PERRY SINGLETON ______January 2021 Syracuse University (301) 437-7176 (c) Center for Policy Research (315) 443-3690 (w) 426 Eggers Hall (315) 443-1081 (f) Syracuse, NY 13244-1020 [email protected] pdsingleton.com
EDUCATION 2007 Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland, College Park 2006 M.A. Economics, University of Maryland, College Park 2002 B.S. Finance, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
RESEARCH INTERESTS Social and private insurance Health and labor market outcomes Taxation
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2013- Associate Professor (with tenure), Syracuse University, Department of Economics 2007-2013 Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, Department of Economics
REFEREED ARTICLES Ling Li, Shawn Rohlin and Perry Singleton. Labor Unions and Occupational Safety. Forthcoming in Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
Ling Li and Perry Singleton. 2019. The Effect of Workplace Inspections on Worker Safety. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 72(3): 718-748.
Perry Singleton. 2014. “The Dynamic Relationship between Disability, Earnings, and Disability Insurance Application and Receipt.” Economics Letters 124(3): 374-377.
Perry Singleton. 2012. “Insult to Injury: Disability, Earnings, and Divorce.” Journal of Human Resources 47(4): 972-990.
Perry Singleton. 2012. “Earnings of Rejected Applicants to the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.” Economics Letters 116(2): 147-150.
Perry Singleton. 2011. “The Effect of Taxes on Taxable Earnings: Evidence from the 2001 and Related US Federal Tax Acts.” National Tax Journal 64(2, part 1): 323-352.
Mark Duggan, Perry Singleton, and Robert Rosenheck. 2010. “Federal Policy and the Rise in Disability Enrollment: Evidence for the VA’s Disability Compensation Program.” Journal of Law and Economics 53(2): 379-398.
Perry Singleton. 2009. “The Effect of Disability Insurance on Health Investment: Evidence from the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Disability Compensation Program.” Journal of Human Resources 44(4): 998-1022.
Mark Duggan, Perry Singleton, and Jae Song. 2007. “Aching to Retire? The Rise in the Normal Retirement Age and its Impact on the Social Security Disability Rolls.” Journal of Public Economics 91(7-8): 1327- 1350.
WORKING PAPERS Health Information and the Timing of Social Security Entitlements. Revision requested at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
The Effect of Industrial Robots on Workplace Safety (with Ling Li).
The Effect of Social Security Benefits on Food Insecurity at the Earliest Entitlement Age.
The Dynamic Effect of Disability on Marriage: Evidence from Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries (with Ling Li).
A Framework for Measurement Error in Self-Reported Health Conditions (with Ling Li).
Health, Medical Innovation and Disability Insurance: A Case Study of HIV Antiretroviral Drugs.
RESEARCH GRANTS 2020-2021 “The Effect of Social Security Benefits on Food Insecurity at the Earliest Eligibility Age,” Food and Nutrition Service of the US Department of Agriculture and the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research. 2012 Summer Assistant Grant, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University. 2010-2011 Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement, Social Security Administration, Division of Economic Research. 2009-2010 “The Longitudinal Impact of Disability on Earnings and Earnings Uncertainty,” Center for Retirement Research at Boston College and the Social Security Administration. 2008-2009 “Disability and Marital Dissolution,” Steven H. Sandell Grant, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College and the Social Security Administration. 2008 Summer Assistant Grant, with Farzana Afridi, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE 2020-2021 Director, Undergraduate Distinction Program Academic Mentor Research Committee Search Committee 2019-2020 Director, Undergraduate Distinction Program Academic Mentor Middle States Assessment Teaching Evaluation Committee 2018-2019 Department Faculty Search Committee Director, Undergraduate Distinction Program Academic Mentor Middle States Assessment Teaching Evaluation Committee 2017-2018 Academic Mentor Teaching Evaluation Committee 2016-2017 Lerner Chair Search Committee 2014-2015 Director, Undergraduate Distinction Program Faculty Advisor, Syracuse University Economics Club 2013-2014 Maxwell Faculty Council Director, Undergraduate Distinction Program Faculty Advisor, Syracuse University Economics Club Department Faculty Search Committee Library Liason 2012-2013 Maxwell Faculty Council Co-Organizer, Applied Microeconomics Seminar Director, Undergraduate Distinction Program Faculty Advisor, Syracuse University Economics Club Department Faculty Search Committee Moskowtiz Chair Search Committee Volcker Chair Search Committee Coronat Scholar Selection Committee 2011-2012 Department Faculty Search Committee Co-Organizer, Economics Department Seminar Series Faculty Advisor, Syracuse University Economics Club Coronat Scholar Selection Committee
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2020-2021 American Economic Association, Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession (three-year term)
GRADUATE ADVISING 2020 Xiuming (Audrey) Dong 2018 Ling Li*, University of Wisconsin - Parkside Fabio Rueda, Deloitte Consulting Jessica Sauve-Syed, Furman University 2016 LaRhonda Ealey, Federal Housing Finance Agency Judith Ricks, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Jordan Stanley, U.S. Census Bureau 2015 Xiaoxue Li*, University of New Mexico, Albequerque Mallory Vachon, Louisiana State University 2014 Chun-Chieh Hu, Virginia Commonwealth University, Health System (post-doc) Alissa Dubnicki, Analysis Group 2013 Wael Moussa, New York State Dept. of Education 2009 Katie Fitzpatrick, United States Department of Agriculture Jerry Kalarickal, U.S. Embassy, Colombia Shawn Rohlin, University of Akron Jeffrey Thompson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2008 Ratidanai Hoonsawat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand * Served as primary advisor and chair of dissertation committee
TEACHING Taxation (Graduate) Statistics and Econometrics (Undergraduate) Public Economics (Undergraduate) Health Economics (Undergraduate) Economics Distinction Seminar