Marjorie B. McElroy, Professor

Professor McElroy focuses her research on the subjects of labor, demand systems, and financial economics. She has completed several of her research projects under the funding provided by National Science Foundation grants, including her latest work on the economics of the family in relation to bargain decision-making and marriage markets. She is also currently investigating altruism in marriage markets and bargaining on the core in marriage markets. She has also completed studies involving the investigation of international populations, such as her work with D. Yang on, “Carrots and Sticks: Fertility Effects on China’s Population Policies.” She has collaborated with her contemporaries on several projects, including her earlier work with Hwei-ju Chen, R. Gnanadesikan, and J.R. Kettenring entitled, “A Statistical Study of Groupings of Corporations,” and her project with T.J. Kniesner and Stephen Wilcox on, “Family Structure, Race, and the Feminization of Poverty.” One of her recent published studies, which she completed independently, is entitled, “What’s New with Nash-Bargained Household Demands?”

Contact Info:

Office Location:	319 Social Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://econ.duke.edu/people/mcelroy

Teaching (Spring 2025):

• ECON 881.23, TOPICS IN APPLIED MICROECON Synopsis

  Bio Sci 063, WF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• ECON 951S.01, APPLIED MICRO RESEARCH Synopsis

  Social Sciences 111, Tu 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	Northwestern University	1969
B.A.	Pennsylvania State University	1965
no degree	Douglass College	1962

Specialties:

Labor Economics / Economics of the Household
Microeconomics

Research Interests: Labor, Demand Systems, and Financial Economics

Professor McElroy focuses her research on the subjects of labor, demand systems, and financial economics. She has completed several of her research projects under the funding provided by National Science Foundation grants, including her latest work on the economics of the family in relation to bargain decision-making and marriage markets. She is also currently investigating altruism in marriage markets and bargaining on the core in marriage markets. She has also completed studies involving the investigation of international populations, such as her work with D. Yang on, “Carrots and Sticks: Fertility Effects on China’s Population Policies.” She has collaborated with her contemporaries on several projects, including her earlier work with Hwei-ju Chen, R. Gnanadesikan, and J.R. Kettenring entitled, “A Statistical Study of Groupings of Corporations,” and her project with T.J. Kniesner and Stephen Wilcox on, “Family Structure, Race, and the Feminization of Poverty.” One of her recent published studies, which she completed independently, is entitled, “What’s New with Nash-Bargained Household Demands?”

Bio

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. McElroy, MB, Committee on the status of women in the economics profession (CSWEP), American Economic Review, vol. 106 no. 5 (May, 2016), pp. 750-773, American Economic Association [doi]
2. Arcidiacono, P; Beauchamp, A; McElroy, M, Terms of Endearment: An Equilibrium Model of Sex and Matching, Quantitative Economics, vol. 7 no. 1 (March, 2016), pp. 117-156, The Econometric Society [doi]
3. McElroy, MB; Wang, W, Do Concealed Gun Permits Deter Crime? New Results from a Dynamic Model (July, 2014)
4. McElroy, MB, Committee on the status of women in the economics profession, American Economic Review, vol. 104 no. 5 (January, 2014), pp. 664-681, American Economic Association, ISSN 0002-8282 [doi]
5. with Iyavarakul, T; McElroy, MB; Staub, K, Dynamic Optimization in Models for State Panel Data: A Cohort Panel Data Model of the Effects of Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates, Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper no. 140 (June, 2011) [pdf]  [abs]