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January, 2017 Barbara L. Wolfe Home Address: 3410 Lake Mendota Drive Business Address: 1180 Observatory Drive & 706B Warf Building Madison, Wisconsin 53705 University of Wisconsin (608) 238-6444 Madison, WI 53706 Email: [email protected] (608) 263-2029; 262-0030 Education Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1973 M.A. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1971 B.A. in Economics, Cornell University, 1965 Professional Experience Richard A. Easterlin Professor of Economics, Public Affairs and Population Health Sciences. 2013- Professor, Departments of Economics and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1987–) Vice-Chair, Population Health Sciences (2001–2004) Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1990– ) Director (2006–2008) Director, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1994–2000) P.I., NIMH sponsored Training Grant in Mental Health Economics, (1990–2007) Co-P.I. (2007–) Visiting Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, (2014- ) Adjunct Professor, Australia National University, Canberra (2002–2013) Visiting Scholar, Health Economics Program, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (2012) Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Visitor, School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AU (2010) Visiting Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (April - June, 2001) Visiting Fellow, Australia National University, Canberra (January - March 2001 and January, 2002) Fellow-in-Residence, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (1984–1985; 1996–1997) Guest of the Rector (2007) Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (1987– ) Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation (1991–1992) Associate Professor, Departments of Economics and Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin– Madison (1981–1987) 2 Senior Staff Associate, Office of the Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin- Madison (1982–1991) Research Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1977– ) Associate Member, Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center (1982–1989) Assistant Professor, Departments of Economics and Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin– Madison (1977–1981) Research Associate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1976–1977) Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Bryn Mawr College (1973–1976) Economic Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (1972–1976) Instructor, University of Pennsylvania (1970–1972) Other Professional Activities Member, National Research Council Roundtable on Social and Behavioral Science Research, 2014- Member, Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP) Network, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO) 2016- Member, Committee to Review SSI coverage of Children with Mental Illness, IOM 2014-15. Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course 2014-- Member, Standing Committee on Family Planning, Institute of Medicine, 2011-13. Member, Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Access to Oral Health Care, 2010-2011 Vice Chancellor's Distinguished Visitor, Queensland University of Technology, School of Economics and Finance, 2010 Organizer, Institute of Medicine Workshop on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions, March 2009. (Published Report: Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary, 2009) Associate Editor, Health Economics, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, online edition, 2008- Member, Advisory Committee to the Director, National Institute of Health, 2006–2009 Member, Institute of Medicine, October, 2002– Vice-Chair and invited member, Board of Children, Youth and Families, National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine, 2005–2008 Member, Local Organizing Committee, American Society of Health Economists, Madison, 2006 Member, Review Panel on Economics, Cornell University, 2007; Department of Economics, Hunter College, Department of Economics, University of New Mexico Chair, Review Panel on Economics and Agriculture and Applied Economics, Iowa State University, June 2011. Member, Panel on Transportation and Health, National Transportation Board, National Research Council, 2003–2005. 3 Member, Policy Council, Association for Public Policy and Management 2001–2004; Member of the Dissertation Prize Committee, 2001. Member of the Nominations Committee 2002–2004, Member, Local organizing committee, 2006 meetings Member, External Advisory Group, Research Institute in Economics and Econometrics (RESam). University of Amsterdam, 2002–08 Member, Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Subcommittee on Family Impacts, Institute of Medicine, 2001–2002 Member, Board of Directors, International Health Economics Association 2000–2002. Co-Chair, Local Organizing Committee for 2003 Meetings, San Francisco. Vice President, International Institute of Public Finance, 2000–2003 Member, Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Immunization Finance Policies and Practices, 1999–2000 Member, European Society for Population Economics, Council 1999–2001 Member, Children’s Roundtable, Brookings Institution, 1999–2002 Member, Nominations Committee, American Economic Association, 1999 Member, Effective Programs Taskforce, National Campaign Against Teen Pregnancy. 1998–2001. Member, National Advisory Committee, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, 1997– Member, Executive Committee, American Economic Association, 1996–1999 Co-Chair, Eighth Biennial Research Conference on the Economics of Mental Health, 1996 Member, National Commission on Childhood Disability, 1995 Member, Board of Management, International Institute of Public Finance, 1994–2000. Panelist, Technical Advisory Panel, Panel on Assumptions and Methods, Social Security Commission, 1994–1995 Member, Panel of Economists on Educational Reform, 1992–1994 Member, Board of International Health, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, 1992–1996 Chair, Scientific Committee, Meetings of the International Institute of Public Finance, 1992 Member, National Advisory Board, Institute for Mental Health Services Research, Western Consortium for Public Health, 1992–1994 Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 1990– ; Member, NASI Working Group on Pregnant Women and Children, 1994–1996 Co-PI, National Health Insurance Task Force, Wisconsin Consortium and La Follette Institute, 1989– 1993 Member, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, American Economic Association, 1990–1992 Member, Economics Screening Committee, Committee for International Exchange of Scholars, 1986– 1989 (Fulbright Fellowships) Member, Expert Group, European Economic Community Project on the Distributive Effects of Cost Containment in Health Care, 1986–1990 4 Co-editor, Journal of Human Resources, 1985–1991 Executive Chair, Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1985–1992 Facilitator, Wisconsin Consortium for Health Services Research, 1988–1993 Temporary Adviser, World Health Organization, European Office, 1984–1985 Advisory Editor, Social Science and Medicine Journal, 1983–1996. Associate Editor, Journal of Development Economics, 1982–1985 Site team member, National Institutes of Health Reviewer, National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health Honors Richard A. Easterlin Professor (Warf Professorship) 2013-18 University of Melbourne – Faculty of Business and Economics Eminent Research Scholar 2017 2012-2013 UW-Madison Campus-wide Health and Society Research Prize Guggenheim Fellowship 2008-09 Elected Member, Institute of Medicine, 2002 Elected Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 1990 Publications: Books The Relevance of Public Finance for Policy-Making, (with Hans van de Kar, editors), Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1987. In Spanish, La Influencia de la Hacienda Publica en el Quehacer Politico, Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, 1990. On the Role of Budgetary Policy during Demographic Changes, Editor, Proceedings of the 48th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Seoul, Korea, 1992, Supplement, Public Finance/Finances Publiques, Vol.48/1993. (Published in 1994). Succeeding Generations: On the Effects of Investments in Children, (with Robert Haveman) New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1994 (Paperback edition, 1995). Making Schools Work: Improving Performance and Controlling Costs, coauthor with Eric Hanushek et al., Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1994. Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility, (with Larry Wu, editors), New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. The Biological Consequences of Socioeconomic Inequalities (co-edited with William Evans and Teresa Seeman). New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2012. 5 Publications: Refereed Articles in Journals “Intradistrict Distribution of School Inputs to the Disadvantaged: Evidence for the Courts,” (with Anita A. Summers), Journal of Human Resources, 11(3): 328–342, 1976. “A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Reductions in School Expenditures: An Application of an Educational Production Functions,” Journal of Education Finance, 2(Spring): 407–418, 1977. “Reply to Richard A. Berk’s: A Comment on Summers and Wolfe,” (with Anita A. Summers), Journal of Human Resources, 12(3): 406–409, 1977. “Do Schools