Seth G. Sanders, Professor

Professor Sanders is a professor of economics and public policy at Duke University. He teaches graduate courses in labor urban economics, econometrics, microeconomics, and program evaluation; and he teaches undergraduate courses in economic history, research methods, and microeconomics. In 2007, he was a professor of economics at the University of Maryland, where he held the position of director for the Maryland Population Research Center. He studied economics at the University of Chicago, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1993, his M.A. in 1985, and his A.B. in 1984. Professor Sanders’ research focuses on population studies in terms of economics and econometrics. His projects have explored the consequences of teen childbearing, the performance of gay/lesbian families in the economy, the effects of economic shocks on workers and their families, and gender and racial trends among the highly educated population. He is currently conducting research, supported by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Development, for two studies, including “The Role of Firms in Immigrant Assimilation and Labor Market Adjustment”; the second project concerns a proposal for the Maryland Population Research Center’s infrastructure. He has also received grants from the Research Initiation Fund, the National Science Foundation, and others. Professor Sanders has published his research findings and ideas in a number of academic journals, especially those concerning economics, statistics, and sociology. His work has appeared in the Journal of Human Resources, the Journal of Marriage and the Family, the Economic Inquiry, and many others. He was also a contributor to the book Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy, a work that, when it was first published in 1997, was hailed as “the first comprehensive effort to identify the consequences of teen childbearing for the mothers, the fathers, the children, and our society.” His chapter was entitled, “The Impact of Teenage Childbearing on the Mothers and the Consequences of those Impacts for the Government.” Along with his work as a professor and researcher, Professor Sanders has also held the position of National Fellow at the Hoover Institute within Stanford University since 1993. He has membership within the American Economics Association, the Population Association of America, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, and several other prestigious associations. He is also currently a member of the IRP Research Working Group on Problems of the Low-Income Population.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	213H Social Sciences Building
Office Phone:	(919) 660-1800
Email Address:

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

Education:

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

Research Interests:

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.

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)

Conferences Organized

• Economic Demography Conference (PAA), December 2009