Dan is a senior fellow in NORC’s Economics, Justice & Society department and Professor and Deputy Dean at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. He served previously as the Project Director of the NLSY program as well as Principal Investigator for the 1998 Cohort of the NLSY at NORC. His research focuses on labor economics, economics demography, urban economics, and applied econometrics. He is a fellow of the Society of Labor Economists.
Dan is on the editorial board of Journal of Labor Economics, Labour Economics, and a co-editor of Journal of Urban Economics. His papers have appeared in the top journals in economics, statistics, and demography. He has served on panels for the Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Science, and has served as a consultant for the New Zealand and Australian governments. Before joining the Harris School, he was on faculty at the University of Kentucky and Syracuse University, and held visiting appointments at the University of Chicago, Australian National University, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Dan’s research has received funding from the U.S. Department of Labor, National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Justice, the Small Business Administration, Appalachian Regional Commission, Census Bureau, the Milgrom Foundation, the Spencer Foundation and several private companies.
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Education
PhD
Purdue University
MS
Purdue University
MA
University of Kansas
BA
University of Kansas
Appointments & Affiliations
Senior Fellow
NORC at the University of Chicago
Professor
Harris School, University of Chicago
Member
American Economic Association; American Statistical Association; Econometric Society; Society of Labor Economists
Honors & Awards
Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists | 2019
Society of Labor Economists
Harris Outstanding Faculty of the Year | 2016
Harris School, University of Chicago
John S. Day Distinguished Alumni Academic Service Award | 2013
Krannert School, Purdue University
Trustee Chair | 2004 - 2007
Syracuse University
Outstanding Teacher Award | 1999
Economics Department, University of Kentucky
Phi Beta Kappa | 1976
University of Kansas
Project Contributions
Publications
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opens in new tab"Using Natural Resource Shocks to Study Economic Behavior."
Journal Article | December 10, 2019
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opens in new tab"The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old-Age Mortality Estimates."
Journal Article | December 4, 2017
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opens in new tab"Combining Forward and Backward Mortality Estimation."
Journal Article | June 23, 2017
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opens in new tab"The Effect of Early-Life Education on Later-Life Mortality."
Journal Article | September 10, 2015
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opens in new tab"Empirical Evidence in the Study of Labor Markets: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Household Survey."
Journal Article | July 22, 2015
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opens in new tab"The Impact of the Great Migration on Mortality of African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South."
Journal Article | March 17, 2015
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opens in new tab"Predictive Inference Using Latent Variables with Covariates."
Journal Article | March 12, 2015
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opens in new tab"Local Labor Markets and the Evolution of Inequality."
Journal Article | August 27, 2014