at Williams College
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E-mail: lschmidt@williams.edu
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Department of Economics
Williams College
24 Hopkins Hall Drive
Williamstown, MA 01267
University of Michigan, Ph.D., Economics, 2003
University of Michigan, M.A., Economics, 1997
Smith College, A.B., Government, 1992
Curriculum Vitae
Economics of the family
Public finance and labor economics
Government transfer programs and the well-being of low-income families
Economics of gender
“Utilization of Infertility Treatments: The Effect of Insurance Mandates,” forthcoming (with Marianne Bitler), Demography.
“House Prices and Marital Stability,” 2011 (with Martin Farnham and Purvi Sevak), American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 101(3).
“Taxes, Wages, and the Labor Supply of Older Americans” 2009 (with Purvi Sevak). Research on Aging 31(2): 207-232.
“Risk Preferences and the Timing of Marriage and Childbearing,” 2008, Demography 45(2): 439- 60.
“Effects of Infertility Insurance Mandates on Fertility,” 2007, Journal of Health Economics 26(3): 431-446.
“Sometimes Close is Good Enough: The Value of Nearby Environmental Amenities,” 2006 (with Paul Courant). Journal of Regional Science 46(5): 931-951.
“Health Disparities and Infertility: Impacts of State-Level Insurance Mandates,” 2006 (with Marianne Bitler). Fertility and Sterility 85(4): 858-65.
“Gender, Marriage, and Asset Accumulation in the United States,” 2006 (with Purvi Sevak). Feminist Economics Special Issue on Women and Wealth 12(1-2): 139-66.
“Infertility Insurance Mandates and Fertility,” 2005, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 95(2): 204-208.
“The Welfare Implications of Increasing Disability Insurance Benefit Generosity,” 2004 (with John Bound, Julie Berry Cullen, and Austin Nichols). Journal of Public Economics 88(12): 2487-2514.
“AFDC, SSI, and Welfare Reform Aggressiveness: Caseload Reductions vs. Caseload Shifting,” 2004 (with Purvi Sevak). Journal of Human Resources 39(3): 792-812.
“Work, Wages, and Welfare,” 2001 (with Rebecca M. Blank). In The New World of Welfare, Rebecca M. Blank and Ron Haskins, eds. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution.
“Do Maternal Investments in Human Capital Affect Children’s Academic Achievement?” (with Quinn Moore).
“Does Marriage Really Matter? Investments in Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes” (with Alison Jacknowitz).
“Disability Benefit Applications and Receipt and Material Hardship after the 1996 Welfare Reform” (with Sheldon Danziger).
“Marriage Markets and Family Formation: The Role of the Vietnam Draft” (with Marianne Bitler).
“Determinants of Supplemental Security Income Caseloads after the 1996 Welfare Reform.”
“Growth in the Supplemental Security Income Program for Children: The Role of Local Jurisdictions and Fiscal Incentives” (with Julie Cullen).
“Murphy Brown Revisited: Human Capital, Search, and Nonmarital Childbearing among Educated Women.”
“Great Expectations: How Probability Beliefs of Teenagers Affect Life-Altering Decisions” (with Robert J. Willis).
“Marriage Delay and Private Savings” (with Purvi Sevak).
“How Do Immigrants Fare in Retirement?” (with Purvi Sevak)
“The Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Marital Decisions,” 1999.