updated 8/04

Sara J. Markowitz

 

 

Address:                                                Rutgers University

                                                                Department of Economics

                                                                360 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd

                                                                Newark, NJ 07102

                                                                (973) 353-5350

 

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                                                                365 Fifth Avenue, 5th floor

                                                                New York, NY 10016

                                                                (212) 817-7968

 

EDUCATION       

 

Ph.D. Economics

The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York

 

Fields:  Health Economics, Labor Economics, Econometrics

 

Dissertation Title:  Alcohol Regulation and Gender-Specific Parental Violence Towards Children

 

 

B.A., cum laude

Rutgers College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

 

Majors:  Economics, English

                 

 

EXPERIENCE

 

ACADEMIC

 

8/00-present          Assistant Professor of Economics -  Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

                                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 -  New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

                                Courses Taught:  Introduction to Economics

                                                Honors Seminar in Economic History

 

9/96 –1/98              Adjunct Lecturer of Economics - Hunter College of The City University of New York, New York

                                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 - National Academy of Social Insurance, Washington, DC

 

REFEREED ARTICLES

 

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.

 

ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW

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).

 

 BOOK REVIEWS

                               

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.

 

 

GRANTS

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.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

                               

Member, Editorial Board, Eastern Economic Journal                    

 

Member, American Economic Association

Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Economics Profession, American Economic Association

Member, New York Women Economics

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.