Thomas DeLeire, PhD

Associate Professor of Population Health, Public Affairs, and Economics

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, family structure, choice of occupation, health insurance, and the well-being of poor households. In other work, he has examined the effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the employment of disabled citizens, the extent to which disabled workers face wage discrimination by employers, and the role that tax-favored savings accounts play in increasing national savings. 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.

Affiliations/Associations:

Institute for Research on Poverty, IZA

Select Publications:

Levy, Helen and Thomas DeLeire. (2008/2009) “What Do People Buy When They Don’t Buy Health Insurance and What Does That Tell Us About Why They Are Uninsured?” Inquiry.

Dehejia, Rajeev, Thomas DeLeire, and Erzo Luttmer (2007).“Insuring Consumption and Happiness through Religious Organizations.” Journal of Public Economics, 91 (February): 259-279.

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.

Lopoo, Leonard M. and Thomas DeLeire (2006). “Did Welfare Reform Influence the Fertility of Young Teens?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25(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’s potential: 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.

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.

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 and Ariel Kalil (2002). "Good Things Come in Threes: Single-parent Multigenerational Family Structure and Adolescent Adjustment." Demography 39(2): 393-412.

DeLeire, Thomas (2000). "The Wage and Employment Effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act." Journal of Human Resources 35(4): 693-715.

Courses Taught:

PHS 796: Introduction to Health Services Research
PA 880: Microeconomic Approach to Policy
PA 864: Health Policy and Policy Design

Contact Details:

Address:
705 WARF
610 Walnut Street
Madison, WI 53726-2397

Phone: (608) 263-6998 / 262-4531

Fax: (608) 263-2820 / 265-3233

Email: deleire@wisc.edu