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223Q
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859-257-9524
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chris.bollinger@uky.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1993.
  • M.S. Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1990.
  • B.B.A. Economics, Michigan State University, 1988.

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Professor Bollinger’s research has focused on data quality issues and the impact of survey data quality on estimation of micro economic models.  He has examined both measurement error and item non-response. His work on measurement error has been published in journals such as Journal of Applied Econometrics, the Journal of the American Statistical Association and the Journal of Econometrics. His investigation into non-response has been published in journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Labor Economics and the Journal of Political Economy. Professor Bollinger also has interests in Urban Economics and Labor Economics. His work in these areas has been published in journals such as Journal of Labor Economics, Labour Economics and the Journal of Urban Economics. Professor Bollinger has served as both an associate editor and co-editor for the Southern Economic Journal and an associate editor for the Journal of Econometric Methods. He has also served as the associate director of the UK Center for Poverty Research, director of graduate  studies for the Department of Economics at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and the director of the Kentucky Research Data Center. He serves on the Consensus Forecast Group for the State of Kentucky.


Teaching Expertise:

  • Econometrics

Research Expertise:

  • Applied Econometrics
  • Data Quality
  • Labor Economics
  • Determinants of Earnings
  • Migration
  • Urban and Regional Economics

Selected Publications

  • “Evaluation of a New Job Training Program: Code Louisville” (with Kenneth Troske), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 45, no. 2, March 2026.
  • “Interpreting Cohort Profiles of Lifecycle Earnings Volatility” (with Richard Blundell, Charles Hokayem and James Ziliak), Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 43, no. S1, April 2025.
  • “Balancing data privacy and usability in the federal statistical system” (with V. Joseph Hotz, Tatiana Komarova, Charles F. Manski, Robert A. Moffitt, Denis Nekipelov, Aaron Sojourner, and Bruce D. Spencer), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 119, no.31, August, 2022.
  • “Income Source Confusion Using the SILC” (with Iva Tasseva), Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 87, S1, August 2023, pp. 507-541.
  • “Trouble in the Tails? What we know about earnings nonresponse thirty years after Lillard, Smith, and Welch” (with Barry Hirsch, Charles Hokayem, and James Ziliak), Journal of Political Economy, 2019, vol. 127, no. 5, pp. 2143-2185.