Thomas DeLeire, PhD

Research Area: Health policy
Keywords: Labor economics, Health economics

  

Associate Professor of Population Health, Public Affairs, and Economics
Director, La Follete School of Public Affairs

Email: deleire@wisc.edu

Biography:

Thomas DeLeire is an associate professor of population health sciences, public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison . His research focuses on health and labor economics. His recent work is on economic mobility, health insurance, and the well-being of poor households. DeLeire has twice taken leave from his university appointments to work in government. From 2005 to 2007, DeLeire was a senior analyst at the Congressional Budget Office and from 2002 to 2003, he was senior economist for labor, health, and education for the Council of Economic Advisers. He previously taught at Michigan State University, the University of Chicago, and Harvard University . He received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1990 and his Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University in 1997. (Download CV)

Publications:
 
Dahl, Molly, Thomas DeLeire, and Jonathan Schwabish. (forthcoming). “Estimates of Year-to-Year Volatility in Workers Earnings and in Household Incomes from Administrative, Survey, and Matched Data.” Journal of Human Resources.
 
Abraham, Jean Marie, Thomas DeLeire, and Anne Beeson Royalty. (forthcoming). “Moral Hazard Matters: Measuring Rates of Underinsurance.” Health Services Research.
 
DeLeire, Thomas, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Kosali I. Simon. (forthcoming). “Medicaid Expansions and Fertility in the United States.” Demography.
 
Witt, WP, Wisk, L, Cheng, E, Hampton, J, Creswell, P, Hagen, EW, Spear, H, Maddox, T, and DeLeire, T. (forthcoming). “Poor Prenatal and Antenatal Mental Health Problems Predicts Postpartum Mental Health Problems among US Women:  A Nationally Representative Population-Based Study.” Women's Health Issues.
 
Shetty, Kanaka, Thomas DeLeire, Chapin White, and Jay Bhattacharya. (2011). “U.S. Hospitalization and Mortality Rates Following Smoking Bans.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 30(1):6-28.
 
Leininger, Lindsey J., Donna Friedsam, Shannon Mok, Laura Dague, Emma Hynes, Alison Bergman, Milda Aksamitauskas, Thomas Oliver, and Thomas DeLeire.  (2011). “Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus Reform: Impact on Low-Income Families’ Enrollment and Retention in Public Coverage.” Health Services Research 46:1, Part II: 336-347.
 
DeLeire, Thomas, Thomas D. Jeitschko, Seamus O'Connell, and Rowena Pecchenino. (2010). “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself: Community Formation and the Church.” Faith and Economics 55 (Spring 2010) 19-56.
 
Witt, WP, DeLeire, T, Hagen, EW, Wichmann, MA, Wisk, LE, Spear, H, Cheng, E, Maddox, T, and Hampton, J. (2010). “The Prevalence and Determinants of Antepartum Mental Health Problems Among Women in the USA:  A Nationally Representative Population-Based Study.” Archives of Women’s Mental Health. 2010 July 29, 2010.
 
DeLeire, Thomas and Ariel Kalil. (2010). “Does Consumption Buy Happiness? Evidence from the United States.” International Review of Economics 57(2):163-176.
 
Knutson, Kristen L, Eve Van Cauter, Paul J Rathouz, Thomas DeLeire, Diane S Lauderdale. 345.
 
Abraham, Jean Marie, Thomas DeLeire, and Anne Beeson Royalty. (2009). “Access to Health Insurance at Small Establishments: What Can We Learn from Analyzing Other Fringe Benefits?” Inquiry 46(3):253-273.
 
Friedsam, Donna, Lindsey Leininger, Alison Bergum, Shannon Mok, Milda Aksamitauskas, Thomas R. Oliver, and Thomas DeLeire. (2009). “Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus Coverage Expansion and Simplification: Early Data on Program Impact” SHARE Issue Brief, October 2009.
 
Dehejia, Rajeev, Thomas DeLeire, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, and Josh Mitchell. (2009). “The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth” in Jonathan Guber (Ed.) Disadvantaged Youth. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
 
Whitney P. Witt, and Thomas DeLeire. (2009). “A Family Perspective on Population Health: The Case of Child Health and the Family” Wisconsin Medical Journal 108(5).
 
Thomas DeLeire, John Mullahy, and Barbara Wolfe. (2009). “Health economics at UW-Madison and the Department of Population Health Sciences” Wisconsin Medical Journal 108(5).
 
Molly Dahl, Thomas DeLeire, and Jonathan Schwabish. (2009). “Stepping Stone or Dead End? The Effect of the EITC on Earnings Growth” National Tax Journal 62(2): 329-346.
 
Levy, Helen and Thomas DeLeire. (2008). “What Do People Buy When They Don’t Buy Health Insurance and What Does That Tell Us About Why They Are Uninsured?” Inquiry 45:365-379.
 
Dahl, Molly, Jonathan Schwabish, and Thomas DeLeire (2008). Trends in Variability in Individual Earnings Household Income. (June 30) Congressional Budget Office: Washington DC.
 
Dahl, Molly, Thomas DeLeire, and Jonathan Schwabish (2007). Trends in Earnings Variability Over the Past 20 Years. (April 17) Congressional Budget Office: WashingtonDC.
 
Dehejia, Rajeev, Thomas DeLeire, and Erzo F. P. Luttmer. (2007). “Insuring Consumption and Happiness through Religious Organizations,” Journal of Public Economics, 91 (February):259-279.
 
Dahl, Molly, Thomas DeLeire, Ed Harris, and Ralph Smith (2007). Response to a Request by Senator Grassley About the Effects of Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage Versus Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit. (January 9) Congressional Budget Office:Washington DC.
 
DeLeire, Thomas, Judith Levine, and Helen Levy. (2006). “Is Welfare Reform Responsible for Low-Skilled Women’s Declining Health Insurance Coverage in the 1990s?” Journal of Human Resources, 41(3):495-528.
 
Alsalam, Nabeel, Molly Dahl, and Thomas DeLeire. (2006). Changes in Low-Wage Labor Markets Between 1979 and 2005. Congressional Budget Office: Washington DC.
 
DeLeire, Thomas and Willard Manning. (2006). “Labor-Market Consequences of Health Impairments.” In R. Kessler and P. Stang (eds.), Health & Work Productivity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
 
Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M., Thomas DeLeire, and Ariel Kalil. (2006). “The Allocation of Food Expenditure in Married and Single Parent Families.” Journal of Consumer Affairs, 40(2):347-370.
 
Lopoo, Leonard M. and Thomas DeLeire. (2006). “Did Welfare Reform Influence the Fertility
of Young Teens?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24(2):275-298.
 
DeLeire, Thomas and Ariel Kalil. (2005). “How Do Cohabiting Couples with Children Spend Their Money?” Journal of Marriage and Family 67:285-294.
 
DeLeire, Thomas and Helen Levy. (2004). “Worker Sorting and the Risk of Death on the Job.” Journal of Labor Economics 22(4):925-954.
 
Kalil, Ariel and Thomas DeLeire (eds.). (2004). Family Investments in Children: Resources and Behaviors that Promote Success. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
 
Ziol-Guest, Kathleen, Ariel Kalil and Thomas DeLeire (2004). “Expenditure Decisions in Single-Parent Households.” In Ariel Kalil and Thomas DeLeire (eds.), Family Investments in Children: Resources and Behaviors that Promote Success. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
 
DeLeire, Thomas and Willard Manning. (2004). “Labour Market Costs of Illness: Prevalence Matters.” Health Economics 13(3):239-250.
 
Coleman, Margo and Thomas DeLeire. (2003). “An Economic Model of Locus of Control and the Human Capital Investment Decision.” Journal of Human Resources 38(3):701-721.
 
Bhattacharya, Jayanta, Thomas DeLeire, Steven Haider, and Janet Currie. (2003). “Heat or Eat? Cold Weather Shocks and Nutrition in Poor American Families.” American Journal of Public Health 93(7):1149-1154.
 
DeLeire, Thomas. (2003). “The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Employment of People with Disabilities.” In David C. Stapleton and Richard V. Burkhauser (eds.), The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute.
 
Levy, Helen and Thomas DeLeire. (2003). “What Do Californians Buy When They Don’t Buy Health Insurance?” California Healthcare Foundation, July 2003 Issue Brief.
 
Attanasio, Orazio and Thomas DeLeire. (2002). “The Effect of Individual Retirement Accounts on Household Consumption and National Saving.” The Economic Journal 112(7):504-537.
 
DeLeire, Thomas, Jayanta Bhattacharya, and Thomas MaCurdy. (2002). “Comparing Measures of Overtime Across BLS Surveys.” Industrial Relations 41(2):362-369.
 
DeLeire, Thomas and Ariel Kalil. (2002). “Good Things Come in Threes: Single-parent Multigenerational Family Structure and Adolescent Adjustment.” Demography 39(2):393-412.
 
Katzelnick, David J., Kenneth A. Kobak, Thomas DeLeire, Henry J. Henk, John H. Griest, Jonathan R.T. Davidson, Franklin R. Schneier, Murray B. Stein, Cindy P. Helstad. (2001). “Impact of Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder in Managed Care.” American Journal of Psychiatry 158(12):1999-2007.
 
DeLeire, Thomas. (2001). “Changes in Wage Discrimination Against People with Disabilities: 1984-1993.” Journal of Human Resources 36(1):145-158.
 
DeLeire, Thomas. (2000). “The Unintended Consequences of the Americans with Disabilities Act.” Regulation 23(1):21-24.
 
DeLeire, Thomas. (2000). “The Wage and Employment Effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act.” Journal of Human Resources 35(4):693-715.
 
DeLeire, Thomas. (1998). “Is There Wage Discrimination Against People With Disabilities? Implications for Public Policy.” Chicago Policy Review 2(2):25-36.

Courses Taught:

  • PHS 796: Introduction to Health Services Research
  • PA 819: Advanced Quantitative Methods for Public Policy
  • PA 864: Health Policy and Policy Design

Contact Information:

Phone: (608) 263-6998 / 262-4531
Fax: (608) 263-2820 / 265-3233
Email: deleire@wisc.edu
 

 

Updated On: 
Tue, 01/19/2010
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