Thomas DeLeire

Associate Professor                                                                                   
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health

La Follette School of Public Affairs

Institute for Research on Poverty
deleire –at– wisc.edu



C.V.

Publications

·         Dehejia, Rajeev, Thomas DeLeire, and Erzo Luttmer (2007). “Insuring Consumption and Happiness through Religious Organizations.” Journal of Public Economics, 91 (February): 259-279. [NBER working paper version here.]

 

·        Dahl, Molly,  Thomas DeLeire, Ed Harris, and Ralph Smith (2007). Response to a Request by Senator Grassley About the Effects of Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage Versus Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit. (January 9) Congressional Budget Office: Washington DC. (Available at http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7721&sequence=0).

 

·         Alsalam, Nabeel, Molly Dahl, and Thomas DeLeire. (2006). Changes in Low-Wage Labor Markets Between 1979 and 2005. Congressional Budget Office: Washington DC.  

·         DeLeire, Thomas, Judith Levine, and Helen Levy (2006). “Is Welfare Reform Responsible for Low-Skilled Women’s Declining Health Insurance Coverage in the 1990s?” Journal of Human Resources 41(3):495-528.

·         Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M., Thomas DeLeire, and Ariel Kalil. (2006). “The Allocation of Food Expenditure in Married and Single Parent Families.” Journal of Consumer Affairs, 40(2):347-370.  [This is an electronic version of an article published in the Journal of Consumer Affairs: complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of the Journal of Consumer Affairs, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal's website at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com.]

·        DeLeire, Thomas and Willard Manning (2006). “Labor Market Consequences of Health Impairments.” In R. Kessler and P. Stang (eds.) Health and Work Productivity Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

·        Lopoo, Leonard M. and Thomas DeLeire (2006). “Did Welfare Reform Influence the Fertility of Young Teens?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25(2):275-298.

·        DeLeire, Thomas and Ariel Kalil (2005). "How Do Cohabiting Couples with Children Spend Their Money?" Journal of Marriage and Family, 67:285-294.   [This is an electronic version of an article published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.  Complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of the Journal of Marriage and Family, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal's website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/jomf or http://www.blackwell-synergy.com.]

·        DeLeire, Thomas and Helen Levy (2004). “Worker Sorting and the Risk of Death on the Job.” Journal of Labor Economics, 22(4): 925-954.

·        Kalil, Ariel and Thomas DeLeire (eds.). (2004). Family investments in children’s potential: Resources and behaviors that promote success. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.  

·         Ziol-Guest, Kathleen, Ariel Kalil and Thomas DeLeire (2004). "Expenditure Decisions in Single-Parent Households." in A. Kalil and T. DeLeire (eds.). Family investments in children’s potential: Resources and behaviors that promote success. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, pp 181-208.

·        DeLeire, Thomas and Willard Manning (2004). “Labour Market Costs of Illness: Prevalence Matters.” Health Economics, 13(3):239-250.

·        Coleman, Margo and Thomas DeLeire (2003). “An Economic Model of Locus of Control and the Human Capital Investment Decision.” Journal of Human Resources 38(3):701-721.

·        Bhattacharya, Jayanta, Thomas DeLeire, Steven Haider, and Janet Currie (2003). "Heat or Eat? Cold Weather Shocks and Nutrition in Poor American Families." American Journal of Public Health 93(7):1149-1154. [NBER working paper version here].

·        DeLeire, Thomas (2003). “The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Employment of People with Disabilities.” In David C. Stapleton and Richard V. Burkhauser (eds.), The Declining Employment of People with Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute pp 259-275.

·        Attanasio, Orazio and Thomas DeLeire (2002). "The Effect of Individual Retirement Accounts on Household Consumption and National Saving." The Economic Journal 112(7):504-537.

·        DeLeire, Thomas and Ariel Kalil (2002). "Good Things Come in Threes: Single-parent Multigenerational Family Structure and Adolescent Adjustment." Demography 39(2): 393-412.

·        DeLeire, Thomas, Jayanta Bhattacharya, and Thomas MaCurdy (2002). "Comparing Measures of Overtime Across BLS Surveys." Industrial Relations 41(2):362-369.

·        Katzelnick, David J., Kenneth A. Kobak, Thomas DeLeire, Henry J. Henk, John H. Griest, Jonathan R.T. Davidson, Franklin R. Schneier, Murray B. Stein, Cindy P. Helstad (2001). "Impact of Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder in Managed Care."  American Journal of Psychiatry 158(12):1999-2007.

·        DeLeire, Thomas (2001). "Changes in Wage Discrimination Against People with Disabilities: 1984 - 1993." Journal of Human Resources 36(1): 145-158.

·        DeLeire, Thomas (2000). "The Unintended Consequences of the Americans with Disabilities Act." Regulation 23(1): 21-24.

·        DeLeire, Thomas (2000). "The Wage and Employment Effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act." Journal of Human Resources 35(4): 693-715.

·        DeLeire, Thomas (1998).  "Is There Wage Discrimination Against People With Disabilities?: Implications for Public Policy." Chicago Policy Review 2(2).


Working Papers

 

·        Abraham, Jean Marie, Thomas DeLeire, and Anne Beeson Royalty, “Health Insurance, Pensions, and Paid Leave: Access to Health Insurance at Small Firms in a Broader Benefits Context” June 2007, Congressional Budget Office, Working Paper No. 2007-08.

 

·        Levy, Helen and Thomas DeLeire. “What Do People Buy When They Don’t Buy Health Insurance and What Does That Tell Us About Why They Are Uninsured?” July 2003, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series No. 9826.

 

·        DeLeire, Thomas and Helen Levy. “The Material Well-Being of Single Mother Households in the 1980s and 1990s: What Can We Learn from Food Spending?” January 2005, University of Michigan, National Poverty Center Working Paper No. 05-1.

 

·        Blomberg, S. Brock, DeLeire, Thomas and Hess, Gregory D., "The (After) Life-Cycle Theory of Religious Contributions" (November 2006). CESifo Working Paper No. 1854 (Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=904028)

 

·        DeLeire, Thomas and Helen Levy. “How Well Can We Measure the Well-Being of the Poor Using Food Expenditure?” August 2006. University of Michigan, National Poverty Center Working Paper No. 06-29.

 

·        DeLeire, Thomas, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Kosali I. Simon. “Medicaid Expansions and Fertility in the United States” February 2007, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series No. 12907.

 


 

 ©Thomas DeLeire