BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

   Joe Stone is W.E. Miner Professor of  Economics at the University of Oregon.  He graduated in 1966 from Seminole High School in West Texas and received a B.A. in 1970 from the University of Texas at El Paso.  After serving in the U.S. Army from 1970-72, he received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Michigan State in 1974 and 1977, respectively. He worked in the Office of Research Methods in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1977-79 and then joined the University of Oregon faculty in 1979.  

   Professor Stone was Senior Economist for International Trade Policy on the Council of Economic Advisers during the Reagan presidency.  He has also served as Head of Economics, U. Oregon (1988-92), Associate Dean of Social Science in the College of Arts and Sciences, U. Oregon (1992-96), and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, U. Oregon (1997-2006).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

   Professor Stone has primary interests in labor, regional  economic growth, education, and international economics. His work has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Human Resources, Demography, and Journal of International Economics, among others.  His research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, Ford Foundation, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, and Pacific Institute for Public Policy Research.

   Current and recent projects include studies of the rising share of non-marital births in the US and the role of education, the influence of taxes and public expenditures on economic growth, performance incentives and student outcomes, the effectiveness of public and private schools, factors affecting the composition of public schools, the role of financial aid in college attendance and college tuition, and wage and employment adjustment in local labor markets.