AARON YELOWITZ
335 Business and Economics Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0034
Telephone: (859) 257-7634
Fax: (859) 323-1920
email: aaron@uky.edu
URL: http://gatton.uky.edu/Faculty/yelowitz/
Birth Date: July 1, 1969
Citizenship: United States
Education:
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Economics, 1994.
B.A., High Honors, University of California, Santa Barbara, Business Economics, 1990.
Current Employment and Affiliations
Department of Economics, University of Kentucky, Associate Professor, July 1, 2001-present.
Courses taught include graduate public finance, graduate health economics, undergraduate public finance, undergraduate economics of poverty, and undergraduate labor economics. View the teaching evaluations from University of Kentucky.
Joint appointment with the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration.
Associate Editor, Journal of Public Economics, January 2004-present.
Faculty Affiliate, Joint Center for Poverty Research (Chicago-Northwestern)
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, Public Economics
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Program on Children
Research Associate, Institute for Research on Poverty (Madison, Wisconsin)
University and Department Service
Department Liaison, UK Center for Poverty Research, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky, 2002-present.
Member, Nonmedical Institutional Review Board (IRB), University of Kentucky, 2002-present.
Member, Gatton Chair Recruiting Committee, Department of Economics, 2001-2002.
Chair, Applied Microeconomics Workshop Committee, Department of Economics, 2002-2003.
Co-Chair, Seminar Series Committee, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, 2002-2003.
Assisted with Capstone Seminar, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, 2003-2004.
Dissertation Committee Chair:
Chris Clark
John Perry
Todd Sensing
Dissertation Committee member:
Rachael Lange
Miriam Fordham
Ganna Vakhitova
Lisa Cave
Chris Woock
Previous Employment and Affiliations
Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor, July 1, 1994-June 30, 2001.
Courses taught include graduate and undergraduate public finance. View the teaching evaluations from UCLA.
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, Program on Children
Research Affiliate, Joint Center for Poverty Research (Chicago-Northwestern)
Consultant, RAND Corporation.
NBER Aging and Health Fellowship, July 1996-June 1997.
Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, academic years 1992/93 and 1993/94. Assisted in undergraduate intermediate and introductory microeconomics.
Professional Memberships
American Economic Association
Society of Labor Economists
National Association of Forensic Economics
Publications:
“The Medicaid Notch, Labor Supply and Welfare Participation: Evidence From Eligibility Expansions,” The Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 1995, 110(4): 909-939.
“Why Did the SSI-Disabled Program Grow So Much? Disentangling the Effect of Medicaid,” Journal of Health Economics, June 1998 17(3): 321-350.
“Will Extending Medicaid to Two Parent Families Encourage Marriage?” The Journal of Human Resources, Fall 1998, 33(4): 833-865.
“Public Health Insurance and Private Savings,” coauthored with Jonathan Gruber, Journal of Political Economy, December 1999, 107(6): 1249-1274.
“Are Public Housing Projects Good for Kids?” coauthored with Janet Currie, Journal of Public Economics, January 2000, 75(1): 99-124.
“Public Policy and Health Care Choices of the Elderly: Evidence From the Medicare Buy In Program,” Journal of Public Economics, November 2000, 78(3): 301-324.
“Using the Medicare Buy-In Program to Estimate the Effect of Medicaid on the SSI Participation,” Economic Inquiry, July 2000, 38(3): 419-441.
“Health Insurance and Less Skilled Workers,” in Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform, David Card and Rebecca Blank (eds.), New York: Rusell Sage, coauthored with Janet Currie, 2000.
“The Impact of Health Care Costs and Medicaid on SSI Participation,” in Growth in Disability Benefits: Explanations and Policy Implications, Kalman Rupp and David C. Stapleton (eds.), Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1998.
“Evaluating the Effects of Medicaid on Welfare and Work: Evidence from the Past Decade,” Mimeo, Employment Policies Institute, December 2000.
“The Cost of California’s Health Insurance Act of 2003,” Mimeo, Employment Policies Institute, October 2003.
“Physician Preference For Antiepileptic Drug Concentration Testing,” coauthored with Robert Baumann and Melody Ryan, Pediatric Neurology, January 2004, 30(1): 29-32.
“The ‘Poverty Trap’ and Living Wage Laws,” coauthored with Richard Toikka and Andre Neveu, Forthcoming, 2004, Economic Development Quarterly.
“The Economic Impact of Proposition 72 on California Employers,” Mimeo, Employment Policies Institute, September 2004.
Other Publications
“Powerpoint Presentation to accompany Public Finance, Seventh Edition, by Harvey S. Rosen,” Copyright 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ISBN #0-07-302392-2.
“Instructor’s Manual to accompany Public Finance, Seventh Edition, by Harvey S. Rosen,” Copyright 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Working Papers / Work In Progress:
“Public Housing and Labor Supply,” Mimeo, University of Kentucky, November 2001.
“Is Medicaid a Pro-Natal Policy?” Mimeo, UCLA, November 1994.
“Medicaid and Work Decisions of Married Women,” Mimeo, University of Kentucky, February 2002.
“Income Variability and WIC Eligibility: Evidence from the SIPP,” Mimeo, University of Kentucky, March 2002.
“Gateways Into the Food Stamp Program,” Mimeo, University of Kentucky, April 2002.
“Do Housing Vouchers Really Ruin Neighborhoods?” coauthored with Janet Currie, February 1997.
“Demographics, Public Policy, and SSI Participation: The Roles of SSI Benefits, Medicaid, and AFDC.” Mimeo, UCLA, November 1998.
Referee Experience:
American Economic Review
Contemporary Economic Policy
Demography
Economic Inquiry
Economic Journal
Finnish Economic Papers
Growth and Change
Health Affairs
Health Services Research
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
Inquiry
Journal of Health Economics
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Journal of Human Resources
Journal of Law and Economics
Journal of Policy Management and Analysis
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Public Economics
National Tax Journal
National Science Foundation
Policy Studies Journal
Public Finance and Management
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Review of Economics and Statistics
Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Social Science Research Council
Social Science & Medicine
Social Science Review
Southern Economic Journal
United States Department of Agriculture
Public Service and Testimony
Testimony for the Atlanta Living Wage Ordinance Independent Review Commission, Public Meeting, January 23, 2004, “Do Living Wages Accomplish Their Intended Purpose?”.
Additional discussion in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Testimony for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Living Wage: What Business Groups Need to Know, February 20, 2004, “Do Living Wages Accomplish Their Intended Purpose?”. See the webcast here.
Expert witness testimony in Santa Fe Living Wage Trial, April 16, 2004, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Called on behalf of the plaintiffs, New Mexicans for Free Enterprise, The Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, Pranzo, Zuma Corporation, Robbie Day, and Pinon Grill at the Hilton of Santa Fe. Testified as to the economic impact of Santa Fe’s “Living Wage Ordinance.” Called as an expert witness in economics, minimum wages, and living wages. Case No. D-101-DV-2003-00468 in State of New Mexico, County of Santa Fe, First Judicial District Court.
Additional discussion in the Albuquerque Journal and Santa Fe New Mexican.
Keynote address for Lexington Employee Benefits Council, The Healthcare Cost Crisis and What To Do About It, May 19, 2004, “Attacking the Health Care Monster: Hard Decisions Ahead For Our Society.”
Radio interview with Mark Carbonaro, KION 1460, Salinas, California, on the likely effects of Proposition 72 on California, October 25, 2004.
Seminars/Presentations:
MIT
Harvard
Boston University
Boston College
NBER
University of Chicago
Yale
RAND
UCLA
U.C. Santa Cruz
U.C. Santa Barbara
U.C. Berkeley
U.C. Davis
U.C. San Diego
University of Michigan
Michigan State University
IRP (Wisconsin)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Social Security Administration
Brown
Boston College
University of Virginia
CEPR
C.S.U. Los Angeles
AEA
WEA
PAA
UNC - Greensboro
Iowa State
Virginia Tech
Texas A&M
IUPUI
University of Missouri - Columbia
Mathematica
Urban Institute
University of Kentucky
American College of Radiology
Lexecon
Cornerstone Research
Pfizer
Claremont McKenna College
Georgia State University
Upjohn Institute
University of Kansas
Washington University
Duke
Georgetown
National Academy of Science
University of South Carolina
University of Minnesota
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Homer Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute
Syracuse University
Discussant:
American Economic Association, January 2004.
Southern Economic Association, November 2003.
Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured, July 2002.
American Economic Association, January 2002.
American Economic Association, January 2001.
Population Association of America, March 2000.
American Economic Association, January 2000.
Joint Center for Poverty Research, June 1997.
American Economic Association, January 1997.
Population Association of America, April 1995.
American Economic Association, January 1995.
National Bureau of Economic Research, Health Economics, October 1994.
Organizer:
Southern Economic Association, “Public Policy and Economics,” November 2003.
Fellowships and Grants:
Association for Public Policy and Management, National Survey of America’s Families Small Research Grant, $20,000, “Understanding the Consequences of Public Housing on Children,” 7/1/2002-6/30/2003.
Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured, $44,686, “Medicaid and Work Decisions of Married Women,” 7/1/2002-6/30/2003.
National Academy of Sciences, $2,500, “Income Variability and WIC Eligibility: Evidence from the SIPP,” 2002.
UCLA Academic Senate Grant, $2,500-$5,000 per year, 7/1/1994-6/30/2001.
Employment Policies Institute, $10,000, “Evaluating the Effects of Medicaid on Welfare and Work, Evidence from the Past Decade,” 1999.
Social Security Administration, $3,000, “Demographics, Public Policy, and SSI Participation: The Roles of SSI Benefits, Medicaid, and AFDC.” 1998.
Joint Center for Poverty Research Small Grants Program, $20,000, “Public Housing and Labor Supply,” 7/1/1997-6/30/1998.
NBER Aging and Health Fellowship, $50,000, 1996-1997.
UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations, $2,000, 1/1/1996-6/30/1996.
UCLA Center for the Study of Women, $1,500, 7/1/1995-6/30/1996.
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, $15,000, “Did Recent Medicaid
Reforms Cause the Caseload Explosion in the Food Stamp Program?” 7/1/1995-6/30/1996.
Graduate fellowship from National Institute of Aging, 1993-1994.
References:
Professor Janet Currie, email: currie@simba.sscnet.ucla.edu , phone: 310-206-8380
Professor James Poterba, email: poterba@mit.edu, phone: 617-253-6673
Professor Jonathan Gruber, email: gruberj@mit.edu, phone: 617-253-8892
Professor Joseph Hotz, email: hotz@econ.ucla.edu, phone: 310-794-6617
Professor Jeffrey Grogger, email: jgrogger@ucla.edu, phone: 310-825-1960
Professor Steven Levitt, email: slevitt@midway.uchicago.edu, phone: 773-834-1862
Professor Jonathan Skinner, email: jonathan.skinner@dartmouth.edu, phone: 603-646-2535
Graduate Advisors: James Poterba, Jonathan Gruber, Jerry Hausman
Last Updated: November 1, 2004.