Sara LaLumia

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Professor of Economics

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413-597-4886
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Schapiro Hall Rm 206

Education

B.A. Youngstown State University (2000)
Ph.D. University of Michigan, Economics (2006)

Areas of Expertise

  • Public economics
  • Labor economics

Courses

ECON 120(S) LEC

Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON 351 LEC

Tax Policy (not offered 2022/23)

ECON 456(F) SEM

Income Distribution

Current Committees

  • Committee on Appointments and Promotions

 

Publications

“Income Effects in Labor Supply: Evidence from Child-Related Tax Benefits.” With Philippe Wingender. National Tax Journal. March 2017 62(2): 191-217.

“How Income Changes During Unemployment: Evidence from Tax Return Data.” With Laura Kawano. Journal of Human Resources. March 2017 52(2): 418-456.

“New Evidence on Taxes and the Timing of Birth.” With James M. Sallee and Nicholas Turner. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. May 2015. 7(2): 258-293.

“The Effects of Contraception on Female Poverty.” With Stephanie P. Browne.  Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Summer 2014. 33(3): 602-622.

“The EITC, Tax Refunds and Unemployment Spells.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. May 2013. 5(2): 188-221.

“The Value of Honesty: Empirical Estimates from the Case of the Missing Children.” With James M. Sallee. International Tax and Public Finance. April 2013. 20(2): 192-224.

“Tax Preferences for Higher Education and Adult College Enrollment.” National Tax Journal. March 2012. 65(1): 59-90.

“The Earned Income Tax Credit and Reported Self-Employment Income.” National Tax Journal. June 2009. 62(2): 191-217.

“The Effects of Joint Taxation of Married Couples on Labor Supply and Non-wage Income.” Journal of Public Economics. July 2008. 92(7): 1698-1719.

Work in Progress

“Variation in the Added Worker Effect: New Evidence from Individual Tax Returns.” With Laura Kawano and Shanthi Ramnath.
“Strategic Timing of Charitable Giving.”

Selected Experience and Appointments

Co-Editor, International Tax and Public Finance, 2015 –

Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress, Visiting Fellow, Summer 2007.

College of William and Mary, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor, August 2006 -May 2007.