August 2009
Curriculum Vitae
ANDREW (Andrzej) GRODNER
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EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Economics,
M.A.
Economics,
B.A.
Economics,
Warsaw
University
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,
Instructor, Department of
Economics,
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Labor economics, neighborhood effects, poverty dynamics and inequality
RESEARCH
2008, An Empirical Model of Labor Supply with Social Interactions: Econometric Issues and Tax Policy Implications, (with Thomas J. Kniesner), Research In Labor Economics, Vol. 28, pp. 1-23, 2008.
2007, Gender Earnings Differentials in Taiwan: A Stochastic Frontier Approach, (with John A. Bishop, Haiyong Liu, and Jong-Rong Chiou), Journal of Asian Economics, 18(6)(December), 934-945.
2007, Survive Then Thrive: What Determines Success in the Economics, (with Wayne A. Grove and Donald H. Dutkowsky), Economic Inquiry, 45(4)(October), 864-871.
2007, County Characteristics and Poverty Spell Length (with John A. Bishop and Thomas J. Kniesner), Applied Economics Quarterly, 53(1), 19-44.
2006.
Social Interactions in Labor Supply and Consumption, (with Thomas J. Kniesner), Journal of European Economic Association, 4(6)(December), 1226-48.
2006.
Choosing a Proxy for Academic Aptitude, (with Wayne A. Grove and Tim Wasserman),
Journal of Economic Education (research section)
37(2)(Spring), 131-147.
2009. Survive Then Thrive: Completing the Economics Ph.D. (Paperback) (with Donald H. Dutkowsky and Wayne A. Grove), Publisher: VDM Verlag, pages: 68.
2007.
Survive Then Thrive: Talent, Research Motivation, and Completing the Economics Ph.D. (with Wayne A. Grove, and Donald H. Dutkowsky), SSRN working paper (January 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=958470.
NOTES: 1990 downloads as of August 2009; included in Top Ten Download list on SSRN "Economics Research Network" for April and May 2007.
2000. Changing Income Inequality in OECD Countries: Updated Results from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), (with Timothy M. Smeeding), In R. Hauser and I. Becker (eds.), The Personal Distribution of Income in International Perspective, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2000, pp. 205-224.
Papers Under Review
Distribution of Wealth and Interdependent Preferences, (with Thomas J. Kniesner), IZA working paper 3684, September 2008. Under review in Public Finance Review.
Social Interactions in Demand, (with Thomas J. Kniesner), IZA working paper 3656, August 2008. Under review in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Spatial Patterns of Poverty for U.S. Counties: Dynamic Spatial Dependence Model , ECU working paper, 2009. Under review in Journal of Regional Science.
Keeping up with your co-workers: Static Model of Labor Supply with Social Preferences, (with Thomas J. Kniesner), ECU working paper, 2009. Under review in Economics Letters.
Spanish Labor Market Efficiency 1995-2002: A Stochastic Frontier Approach , (with Ismael Ahamdanech-Zarco, John A. Bishop, and Haiyong Liu), ECU working paper, 2009. Under review in Empirica.
Estimating Treatment Effects with Multiple Proxies of Academic Aptitude, (with Wayne A. Grove), working paper 2008. Under review in Atlantic Economic Journal.
Decomposing Earnings Growth in China: The Role of Implicit Labor Taxes (with John Bishop and Hayiong Liu), ECU working paper, 2008. Under review in Public Choice.
Working papers in preparation for submission
The Role of Homework on Student Learning Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment , (with Nicholas Rupp), ECU working paper no. ecu1001, 2010.
Lost in Translation? The Economics Ph.D. Pipeline for U.S. versus Foreign Applicants, , (with Wayne A. Grove and Stephen Wu), ECU working paper, 2009.
Lost in Translation? The Economics Ph.D. Pipeline for U.S. versus Foreign Applicants, , (with Wayne A. Grove and Stephen Wu), ECU working paper, 2009.
Projects in progress
Chronic Poverty and Neighborhood Effects (with John Bishop and Lester Zeager).
Estimating the Treatment Effects on Academic Success in the Classroom (with Nicholas Rupp).
Climbing Out of Poverty, Falling Back In: Updating Ann Huff Stevens (with John A. Bishop and Thomas J. Kniesner)
Long-run Dynamics of Poverty and Neighborhood Effects (with John A. Bishop and Thomas J. Kniesner)
Returns to Schooling and Efficiency in European Union, 1993-2001 (with Ismael Ahamdanech-Zarco, John A. Bishop, and Haiyong Liu)
Dynamic Labor Supply with Social Interactions (with Thomas J. Kniesner).
Labor Supply with Social interactions: Non-linear estimation of the Social Multiplier, (with Thomas J. Kniesner)
Keeping up with the Joneses, but which Joneses? A Statistical Method for Finding the Reference Group (with Thomas J. Kniesner).
Working Papers (other)
Labor Supply in Open Urban Model, unpublished manuscript, Syracuse University (2000).
Hedonic Price Model for Value of Dwelling in New York State During 1855-1875; Panel Data Estimation, (with P. Woodcock), unpublished manuscript, Syracuse University (2000).
Factors Influencing Earnings Mobility in USA and Germany (1985-87) - A Bivariate Probit Model , unpublished manuscript, Syracuse University (2000).
Economic Mobility of Young Workers in Six Countries, unpublished manuscript, University of Glasgow (1998).
Subiektywna Ocena Dynamiki Dochodow w Latach 1991-92 i 1993-94 Wedlug Wieku i Wyksztalcenia ( Analiza Panelowa ) (in Polish: Subjective Evaluation of Income Mobility in Years 1991-92 and 1993-94 Across Age and Education Groups (Panel Analysis)), (with Ewa Gucwa-Lesny ) unpublished manuscript, Warsaw University (1998).
Changes of Income Distribution in Poland between 1987-1992 , (with Marian Wisniewski) , Comparative Research on Household Panel Studies - The PACO Project paper no.20, Luxembourg (1996).
Polish Household Panel as PACO data , (with B. Gorecki and M. Peczkowski ), Comparative Research on Household Panel Studies - The PACO Project paper no 19, Luxembourg (1996).
Transforming Eastern European Panels to the PACO Standard - Polish Case Study, unpublished manuscript, Warsaw University (1996).
Polish Business Strategies: Entrepreneurs' Attitudes and Behaviors, (with M. Jozefowska , A. Markowska A., M. Szwarc ), Polish Policy Research Discussion Paper no. 34, Warsaw University, Warsaw (1994). (Library of Congress link)
GRANTS
Summer Research Development Grant, East Carolina University, "Spatial Patterns of Poverty for U.S. Counties: spatial dependence econometric model approach" ($16,000), Summer 2008.
University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, Young Investigator Development Grant, "Spatial Patterns of Poverty in the US: Dynamic Spatial Dependence Model" ($5,000), 2007/2008.
HONORS AND AWARDS
College Research Award , Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University, 2006.
Fellowship for Younger Scholars,
MacArthur
Research Network on Social
Interactions and Economic Inequality
, 2001-2002.
Dekaban Junior Fellowship, University of Glasgow (Glasgow, Great Britain), 1998.
Soros
Foundations Award, Rutgers
University, 1994-1995.
REFEREE ACTIVITIES
Referee: Journal of Human Resources (2000, 2003), Journal of Economic Inequality (2004), Journal of Public Economic Theory (2005), Journal of Socio-Economics (2005), Research on Economic Inequality (2006), Public Finance Review (2007), Southern Economic Journal (2003, 2008), Eastern Economic Journal (2008), Economics of Education Review (2009), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2009).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member of AEA (American Economic Association), SOLE (Society of Labor Economists), Econometric Society, SEA (Southern Economic Society)
Member of the research project, Institute of Social Studies at the Warsaw University, 1992 - 1994, (Polish Scientific Research Committee grant).
Member of the Polish Policy Research Group, Economics Department at the Warsaw University, 1992 - 1994 (Ford Foundation grant).
OTHER PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS AND INFORMATION
Top ten downloaded paper on Economics SSRN Network (April and May 2007).
Ranked in 98% percentile of Authors by number of downloads on Economics SSRN Network
Professional webpage on Economics SSRN Network: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=102964
Professional webpage on IDEAS Network: http://ideas.repec.org/f/pgr283.html
TEACHING, ADVISING, AND SERVICE
Teaching
Syracuse University
Introductory Microeconomics (undergraduate)
East Carolina University
Introductory Microeconomics (undergraduate)
Economics of Poverty and Discrimination (undergraduate)
Labor Economics (undergraduate)
Econometrics (undergraduate)
Econometrics II (graduate - Masters)
Advising
Advisor, Master's Thesis
2004: Xiangfang Liu, "A Ladder for the Insurance Underwriter", May 2004.
Other Advising and Supervision
2007: Derek Rarmirez, "Spatial Poverty in North Carolina and United States: Spatial Dependence Model", presented during 1st Annual Research & Creative Achievement Week, March 2007.
2008: Joel Hancock, "Determinants of County Poverty: Texas, 1990", paper prepared for the 4th Annual EconSources.com Best Undergraduate Paper Competition organized by the Atlantic Economic Journal, Summer 2008.
Departmental and University Service
East Carolina University
Research and Information Technology Committee (RITC), November 2006-present
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
College Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2007-2009
Participated in Cluster Computing Advisory Meeting, December 2005
Department of Economics
Research and Technology Committee, Department of Economics, East Carolina University, 2004-2007, 2009-present
Coordinated seminar series at the Economics Department, 2004-2007, 2009-present
Webmaster for the Economics Department website, 2009-present
SEDONA co-ordinator, 2009-present