Seth G. Sanders, Professor of Economics and Public Policy  

Office Location: 213H Social Sciences Building
Office Phone: (919) 660-1898
Email Address: seth.sanders@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Social Policy
    • Demography
    • Gender
    • Labor and Unions

Education:
PhD (Economics), University of Chicago, 1993
MA (Economics), University of Chicago, 1985
AB (Economics), University of Chicago, 1984

Research Description: Professor Sanders specializes in the fields of economics and public policy. His research focuses specifically on four different lines of study, which include the trends of race and gender in relation to earnings among the highly educated; the effects of extreme economic changes on workers and families; the performance of gay and lesbian families within the economy; and the economic consequences of teenage childbearing. He has received numerous grants for his research, including several from the National Institute of Child Health and Development, and also from the National Science Foundation, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Research Initiation Fund. He has published his research writings extensively, contributing his work to numerous leading academic journals for over two decades. Some of his refereed articles include, “Gender Wage Differences Among the Highly Educated” with D. Black, A. Haviland, and L. Taylor; “The Economics of Lesbian and Gay Families” with D. Black and L. Taylor; “Empirical Regularities Across Cultures: The Effect of Children on Women’s Work” with H.O. Duleep; and “A Simulation Estimator for Sequential Models of Discrete Choice” with V.J. Hotz, R. Miller, and J. Smith. Professor Sanders is currently conducting research funded by a grant awarded by the Institute of Child Health and Development on, “The Role of Firms in Immigrant Assimilation and Labor Market Adjustment.” He is also completing work concerning a proposal for the infrastructure of the Maryland Population Research Center.

Teaching (Spring 2010):

  • Pubpol 264s.40, Advanced statistical methods
    Sanford 225, W 02:50 PM-05:20 PM
  • Econ 295s.98, Selected topics
    Sanford 225, W 02:50 PM-05:20 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Eduardo Fajnzylber, S.G. Sanders, V.J Hotz. "An Economic Model of Amniocentesis Choice Advances in Life Course." Advances in Life Course Research  (Accepted, 2009).
  2. Dan Black, Natalia Kolesnikova, Seth Sanders and Lowell Taylor. "Are Children Normal?." Review of Economics and Statistics  (Submitted, 2009).
  3. Black, D., Haviland, A., Sanders, S. and Taylor, L. "Gender Wage Differences Among the Highly Educated." Journal of Human Resources (Summer, 2008). [630]
  4. S.G. Sanders, D. Black, A. Haviland, & L. Taylor. "Gender Wage Differences Among the Highly Educated." Journal of Human Resources  (Accepted, 2008). forthcoming
  5. S.G. Sanders, D. Black, G. Gates, & L. Taylor. "Same Sex Couples in the 2000 Census. How Many are Gay?."   (Submitted, 2008).

Seth G. Sanders