updated
8/04
Sara J. Markowitz
Address:
Department
of Economics
(973)
353-5350
National
Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
365
(212)
817-7968
EDUCATION
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Ph.D.
Economics |
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Fields:
Health Economics, Labor Economics, Econometrics |
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Dissertation Title:
Alcohol Regulation and Gender-Specific Parental Violence Towards
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B.A.,
cum laude |
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Majors: Economics, English |
ACADEMIC
8/00-present Assistant Professor of Economics -
Courses Taught:
Labor Economics
Economics
of Health
Introduction
to Economics--Microeconomics
Introduction
to Economics--Macroeconomics
5/04-present Member of the Faculty, Center for Global
Change, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
8/01-present Member of the Graduate Faculty, Public
Health Program, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Courses
Taught: Economics of Health
8/00-present Member of the Faculty, Cornwall Center for
Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
8/00-present Assistant
Professor, Health Policy Administration Division, UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Courses
Taught: Economics of Health
8/98-8/00 Assistant Professor of Economics -
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Economics
Honors Seminar in Economic History
9/96 –1/98 Adjunct Lecturer of Economics -
Courses Taught:
Economics Statistics I
NON-ACADEMIC
9/94 -present National Bureau of Economic Research, New
York
Faculty
Research Fellow, 1998-present
Research
Assistant, 1994-1998
9/93-9/94 Research Assistant -
1.
“Alcohol, Drugs,
and Violent Crime.” International Review of Law and Economics,
Forthcoming.
2.
“I Did What Last
Night?! Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors and Substance Use” (with Michael
Grossman). Eastern Economic Journal, Forthcoming.
3.
“The Effects of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment on Juvenile Crime” (with Alison Evans
Cuellar and Anne M. Libby). Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics,
7:2 (June 2004) 59-68.
4.
“Alcohol Abuse
and Suicide Attempts Among Youth” (with Pinka Chatterji, Robert Kaestner, and
Dhaval Dave). Economics and Human Biology, 2:2 (June 2004) 159-180.
5.
“Aging and Aggregate Costs of Medical
Care: Conceptual and Policy Issues,”
(with Dov Chernichovsky), Health Economics, 13:6 (June 2004) 543-562.
6.
“Pedestrian
Fatalities, Motor Vehicle Occupant Fatalities, Daylight, and Daylight Savings
Time” (with Doug Coate), Accident Analysis and Prevention, 36:3 (May
2004), 351-357.
7.
“Lighting Up and Slimming Down: The Effects of Body Weight and Cigarette
Prices on Adolescent Smoking Initiation”
(with John H. Cawley and John Tauras), Journal of Health Economics,
23:2 (March 2004), 293-311.
8.
“The effect of price on counseling sessions
attended by depression patients” (with Jeff DeSimone) Applied Economics
Letters, 10:14/15 (November 2003), 899-903.
9.
“Estimating the
Impact of Alcohol Policies on Youth Suicide" (with Pinka Chatterji and
Robert Kaestner), Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 6:1,
37-46, 2003.
10.
“The Role of
Alcohol and Drug Consumption in Determining Physical Violence and Weapon
Carrying by Teenagers,” Eastern
Economic Journal, 27, No. 4 (Fall 2001), 409-432.
11.
"The Impact
of Maternal Alcohol and Marijuana Use on Children's Behavioral Problems,"
(with Pinka Chatterji), Journal of Health Economics, 20, No. 5 (August
2001), 703-731.
12.
“Criminal
Violence and Alcoholic Beverage Control:
Evidence from an International Study,” in The Economic Analysis Of
Substance Use And Abuse: The Experience
of Developed Countries and Lessons for Developing Countries, edited by
Michael Grossman and Chee-Ruey Hsieh, Edward Elgar Limited, United Kingdom,
2001.
13.
“Alcohol
Regulation and Violence on College Campuses," (with Michael Grossman), in The
Economic Analysis Of Substance Use And Abuse:
The Experience of Developed Countries and Lessons for Developing
Countries, edited by Michael Grossman and Chee-Ruey Hsieh, Edward Elgar
Limited, United Kingdom, 2001.
14.
"The Price
of Alcohol, Wife Abuse and Husband Abuse," Southern Economic Journal,
67, No. 2 (October 2000), 279-303.
15.
“The Effects of
Beer Taxes on Physical Child Abuse,” (with Michael Grossman), Journal of
Health Economics, 19, No. 2 (March 2000), 271-282.
16.
“Alcohol
Regulation and Domestic Violence Towards Children,” (with Michael Grossman), Contemporary
Economic Policy, 16, No. 3 (July, 1998), 309-320.
1.
“Does the Length
of Maternity Leave Affect Maternal Health?” (with Pinka Chatterji)
2.
“Are Mental
Health Insurance Mandates Effective?:
Evidence from Suicides” (with Jonathan Klick).
3.
“Body Weight,
Cigarette Prices, Youth Access Laws and Adolescent Smoking Initiation.” (with
John Tauras and John Cawley).
4.
“Get High and Get Stupid: The Effect of Alcohol and Marijuana Use on
Teen Sexual Behavior” (with Michael Grossman and Robert Kaestner)
5.
“A Theoretical
and Empirical Investigation of Teenage Smoking Decisions” (with Brett Katzman
and Kerry Anne McGeary).
WORKS IN PROGRESS
1.
“Tobacco Control
Policies and Youth Smoking: Evidence
from Longitudinal Research” (with John Tauras and John Cawley).
2.
“An Investigation
of the Effects of Substance Use Policies on Youth STDs ” (with Michael Grossman
and Robert Kaestner).
3.
“Policy Changes
in Mental Health Care and their Effect on Suicide” (with Alison Evans Cuellar).
1. Improving Health Care of the Poor, by Eli Ginzberg, Howard Berliner, and Miriam Ostow. Journal of Economic Literature, 36, No. 3 (September, 1998), 1515-1516.
1.
Principal
Investigator, Adolescent Smoking Initiation and Body Weight. (With John Tauras and John Cawley). Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2002-2003.
2.
Principal Investigator, Juvenile Crime and Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Treatment. Cornwall Center for
Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, 2002.
3.
Co-Principal
Investigator, Adolescent Substance Use and Suicidal Behaviors: The Role of State-Level Alcohol and Illicit
Drug Policy. (With Pinka Chatterji and
Robert Kaestner). Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, 2001-2003.
4.
Research
Associate, Alcohol Regulation and Risky Sexual Behaviors. (With Michael Grossman and Robert
Kaestner). National Institute on Drug
Abuse, DHHS, 2000-2004.
5.
Principal
Investigator, Alcohol, Drugs, and Violent Crime in the National Crime
Victimization Surveys, National Consortium on Violence Research,
2000-2001.
6.
Principal
Investigator, Alcohol and Violent Crime in the United States, New Jersey
Institute of Technology, Separately Budgeted Research Support, 1999-2000.
7.
Principal
Investigator, Alcohol Regulation and Risky Sexual Behavior, New Jersey
Institute of Technology, Separately Budgeted Research Support 1998-1999.
Member, Editorial Board, Eastern Economic Journal
Member, American Economic Association
Member, Committee on the Status of Women
in Economics Profession, American Economic Association
Member,
Member, Eastern Economic Association
Member, Western Economic Association
Served
as a referee for Addiction, Alcohol
Health and Research World, American
Journal of Public Health, Eastern
Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Health Economics, Journal of Health
Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, International Economic
Review, International Review of Law
and Economics, Review of Economics of
the Household, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Social Science and
Medicine, and Southern Economic
Journal.