Research

Mel Stephens

University of Michigan

Department of Economics

 

Refereed Publications

Employment, Wages, and Voter Turnout (with Kerwin Charles)

Forthcoming in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

 

The Stability of Measured Time Preferences (with Erin Krupka)

Forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

 

The Effect of Hospital Nurse Staffing on Patient Health Outcomes: Evidence from California's Minimum Staffing Regulation

(with Andrew Cook, Marty Gaynor, and Lowell Taylor)

Journal of Health Economics, March 2012, Vol. 31, p.340-348

 

The Impact of Retirement on Household Consumption in Japan (with Takashi Unayama)

Journal of The Japanese and International Economies, March 2012, Vol. 26, p.62-83

 

The Consumption Response to Seasonal Income: Evidence from Japanese Public Pension Benefits (with Takashi Unayama)

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, October 2011, vol. 3, n. 4, p.86-118

 

The Consumption Response to Predictable Changes in Discretionary Income: Evidence from the Repayment of Vehicle Loans

The Review of Economics and Statistics, May 2008, vol.90, n.2, p.241-252

 

Are There Treatment Duration Differences in the Seattle and Denver Income Maintenance Experiments?

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 7 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 58, 2007

 

Is There a Retirement-Consumption Puzzle? Evidence Using Subjective Retirement Expectations (With Steve Haider)

The Review of Economics and Statistics, May 2007, 89(2): p.247-264

 

Abortion Legalization and Adolescent Substance Use (With Kerwin Charles)

Journal of Law and Economics, October 2006, vol. 49, no. 2, p.481-505

 

Paycheque Receipt and the Timing of Consumption

The Economic Journal, August 2006, vol. 116, issue 513, p.680-701

 

The Impact of Separate Taxation on the Intra-Household Allocation of Assets: Evidence from the UK (With Jennifer Ward-Batts)

Journal of Public Economics, August 2004, vol.88, n.9-10, p.1989-2007

 

Job Displacement, Disability, and Divorce (With Kerwin Charles)

Journal of Labor Economics, April 2004, vol.22, n.2, p.489-522

 

Job Loss Expectations, Realizations, and Household Consumption Behavior

The Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2004, vol.86, n.1, p.253-269

 

"3rd of tha Month": Do Social Security Recipients Smooth Consumption Between Checks?

Programs and Data for "3rd of tha Month" paper

The American Economic Review, March 2003, vol.93, n.1, p.406-422

 

Worker Displacement and the Added Worker Effect

Journal of Labor Economics, July 2002, vol.20, n.3, p.504-537

 

The Long-Run Consumption Effects of Earnings Shocks

The Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2001, vol.83, n.1, p.28-36

 

 

Other Publications

Rates for Vehicle Loans: Race and Loan Source (With Kerwin Charles and Erik Hurst)

American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2008, vol.98, n.2, p.315-320

 

The Level and Composition of Consumption Over the Business Cycle: The Role of `Quasi-Fixed' Expenditures (With Kerwin Charles)

Published in Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers

(eds., Rebecca Blank, Sheldon Danziger, and Robert Schoeni), Russell Sage Press, 2006.

 

Working Papers Available On-line

Do Schooling Laws Matter?  Evidence from the Introduction of Compulsory Attendance Laws in the United States (with Karen Clay and Jeff Lingwall)

 

Schooling Laws, School Quality, and the Returns to Schooling (with Dou-Yan Yang)

 

How Accurate Are Expected Retirement Savings? (with Steve Haider)

 

The Impact of the 1972 Social Security Benefit Increase on Household Consumption

Return to Homepage

Last updated November 2012