 

"Strikes and Bargaining: A Survey of the Recent Empirical Literature."  American Economic Review 80 (May 1990).

 

"The Impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Miami Labor Market."   Industrial and Labor Relations Review 43 (January 1990).

 

(with John Abowd).  "On the Covariance Structure of Earnings and Hours Changes."  Econometrica 57 (March 1989).

 

"Longitudinal Analysis of Strike Activity."  Journal of Labor Economics 6 (April 1988).

 

(with Daniel Sullivan).  "Measuring the Effect of Subsidized Training Programs on Movements In and Out of Employment."  Econometrica 56 (May 1988).

 

(with John Abowd).  "Intertemporal Labor Supply and Long Term Employment Contracts."  American Economic Review 77 (March 1987).

 

"Efficient Contracts with Costly Adjustment:  Short Run Employment Determination for Airline Mechanics."  American Economic Review 76 (December 1986).

 

"The Impact of Deregulation on the Employment and Wages of Airline Mechanics."  Industrial and Labor Relations Review 39 (July 1986).

 

(with Orley Ashenfelter).  "Why Have Unemployment Rates in Canada and the United States Diverged?"  Economica 53 (Supplement 1986).

 

"An Empirical Model of Wage Indexation Provisions in Union Contracts."  Journal of Political Economy 94 (June 1986).

 

(with Orley Ashenfelter).  "Using the Longitudinal Structure of Earnings to Estimate the Effect of Training Programs."  Review of Economics and Statistics, 67 (November 1985).

 

"Microeconomic Models of Wage Indexation."  Annual Proceedings of the Industrial Relations Research Association (December 1984).

 

"Cost of Living Escalators in Major Union Contracts."  Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 37 (October 1983).

(with Orley Ashenfelter).  "Time Series Representations of Economic Variables and Alternative Models of the Labor Market."  Review of Economic Studies, 69 (September 1982).

 

 

Unpublished Papers:

 

(with Orley Ashenfelter).  “How Did the Elimination of Mandatory Retirement Affect Faculty Retirement Rates?”  UC Berkeley Center for Labor Economics Working Paper #25, August 2000.

 

“Estimating the Return to Schooling: Progress on Some Persistent Econometric Problems.”  National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 7769, June 2000.

 

(with Philip K. Robins and Charles Michalopoulos).  “Measuring Wage Growth Among Former Welfare Recipients”.  UC Berkeley Center for Labor Economics Working Paper No. 20, November 1999.

 

(with A. Abigail Payne).  "School Finance Reform, the Distribution of School Spending, and the Distribution of SAT Scores."   National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 6766, October 1998 (revised August 2000).

 

(with Philip Robins and Winston Lin).  "Would Financial Incentives for Leaving Welfare Lead Some People to Stay on Welfare Longer?  An Experimental Evaluation of 'Entry Effects' in the Self-Sufficiency Project".  National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 6449, March 1998.

 

(with Alan Krueger). "Labor Market Effects of School Quality: Theory and Evidence".  National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 5450, February 1996.

 

(with Brian McCall).  "When to Start a Fight and When to Fight Back: Workers' Compensation Liability Denials and Disputes."  Unpublished Manuscript, September 1994.

 

"The Effect of Unions on the Level and Distribution of Wages: A Longitudinal Analysis."  Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Working Paper Number 287, July 1991, revised March 1995.

 

"Supply and Demand in the Labor Market."  Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Working Paper Number 228, November 1987.

 

(with Orley Ashenfelter).  "Using Longitudinal Data to Measure Minimum Wage Effects."  Center for Labour Economics, London School of Economics Discussion Paper, September 1981.

 

 


Published Reviews and Comments:

 

Comment on Robert A. Moffitt, “Demographic Change and Public Assistance Expenditures.”  In Alan Auerbach, editor, Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

 

“The Research Contributions of Thomas Lemieux.”  Canadian Journal of Economics 31 (October 1998): 975-984.

 

"The Wage Curve: A Review."  Journal of Economic Literature 33 (June 1995).

 

(with Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger).  Comment on David Neumark and William Wascher, "Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages: Panel Data on State Minimum Wage Laws".  Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47 (April 1994).

 

Review of Michael Goldfield's The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States.  Journal of Economic History 49 (December 1989).

 

Review of H. Gregg Lewis' Union Relative Wage Effects: A Survey.  Journal of Economic Literature, 25 (March 1987).

                            

(with Henry Farber).  "Comments on Semi-Parametric Estimation of Employment Duration Models," by Joel Horowitz and George Neumann.  Econometric Reviews, (1988).

 

Comments on "Empirical Tests of Labor Market Equilibrium: An Evaluation," by J. Heckman and T. MaCurdy. Carnegie Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 28 (Spring 1988).

 

Comments on "Macroeconomic Performance and the Disadvantaged," by Lawrence Katz and David Cutler.  Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Number 2, 1991.