Discrete Choice Models

My Discrete Choice Model Interests

Papers

• "Estimating a Simultaneous Search Model," Journal of Labor Economics, July 1989.

• "Measuring the Effect of Disability on Labor Force Participation," Journal of Human Resources, Summer 1989.

• "Rules of Thumb for Comparing Multinomial Logit and Multinomial Probit Coefficients," Economics Letters, December 1989.

• "Job Exit Behavior of Older Men," with James Berkovec, Econometrica, January 1990.

• "A Method for Smoothing Simulated Moments of Discrete Probabilities in Multinomial Probit Models," Econometrica, July 1992.

• "A Disaggregate Discrete Choice Model of Transportation Demand by Elderly and Disabled People in Rural Virginia," Transportation Research, July 1993.

• "Two Dynamic Discrete Choice Estimation Problems and Simulation Method Solutions," Review of Economics and Statistics, November 1994.

• "Estimating Family Long-Term Care Decisions in the Presence of Endogenous Child Characteristics," Journal of Human Resources, Summer 1995.

• "Measuring Child Work and Residence Adjustments to Parent's Long-Term Care Needs," The Gerontologist, February 1996.

• "Semiparametric Estimates of the Supply and Demand Effects of Disability on Labor Force Participation," Journal of Econometrics, March/April 1996.

• "Alternative Statistical Methods to Use with Survival Data," with Frederick Holt and Elizabeth Merwin, Nursing Research, November/December 1996.

• "Discrete Choice Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity: Demand for Transportation By Elderly and Disabled People," Technical Report for AARP (associated with Transportation Research (1993) paper), May 1991.

• "Quality of Medical Facilities, Health, and Labor Force Participation in Jamaica," with Victor Lavy and Michael Palumbo, June 1993.

• "Discrete Choice Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity: Transportation Mode Choice By Elderly and Disabled People," Technical Report for AARP (associated with Transportation Research (1993) paper), January 1994.

• "Health Care in Jamaica: Quality, Outcomes, and Labor Supply," with Victor Lavy and Michael Palumbo, World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study No. 116, June 1995.

• "Semiparametric Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Count Regression Models," with Shiferaw Gurmu and Paul Rilstone, Journal of Econometrics, January 1999.

• "Strategic Play Among Family Members when Making Long-Term Care Decisions," with Bridget Hiedemann, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, September 1999.

• "Empirical Search Models," with Jose Canals-Cerda, in Search Theory and Unemployment, eds., Steven Woodbury and Carl Davidson, Kluwer Academic Publications, 2002.

• "Simulation of Multinomial Probit Probabilities and Imputation," with Victor Lavy and Michael Palumbo, in Advances in Econometrics, eds., Thomas Fomby and R. Carter Hill, JAI Press, 1998.

• "The Effect of Education Programs on Paratransit Demand of People with Disabilities," with James Fitzgerald and Donna Shaunesey, Transportation Research, May 2000. And a News Story on Jaunt Education Program.

• "The Length of Psychiatric Hospital Stays and Community Stays," with Frederick Holt and Elizabeth Merwin, Virginia Economic Journal, November 2001.

• "Long-Term Care and Family Bargaining," with Maxim Engers, International Economic Review, February 2002.

• "Shared Caregiving Responsibilities of Adult Siblings with Elderly Parents," with Tennille Checkovich, Journal of Human Resources, Summer 2002.

• "Estimating Disabled People's Demand for Specialized Transportation," with Peter Bearse, Shiferaw Gurmu, and Carol Rapaport, Transportation Research, November 2004.

• "Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce in a Model of Match Quality," with Michael Brien and Lee Lillard, International Economic Review, May 2006.

• "Formal Home Health Care, Informal Care, and Family Decision-Making," with David Byrne, Michelle Goeree, and Bridget Hiedemann, International Economic Review, November 2009, 50(4): 1205-1242.

• "The Educational Pipeline for Health Care Professionals: Understanding the Source of Racial Differences," with Ivora Hinton, Jessica Howell,, Elizabeth Merwin, Sarah Turner, Ishan Williams,and Melvin Wilson, Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2010.

Graduate Student Advising

• Barbara Steinberg Schone - 1/91. "The Labor Supply Effects of Government Transfers in Cash and in Kind." Placement: Vanderbilt University, Department of Economics.

• Amy Crews - 7/94. "Self-Selection and Administrative Selection in the Estimation of the Effects of In-Kind Transfers." Placement: Syracuse University, Public Policy School.

• Todd Stinebrickner - 1/96. "A Dynamic Discrete Choice Model of Teacher Attrition." Placement: University of Michigan, Population Studies Postdoctoral program.

• Catherine O'Connor - 4/96. "Early-Out Incentives: A Case Study of the U.S. Army Officers." Placement: Ohio State University, Department of Economics.

• Chris Swann - 4/96. "A Dynamic Analysis of Marriage, Labor Force Participation, and Participation in the AFDC Program;" Snavely Award for Best Dissertation. Placement: University of Michigan, Department of Economics (Visiting Professor).

• Benjamin Scafidi - 9/97. "Neighborhood, Housing, and School Choice." Placement: New York University, Law School.

• Michelle Sheran - 6/01. "The Career and Family Decisions of Women: A Dynamic Analysis of Labor Force Participation, Schooling, Marriage, and Fertility Decisions." Placement: University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

• Brian McManus - 8/01. "Nonlinear Pricing in an Oligopoly Market: The Case of Specialty Coffee;" IJIO Prize for Best Paper by a Young Economist, Snavely Award for Best Dissertation,Article in Slate. Placement: Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis.

• Michelle Goeree - 5/02. "Informative Advertising and the US Personal Computer Market: A Structural Empirical Examination." Young Economist Essay Prize (EARIE) European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, 2003, Snavely Award for Best Dissertation. Placement: University of Amsterdam.

• Kara Olson - 9/03. "The Causes and Consequences of Dumping." Placement: American University.

• Jessica Howell - 11/03. "A Structural Equilibrium Model of the Market for Higher Education: Assessing the Impact of Eliminating Affirmative Action." Placement: California State University, Sacramento.

• Paul Sullivan - 9/04. "A Dynamic Analysis of Educational, Occupational, and Inter-firm Mobility Decisions." Placement: University of Michigan (Population Studies Postdoctoral Program); Bureau of Labor Statistics (permanent).

• David Byrne - 5/05. "Unemployment Insurance in an Empirical Sequential Search Model." Placement: Federal Reserve Board.

• Kenneth Wilbur - 6/05. "Not All Eyeballs are Created Equal: A Structural Equilibrium Model of Television Advertisers, Networks, and Viewers." Placement: University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business.

• Keith Brand - 10/06. "Equilibrium Product Characteristics in Health Insurance Markets: An Analysis of Medicare+Choice." Placement: Federal Trade Commission.

• Scott E. Davis - 8/07. "A Structural Model of the Effects of Housing Vouchers on Housing Consumption and Labor Supply." Placement: CNA Corporation.

• Sarah Simmons - 11/07. "Welfare (to School?) to Work: How Welfare Reform Affects Collegiate Attainment." Placement: Rhodes College.

• Jason Hulbert - 11/07. "A Dynamic Model of Multiproduct Firms: Advertising and Product Selection in the Ready to Eat Cereal Industry."

• Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy - 5/08. "A Bad Peace is Better Than a Good War: A Structural Model of Marital Disagreements." Placement: Iowa State University.

• Adam Hyde - 3/12. "A Structural Model of Physician Behavior."

• Chris Clapp - 7/13. "Should My Car Move or Should We? An Intra-Household Model of Residential and Commuting Choices."