March 2005
John W. Graham III
CURRENT ADDRESS:
Office: 801 Hill Hall
Department of Economics
Telephone: (973) 353-1321
FAX: (973) 353-5819
E-Mail: jwgraham@rutgers.edu
Internet:
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jwgraham
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.,
Northwestern University,
M.A.,
Northwestern University,
A.B.,
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
Chairperson, Department of Economics,
Rutgers-Newark, 2003-present.
Acting Associate Dean, Graduate School-Newark,
2002-2003.
Professor of
Economics,
Associate
Professor of Economics,
1996.
Visiting
Professor,
Administration,
September 2002, May 2003.
Visiting
Professor, ORT-Uruguay,
Research
Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1986-1993.
Visiting
Associate Professor of Economics,
University, 1982-83.
Assistant
Professor of Economics,
Champaign, 1978-1986.
Lecturer,
Department of Economics,
Champaign, 1977-1978.
Instructor,
Northwestern University Evening Division, 1975-76.
Teaching
Assistant, Department of Economics, Northwestern
University, 1974-1975.
Research
Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
Summer 1973 and Summer 1974.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Books,
Monographs, Reports and Pamphlets
Small
Change: The Economics of Child Support (with Andrea H. Beller),
The
2. Parts of
Books (Chapters)
"Child
Support," (with Andrea H. Beller), in Shoshana A. Grossbard-Shechtman,
ed., Marriage and the Economy: Theory
and Evidence from Advanced Industrial Societies,
"Nonresident
Fathers and Their Children: Child
Support and Visitation from an Economic Perspective," (with Andrea H.
Beller), in Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda and Natasha Cabrera, eds., Handbook
of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary
Perspectives,
"The
Effects of Child Support on Educational Attainment," (with Andrea H.
Beller and Pedro Hernandez), in Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan and Philip
Robins, eds., Child Support and Child Well Being, Urban Institute Press,
1994, pp. 319-356.
"Variations
in the Economic Well-Being of Divorced Women and Their Children: The Role of Child Support Income," (with
Andrea H. Beller), in Martin David and Timothy Smeeding, eds., Horizontal
Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-Being, Studies in Income and Wealth,
No. 50, National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Chicago Press,
1985, pp. 471-506.
"Consumer
Asset Composition in an Inflationary Environment," (with Michael G.
Bradley), in
"The
Influence of Nonhuman Wealth on the Accumulation of Human Capital," in M.
Ali Khan, ed., Research in Human Capital and Development, vol. II,
3. Articles in Refereed Journals
“Gender
Differences in Employment and Earnings in Science and Engineering in the
“Looking for
the Next George Washington Carver:
Explaining Racial Differences in Employment and Earnings in Science and
Engineering in the United States,” (with Steven A. Smith), The Review of
Black Political Economy, Summer 2004 (vol. 33, no. 1).
“Ethnic and Gender Differences in Selection
and Earnings in Science and Engineering Occupations,” (with Steven A. Smith), International
Journal of Management & Information Systems, Spring 2004 (vol. 1, no.
1), pp. 11-27. (Available online at: http://www.ijmis.org/index1.htm)
"The
Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984 and Educational Attainment of
Young Adults in the
"Child
Support in Black and White: Racial
Differentials in the Award and Receipt of Child Support during the 1980s,"
(with Andrea H. Beller), Social Science Quarterly, September 1996 (vol.
77, no. 3), pp. 528-542.
"A
Comment on 'Why Did Child Support Award Levels Decline from 1978 to 1985?' by
Philip K. Robins," Journal of Human Resources, Summer 1995 (vol.
30, no. 3), pp. 622-632.
"Changes
in the Relationship Between Child Support Payments and Educational Attainment
of Offspring, 1979-1988," (with Pedro M. Hernandez and Andrea H. Beller), Demography,
May 1995 (vol. 32, no. 2), pp. 249-260.
"Child
Support and Remarriage: Implications for
the Economic Well-Being of Children," (with Karen Fox Folk and Andrea H.
Beller), Journal of Family Issues June 1992 (vol. 13, no. 2), pp.
142-157.
"The
Effect of Child Support Enforcement on Child Support Payments," (with
Andrea H. Beller), Population Research and Policy Review, 1991 (vol. 10,
no. 2), pp. 91-116.
"Black-White
Differences in Wealth and Asset Composition," (with Francine D. Blau), Quarterly
Journal of Economics, May 1990 (vol. CV, no. 2), pp. 321-340.
"Child
Support and Mother's Employment," Contemporary Policy Issues,
January 1990
(vol. VIII, no. 1), pp. 95-109.
"The
Effect of Child Support Payments on the Labor Supply of Female Family
Heads: An Econometric Analysis,"
(with Andrea H. Beller), Journal of Human Resources, Fall 1989 (vol. 24,
no. 4), pp. 664-688.
"International
Differences in Saving Rates and the Life Cycle Hypothesis: Reply and Further Evidence," European
Economic Review, 1989 (vol. 33), pp. 1499-1507.
"Child
Support Payments: Evidence From Repeated
Cross-Sections," (with Andrea H. Beller), American Economic Review,
May 1988 (vol. 78 no. 2), pp. 81-85.
"Education
and Asset Composition," (with Michael G. Bradley), Economics of
Education Review, 1988 (vol. 7 no. 2) pp. 209-220.
"International
Differences in Saving Rates and the Life Cycle Hypothesis," European
Economic Review, December 1987 (vol. 31 no. 8)
pp. 1509-29.
"The
Determinants of Child Support Income," (with Andrea H. Beller), Social
Science Quarterly, June 1986 (vol. 67, no. 2) pp. 353-364.
"Child Support Awards: Differentials and Trends by Race and Marital
Status," (with Andrea H. Beller), Demography, May 1986 (vol. 23 no.
2) pp. 231-245. (Reprinted in Proceedings: Research and Evaluation Track, 35th Annual
Conference, National Child Support Enforcement Association, 1987.)
"Inflation
Risk and Consumer Portfolio Behavior," (with Michael G. Bradley), Quarterly
Review of Economics and Business, Spring 1986
(vol. 26, no.
1) pp. 88-94.
"A Note
on the Number and Living Arrangements of Women with Children Under 21 From an
Absent Father: Revised Estimates From
the April 1979 and 1982 Current Population Surveys," (with Andrea H.
Beller) Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 1985 (vol. 13, no.
2) pp. 209-214.
"Expenditure
on Education: International
Statistics," International Encyclopedia of Education,
"Personal
Earnings Variation and Education," (with Walter W. McMahon), International
Encyclopedia of Education,
"Why is
Consumption out of Labor Income Greater Than Consumption Out of Nonlabor
Income?" Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Summer 1984 (vol. 23, no. 3) pp. 59-69.
"Estimating
the Parameters of a Household Production Function with Joint Products,"
(with Carole A. Green), The Review of Economics and Statistics, May 1984
(vol. 66, no. 2) pp. 277-282.
"An
Explanation for the Correlation of Stocks of Nonhuman Capital with Investment
in Human Capital," American Economic Review, March 1981 (vol. 71,
no. 1) pp. 248-255.
"Stocks
and Depreciation of Human Capital: New
Evidence From a Present-Value Perspective," (with Roy Webb), Review of
Income and Wealth, June 1979 (vol. 25, no. 2) pp. 209-224.
"Housing
Demand by One-Person Households," (with Robert Fisher), Land Economics,
May 1974 (vol. L, no. 2) pp. 163-168.
4. Articles in Published Conference Volumes
"A
Policy Agenda for Child Support in the 1990s," (with Andrea H. Beller), Third
Women's Policy Research Conference Proceedings, Institute for Women's
Policy Research, 1994, pp. 221-227.
"Trends
in Child Support Payments," (with Andrea H. Beller), First Annual
Women's Policy Research Conference Proceedings, Institute for Women's Policy
Research, 1990, pp. 52-57.
5. Book
Reviews
Fathers Under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support
Enforcement
edited by Irwin Garfinkel et. al., Journal of Economic Literature,
September 1999, pp. 1727-8.
Investment in Women’s Human Capital edited by T. Paul Schultz, Education
Economics, 1997 (vol. 5, no. 2), pp. 190-2.
The
Economics of Being Poor by Theodore W. Schultz, Education Economics 1995 (vol.
2, no. 2), pp. 207-9.
The
Formation and Stocks of Total Capital by John Kendrick,
Journal of
Economic Literature,
September 1977 (vol. XV, no.3) pp. 962-64.
6. Other
Publications:
"Feminization
of Poverty," report on CSWEP-sponsored sessions at the American Economic
Association Meetings, in CSWEP Newsletter, Winter issue, February 1988.
"Child
Support Laws Appear to Have Increased Payments by Absent Fathers,"
research excerpt in the Digest of Family Planning Perspectives, Nov/Dec
1987 (vol. 19, no. 6) pp. 272-3.
"Education,"
in
"Child
Support: Inflation Loser," featured
in USA Today,
"An
Invalid Argument Against Tax Indexing," Letter in The New York Times,
CONFERENCE
PAPERS:
"Black-White Differences in Employment and
Earnings in Science and Engineering:
Assessing the Impact of Being Black," (with Steven A. Smith and
Sandra Hartman), presented at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
Annual Meetings,
"The Impact of Nativity and Citizenship on the
Earnings of College-Educated Workers in the United States in the 1990s,"
(with Steven A. Smith), presented at the Society for the Advancement of
Socio-Economics Annual Meetings, London, England, July 7-10, 2000.
"Ethnic and Gender Differences in Selection and
Earnings in Science and Engineering Occupations," (with Steven Smith),
presented at the 11th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics,
"The Impact of Race, Sex and Nativity on
Earnings in Science and Engineering Labor Markets" (with Steven Smith),
presented at the 11th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics,
"Childhood Family Structure, Child Support, and
Labor Market Outcomes of Young Men" (with Andrea Beller and Jeffrey Gray)
presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meetings,
"Childhood Family Structure and Labor Market
Earnings" (with Andrea Beller and Jeffrey Gray) presented at the Allied
Social Science Association Meetings,
"Childhood Family Structure and the Labor
Market Earnings of Young Black and White Men," (with Jeffrey Gray and
Andrea Beller) presented at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings,
"Child
Support in Black and White," presented at the National Child Support
Enforcement Association research conference,
"Child
Support in Black and White:
Differentials and Trends by Race in the Award and Receipt of Child
Support During the 1980s," presented at the Working Conference on Current
Research on Inequality, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, June 20,
1993.
"Effects
of Child Support on Offspring Educational Attainment: Changes During the 1980s," (with Pedro
Hernandez and Andrea H. Beller), American Economic Association Annual Meetings,
"The
Relationship Between Child Support Payments and Offspring Educational
Attainment," (with Andrea H. Beller), Conference on Child Support and
Child Well Being, sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Foundation for Child
Development, Airlie House, Virginia, December 5-7, 1991. (Paper also presented at the Econometric
Society Meetings, New Orleans, January 1992.)
"Trends in the Value of Child Support
Awards," (with Andrea H. Beller), Population Association of
"Child
Support and Mother's Labor Supply," invited session on "Welfare
Policy and Child Support," Western Economic Association Annual Meetings,
"Child
Support Payments: Evidence From Repeated
Cross-Sections," (with Andrea H. Beller), American Economic Association
Annual Meetings,
"The
Effect of Child Support Enforcement on Child Support Payments," (with
Andrea H. Beller), Population Association of
"The Effect of Child Support Payments on the
Labor Supply of Female Family Heads," (with Andrea H. Beller), Econometric
Society Winter Meetings,
"Child
Supports Awards: Differentials and
Trends by Race and Marital Status," (with Andrea H. Beller), Population
Association of
"Child
Support Income: Determinants and
Consequences," (with Andrea H. Beller), Eastern Economic Association
Annual Meetings,
"International
Differences in Saving Rates and the Life Cycle Hypothesis," Econometric
Society,
"Variations
in the Economic Well-Being of Divorced Women and Their Children: The Role of Child Support Income,” (with
Andrea H. Beller), National Bureau of Economic Research conference
"Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Well-Being,"
"The
Influence of Education on Asset Management in an Inflationary
Environment," (with Michael G. Bradley), Eastern Economic Association
Annual Meetings,
"The
Household Production Theory of Consumption: Aggregate Implications and
Tests," Western Economic Association Annual Meetings,
"Present-Value
Estimates of Human Capital Stocks," (with Roy Webb), contributed paper,
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth,
EXTERNAL
GRANTS:
"Child
Support Payments: Determinants and
Consequences," (with Andrea H. Beller), National Institute for Child
Health and Human Development, grant number 1 R01 HD19350 DBS, July 1984-June
1987.
"Child
Support: Determinants, Trends and
Consequences," (with Andrea H. Beller), National Institute for Child
Health and Human Development, grant number 2 R01 HD19350, September 1987 -
August 1990.
"Proposal
for Continuation of Support of a Consumer Economic Behavior Panel of Young
Married Couples," Faculty Associate, National Science Foundation, grant
number GS 36166, October 1979-81.
HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
"Excellence
in Graduate Teaching" Award,
"Outstanding
Graduate Instructor of 1981,"
Economics
Graduate Students and Omicron Delta Epsilon.
Rockefeller
Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1976-77.
Northwestern
University, Departmental Fellowship, 1973-74, 1974-75.
Phi Beta
Kappa,
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Journal
Referee: American Economic Review, Demography, European
Economic Review, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal
of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Human Resources, Journal
of Macroeconomics, Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, Journal
of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Quarterly
Review of Economics and Business, Quarterly Review of Economics and
Finance, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Social Science
Quarterly.
Grants
Referee: National Science Foundation,
Division of Social
Sciences, Economics
Program.
Consultant:
"Working Group on Child-Relevant Survey Supplements and
Tabulations" at Child Trends, Inc.,