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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.
My research interests include health and labor economics and the economics of
the family.
Affiliations/Associations:
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American Economics Association
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Association of Public Policy and Management
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Society of Labor Economists
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American Society of Health Economists
Representative Publications:
DeLeire,
Thomas. (2000). “The Wage and Employment Effects of the Americans with
Disabilities Act.” Journal of Human Resources 35(4):693-715.
DeLeire,
Thomas. (2001). “Changes in Wage Discrimination Against People with
Disabilities: 1984-1993.” Journal of Human Resources 36(1):145-158.
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 and Ariel Kalil. (2002). “Good Things Come in Threes: Single-parent
Multigenerational Family Structure and Adolescent Adjustment.” Demography
39(2):393-412.
DeLeire,
Thomas, Jayanta Bhattacharya, and Thomas MaCurdy. (2002). “Comparing Measures
of Overtime Across BLS Surveys.” Industrial Relations 41(2):362-369.
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.
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.
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.
DeLeire,
Thomas and Willard Manning. (2004). “Labour Market Costs of Illness:
Prevalence Matters.” Health Economics 13(3):239-250.
DeLeire,
Thomas and Helen Levy. (2004). “Worker Sorting and the Risk of Death on the
Job.” Journal of Labor Economics
22(4):925-954.
DeLeire,
Thomas and Ariel Kalil. (2005). “How Do Cohabiting Couples with Children Spend
Their Money?” Journal of Marriage and Family 67:285-294.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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, and Jonathan Schwabish (2007). Trends in Earnings
Variability Over the Past 20 Years. (April 17) Congressional Budget Office: Washington
DC .
Courses Taught:
Public Affairs 864: Health Policy (Spring 2008)
Contact Information:
Thomas DeLeire
Associate Professor
Department of Population Health Sciences,
La Follette School
of Public Affairs , and Department of Economics
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty
610 Walnut Street , 705 WARF
Madison
, WI
53726
(608) 263-6998
(608) 262-4531
deleire@wisc.edu
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