North Carolina State University

 

Department of Economics

Melinda Sandler Morrill

 

 

 

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Papers Currently Under Review:

 “Dads and Daughters:  The Changing Impact of Fathers on Women's Occupational Choices”  (with Judith K. Hellerstein), revise and resubmit at Journal of Human Resources.

 

POPULAR PRESS

“Well:  More Dads Influence Daughters’ Career Paths,” Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times, Wellness Blog, February 23, 2009.

“Trend:  Daughters Follow Dads’ Footsteps,” Robin Lloyd, LiveScience wire service.

Also appeared on:  Yahoo!  News, Monday March 16, 2009.

“More daughters following dad’s career path,” MSNBC.com, Monday March 16, 2009.

 “Like Father, Like Daughter,” Cynthia Graber, Scientific American, 60-Second Science, March 4, 2009.

“Fatherlessness,” Radio Interview, The State of Things, North Carolina Public Radio, June 18, 2009.

“Study Shows Father/Daughter Relationships Lead to More Girls Following Fathers’ Career Path,” Matt Shipman, News Release, NC State News Service, February 23, 2009.

 

“The Effects of Maternal Employment on the Health of School-Age Children”

 (Revised 03/06/2009), under review.

 

“Health Plans for Retired State Employees:  Is there a Funding Crisis?” (with Robert Clark), (Revised 6/30/2009), under review.

 

 “A New Paradigm: a Joint Test of Structural and Correlation Parameters in Instrumental Variables Regression When Perfect Exogeneity is Violated” (with Mehmet Caner), under review.

 

Papers Accepted for Publication:

“Employer-Provided Retirement Planning Programs,” (with Robert Clark and Steve Allen), in Robert Clark and Olivia Mitchell (eds.), Reorienting Retirement Risk Management, Oxford University Press, 2010 forthcoming.


 

POPULAR PRESS

“Employers Can Assist with Financial Literacy,” Results: Research and Graduate Studies, North Carolina State University, December 2009. 

 

Working Papers:

 

“Booms, Busts, and Divorce,” (with Judith K. Hellerstein), revising.  Earlier versions titled “Macroeconomic Conditions and Marital Dissolution.”

 

“The Role of Information in Determining Retirement Plans,” with Robert Clark and Steve Allen.  (Draft Version, 09/07/2009).

 

“Measuring Inappropriate Medical Diagnosis and Treatment in Survey Data:  The Case of ADHD among School-Age Children,” with William Evans and Steven Parente.

 

Some Work in Progress:

 

Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector, with Robert Clark, under contract with Edward Elgar Publishing, expected publication fall 2010.

 

“Intergenerational Influences on Women’s Labor Force Participation,” (with Thayer S. Morrill).