SHAWN EVERETT KANTOR
Office
Department of Economics
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-6226
skantor@u.arizona.edu (e-mail)
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Economics, University of Arizona, July 1999 – present.
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, September 1997 – present.
Senior Economist, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, January 1999 – January 2000.
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Arizona, July 1996 – June 1999.
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, October 1991 – September 1997.
Visiting Professor of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, January – June 1997.
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Arizona, August 1990 – June 1996.
Instructor, Pasadena City College, February 1988 – January 1989.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Social Science, California Institute of Technology, June 1991.
M.S., Social Science, California Institute of Technology, June 1988.
B.A., Economics and History, University of Rochester, June 1987.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Politics and Property Rights: The Closing of the Open Range in the Postbellum South nominated for a 1999 Pulitzer Prize.
Arthur H. Cole Prize. Economic History Association award for the outstanding article published in the Journal of Economic History, September 1996 to June 1997.
Columbia University Prize in American Economic History in Honor of Allan Nevins. Economic History Association award for the outstanding dissertation in North American economic history completed during 1990–1991.
Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, July 1989–July 1990.
John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Dissertation Fellowship, April–September 1989.
Anna and James McDonnell Memorial Scholarship, January–March 1989.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Omicron Delta Epsilon.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Law and economics, political economy, economic development, U.S. economic history, public economics.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers’ Compensation (Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000) (with Price V. Fishback).
Politics and Property Rights: The Closing of the Open Range in the Postbellum South (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998).
Journal Articles
“The Adoption of Workers’ Compensation in the United States, 1900-1930,” Journal of Law & Economics, 41 (2) (part 1) (October 1998), pp. 305-41 (with Price V. Fishback).
“The Political Economy of Workers’ Compensation Benefit Levels, 1910-1930,” Explorations in Economic History, 35 (April 1998), pp. 109-39 (with Price V. Fishback).
“The Durable Experiment: State Insurance of Workers’ Compensation Risk in the Early Twentieth Century,” Journal of Economic History, 56 (December 1996), pp. 809-36 (with Price V. Fishback; winner of the Arthur H. Cole Prize).
“Precautionary Saving, Insurance, and the Origins of Workers’ Compensation,” Journal of Political Economy, 104 (April 1996), pp. 419-42 (with Price V. Fishback).
“Nonfatal Accident Compensation and the Common Law at the Turn of the Century,” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 11 (October 1995), pp. 406-33 (with Price V. Fishback).
“Supplanting the Roots of Southern Populism: The Contours of Political Protest in the Georgia Hills,” Journal of Economic History, 55 (September 1995), pp. 637-46
“Did Workers Pay for the Passage of Workers’ Compensation Laws?” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110 (August 1995), pp. 713-42 (with Price V. Fishback).
“The Political Economy of Coalition-Formation: The Case of Livestock Enclosure in the Postbellum South,” Explorations in Economic History, 32 (January 1995), pp. 82-108.
“The Economic and Political Determinants of Fence Reform in Postbellum Georgia,” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 150 (September 1994), pp. 486-510.
“Common Sense or Commonwealth? The Fence Law and Institutional Change in the Postbellum South,” Journal of Southern History, 59 (May 1993), pp. 201-42 (with J. Morgan Kousser).
“Two Visions of History: A Rejoinder,” Journal of Southern History, 59 (May 1993), pp. 259-66 (with J. Morgan Kousser).
“‘Square Deal’ or Raw Deal? Market Compensation for Workplace Disamenities, 1884-1903,” Journal of Economic History, 52 (December 1992), pp. 826-48 (with Price V. Fishback).
“Property Rights and the Dynamics of Institutional Change: The Closing of the Georgia Open Range, 1870-1900,” Journal of Economic History, 52 (June 1992), pp. 456-59.
“Razorbacks, Ticky Cows, and the Closing of the Georgia Open Range: The Dynamics of Institutional Change Uncovered,” Journal of Economic History, 51 (December 1991), pp. 861-86.
Chapters in Books
“Coalition Formation and the Adoption of Workers’ Compensation: The Case of Missouri, 1911 to 1926,” in Claudia Goldin and Gary D. Libecap, eds., The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy (Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the NBER, 1994), pp. 259-97 (with Price V. Fishback).
“Fatal Accident Compensation Under the Negligence Liability System,” in Carol S. Leonard and B. N. Mironov, eds., Hours of Work and Means of Payment: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Economic History Congress (Milan: Universita Bocconi, 1994), pp. 37-45 (with Price V. Fishback).
“Why Did Coal Miners Work So Few Hours? Labor-Leisure Choice in the Face of Severe Time Constraints,” in Ian Blanchard, ed., Labour and Leisure in Historical Perspective: Thirteenth to Twentieth Centuries (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1994), pp. 125-35 (with William Boal and Price V. Fishback).
Other
“How Minnesota Adopted Workers’ Compensation” The Independent Review, 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 557-78 (with Price V. Fishback).
“The Political Economy of Workers’ Compensation in the Early Twentieth Century,” NBER Reporter (Winter 1994/5), pp. 5-8 (with Price V. Fishback).
Book Reviews
Empirical Studies in Institutional Change, edited by Lee J. Alston, Thráinn Eggertsson, and Douglass C. North, in the Journal of Economic History, 57 (December 1997), pp. 986-88.
The Myth of Democratic Failure: Why Political Institutions Are Efficient, by Donald A. Wittman, in the Journal of Economic Literature, 34 (December 1996), pp. 1957-59.
Essays on English Law and the American Experience, by Elisabeth A. Cawthon and David E. Narrett, eds., in the Journal of Economic History, 55 (December 1995), pp. 950-51.
Economic Behavior and Institutions, by Tráinn Eggertsson, in the Journal of Development Economics, 42 (October 1993), pp. 210-14.
Mill and Mine: The CF&I in the Twentieth Century, by H. Lee Scamehorn, in the Journal of Economic History, 53 (June 1993), pp. 443-45.
Division of Labor: Industrial Relations in the Chifley Years, 1945-1949, by Tom Sheridan, in the Business History Review, 66 (Winter 1992), pp. 832-33.
The Anti-Redeemers: Hill-Country Political Dissenters in the Lower South from Redemption to Populism, by Michael R. Hyman, in the Journal of Economic History, 51 (September 1991), pp. 740-41.
WORKING
PAPERS
“The Origins of Workers’ Compensation in Ohio” (with Price V. Fishback).
“The Economic Effects of New Deal Expenditures on Local Economic Development” (with Price V. Fishback and William Horrace).
“The Impact of New Deal Programs on Black and White Infant Mortality in the South” (with Price V. Fishback and Michael R. Haines). Under review at Explorations in Economic History.
“The Impact of the New Deal on the Socioeconomic Status of Children: An Analysis of Infant Mortality During the Great Depression” (with Price V. Fishback and Michael R. Haines).
“Migration and the New Deal” (with Price V. Fishback, William Horrace, and Tracy L. Regan).
“The Political Economy of New Deal Expenditures” (with Price V. Fishback). Under review for publication in Lance E. Davis festschrift.
“Precautionary Saving for Unemployment Risk in the Late Nineteenth Century” (with Price V. Fishback and Sule Balkan).
WORK IN PROGRESS
“The Political Economy of New Deal Public Works, Work Relief, and Agricultural Support.” This large-scale project examines the economic effects of New Deal spending on various segments of the economy, and the economic and political factors influencing the federal, state, and local governments’ allocation of New Deal funds and tax policy (with Price V. Fishback and other co-authors)
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
International
“Estancias de investigadores extranjeros en regimen de año sabático en España,” Dirección General de Enseñanza Superior, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de España, Award number SAB95-0504, January 1997 to September 1997, 3,040,000 pesetas (approximately $23,000).
National
“The Impact of New Deal Relief Spending on Local Labor Markets,” National Science Foundation, Grant No. SBR-9708098, July 1997 to June 1999, $176,469 (co-PI Price V. Fishback).
“The Political Economy of Workers’ Compensation in the Early Twentieth-Century,” National Science Foundation, Grant No. SBR-9223058, June 1993 to May 1995, $194,248 (co-PI Price V. Fishback).
University
“The Impact of the New Deal on Local Economic Development, Migration, and Labor Markets,” University of Arizona Foundation, summer 1996, $11,000.
“The Political Economy of New Deal Relief Expenditures,” University of Arizona Office of the Vice President for Research and University of Arizona Foundation, January 1995 to December 1995, $4,125.
“The Political Economy of Workers’ Compensation in the Early Twentieth Century,” University of Arizona Foundation, summer 1995, $11,000.
“The Development of Workers’ Compensation in the United States,” University of Arizona Foundation, summer 1992, $9,556.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“African-American Economic Life in the Segregation Era,” Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, September 1999, “The Impact of New Deal Programs on Black Infant Mortality in the South.”
National Bureau of Economic Research, DAE Summer Institute, Cambridge, MA, July 1999, “The Economic Effects of New Deal Expenditures on Local Economic Development.”
“In Data Veritas: Institutions and Growth in Economics History: A Symposium in Honor of Lance Edwin Davis,” California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, November 1998, “The Political Economy of New Deal Expenditures” (invited).
National Bureau of Economic Research, DAE Summer Institute, Cambridge, MA, July 1997, “The Political Economy of New Deal Expenditures: A Preliminary and Exploratory Investigation.”
Third World Congress of Cliometrics, Munich, Germany, July 1997, “The Political Economy of New Deal Expenditures: A Preliminary and Exploratory Investigation.”
Pre-conference to the 12th International Economic History Congress, Madrid, Spain, February 1997, A-1 session on “The Economic Consequences of Empire, 1492-1989” (discussant).
Economic History Association Conference, Berkeley, CA, September 1996, “The Political Economy of New Deal Expenditures: A Preliminary and Exploratory Investigation.”
Allied Social Science Associations Meetings, Industrial Relations Research Association session, San Francisco, CA, January 1996, “What Can Policy Makers Learn from the Origins of Workers’ Compensation?”
Allied Social Science Associations Meetings, Cliometrics Society session, San Francisco, CA, January 1996, “The Adoption of Workers’ Compensation in the United States, 1909-1930.”
American Law and Economics Association Meeting, Berkeley, CA, May 1995, “Insurance Rationing and the Origins of Workers’ Compensation” (invited).
Economic History Association Conference, Cincinnati, OH, September 1994, “A Prelude to the Welfare State: Compulsory State Insurance and Workers’ Compensation in Minnesota, Ohio, and Washington, 1911-1919.”
All-UC Economic History Conference, Los Angeles, CA, November 1993, “Insurance Rationing and the Origins of Workers’ Compensation” (invited).
National Bureau of Economic Research, Conference on “The Political Economy of Regulation: An Historical Analysis of Government and the Economy,” Boston, MA, May 1993, “Coalition-Formation and the Adoption of Workers’ Compensation: The Case of Missouri, 1911-1926” (invited).
Social Science History Association Conference, Chicago, IL, November 1992, “Did Workers Gain from the Passage of Workers’ Compensation Laws?”
National Bureau of Economic Research, Pre-Conference on “The Political Economy of Regulation: An Historical Analysis of Government and the Economy,” Tucson, AZ, October 1992, “Coalition-Formation in a Direct Democracy: The Adoption of Workers’ Compensation in Missouri, 1911-1926” (invited).
Western Economic Association International Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 1992, “Did Workers Gain from the Passage of Workers’ Compensation Laws?”
Western Economic Association International Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 1992, session on “Workplace Safety and Workers’ Compensation” (discussant).
Cliometrics Conference, Oxford, OH, May 1992, “Did Workers Gain from the Passage of Workers’ Compensation Laws?”
Public Choice Meetings, New Orleans, LA, March 1992, “The Political Economy of Workers’ Compensation in the United States, 1909-1930.”
Economic History Association Conference, Boulder, CO, September 1991, “Property Rights and the Dynamics of Institutional Change: The Closing of the Georgia Open Range, 1870-1900” (invited).
National Bureau of Economic Research, DAE Summer Institute, Cambridge, MA, July 1991, “The Political Economy of Workers’ Compensation in the United States, 1909-1930.”
Kansas Conference on Historical Labor Statistics, Lawrence, KS, June 1991, “The Good, the Bad, and the Paycheck: Compensating Differentials in Labor Markets, 1884-1903.”
Public Choice Meetings, New Orleans, LA, March 1991, “The Political Economy of Fence Reform in the Postbellum South.”
Economic History Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, September 1990, “Razorbacks, Ticky Cows, and the Closing of the Georgia Open Range: The Dynamics of Institutional Change Uncovered.”
Cliometrics Conference, Champaign, IL, May 1990, “Razorbacks, Ticky Cows, and the Closing of the Georgia Open Range: The Dynamics of Institutional Change Uncovered.”
All-UC Economic History Conference, Los Angeles, CA, November 1989, “Razorbacks, Ticky Cows, and the Closing of the Georgia Open Range: The Dynamics of Institutional Change Uncovered” (invited).
Social Science History Association Conference, Washington, DC, November 1989, “Common Sense or Commonwealth? The Fence Law and Institutional Change in the Postbellum South.”
INVITED SEMINARS
University of Virginia, Department of Economics, April 2000 and December 1999.
National Bureau of Economic Research, DAE Program Meeting, March 2000.
George Mason University, Department of Economics, February 2000.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics, February 2000.
University of Missouri, St. Louis, Department of Economics, February 2000.
Williams College, Department of Economics, January 2000.
University of Maryland, IRIS Center, December 1999.
Rutgers University, Department of Economics, December 1999.
Dartmouth College, Department of Economics, March 1998.
Ohio State University, Department of Economics, December 1997.
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Economics, October 1997 and May 1993.
London School of Economics, Department of Economic History, June 1997.
Ben-Gurion University, Department of Economics, May 1997.
Hebrew University, Department of Economics, May 1997.
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Departamento de Economía, February 1997.
University of Chicago, Department of Economics, October 1996.
North Carolina Research Triangle, Economic History Workshop, March 1996.
University of Arizona, School of Public Administration and Policy, March 1996.
National Bureau of Economic Research, DAE Program Meeting, February 1995.
University of California, Davis, Department of Economics, April 1994.
University of Illinois, Department of Economics, September 1993.
Indiana University, Department of Economics, September 1993.
California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, May 1993.
National Bureau of Economic Research, DAE Program Meeting, March 1993.
Hoover Institution, January 1993.
Columbia University, School of Law, November 1992.
Cornell University, Department of Government, November 1992.
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, November 1992.
University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics, February 1990.
Montana State University, Department of Economics, February 1990.
University of Arizona, Department of Economics, February 1990.
Harvard University, Department of Government, January 1990.
Northwestern University, Department of Political Science, January 1990.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Associate, North American Office, Journal of Economic History, June 1996 – January 1999.
Board of Editors, EH.Res Discussion Network, September 1996 – September 1998.
Co-organizer, National Bureau of Economic Research, Development of the American Economy Program’s Summer Institute, July 1997 and 1998.
Paper Selection Committee and Local Arrangements Committee, Cliometrics Conference, Tucson, AZ, May 20-22, 1994.
Local Arrangements Committee, Economic History Association Meetings, Tucson, AZ, October 1993.
Referee for: Agricultural History, Cambridge University Press, Economic Inquiry, Explorations in Economic History, Journal of Economic History, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Longman Publishing Group, Research in Law and Economics, Social Science History, Southern Economic Journal, Wadsworth Publishing Company.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Participant, Cliometrics Conference, May 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1998.
Participant, National Bureau of Economic Research, DAE Summer Institute, Cambridge, MA, July 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
Grand Awards Judge, Behavioral and Social Sciences, International Science & Engineering Fair, Tucson, AZ, May 1996.
Participant, Seventh Annual Karl Eller Center Business/Academic Dialogue, Tucson, AZ, May 1995.
Participant,
1991 Political Economy Forum, Political Economy Research Center, Livingston,
MT, June 1991.