PERRY SINGLETON April, 2015 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 psinglet@syr.edu http://www.perry-singleton.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 Behavioral responses to taxation PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2013- Associate Professor (with tenure), Syracuse University, Department of Economics 2007-2013 Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, Department of Economics 2007- Senior Research Associate, Syracuse University, Center for Policy Research 2004-2007 Researcher, Social Security Administration, Division of Economic Research 2004-2007 Graduate Research Affiliate, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland 2003-2004 Research Assistant, Professor Mark Duggan, University of Maryland 2004 Program Research Analyst, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging 2004 Research Assistant, Professor William Evans, University of Maryland 2002-2004 Tutor, Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education, University of Maryland RESEARCH GRANTS 2014 Summer at Census, US Census Bureau 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
REFEREED ARTICLES 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 Perry Singleton. Health Information and the Timing of Social Security Entitlements. Revision requested at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. Ling Li and Perry Singleton. Validating Self-Reported Health Conditions by Medical Examination: Analyses of Hypertension and Diabetes. Perry Singleton. Health, Medical Innovation and Disability Insurance: A Case Study of HIV Antiretroviral Drugs. SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS 2014-2015 Cornell University, Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors, and Disparities (Scheduled) 2013-2014 SUNY Buffalo University of Colorado, Denver US Census Bureau 2012-2013 Social Security Administration
Mathematica Policy Research 2011-2012 Gerontology Workshop, Syracuse University 2010-2011 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute of Government and Public Affairs Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference of the Retirement Research Consortium, National Press Club 2009-2010 NBER Summer Institute, Aging, Social Security, and Health University of Notre Dame Gerontology Workshop, Syracuse University Cornell University, Policy Analysis and Management Seminar Series 2008-2009 Allied Social Science Association Meetings Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association 2007-2008 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 2006-2007 Federal Reserve Board of Governors Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Northern Illinois University Stanford University, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Syracuse University University of Kansas US Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis VA Center for Excellence Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association 2005-2006 Population Association of America Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 2004-2005 NBER Summer Institute, Aging, Social Security, and Health SERVICE 2014-2015 Director, Undergraduate Distinction Program 2013-2014 Member, Maxwell Faculty Council (Three-year term) Director, Undergraduate Distinction Program Member, Labor Search Committee Library Liason 2012-2013 Member, Maxwell Faculty Council (Three-year term)
Co-Organizer, Applied Microeconomics Seminar Director, Undergraduate Distinction Program Member, Labor Search Committee Member, Moskowitz Chair Search Committee 2011-2012 Member, Urban Search Committee Co-Organizer, Economics Department Seminar Series Member, Coronat Scholar Selection Committee 2009-2010 Member, Urban Search Committee 2008-2009 Freshman Forum Leader PROFESSIONAL 2010-2011 Session Chair, Population Association of America Discussant, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 2008-2009 Session Moderator, Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association JOURNAL REFEREE American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Criminology,, Demography, Eastern Economics Journal, Economic Journal, Industrial Relations, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Public Economics, Labour Economics, National Tax Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Social Service Review ADVISING 2015 Committee Chair, Xioxue Li, University of New Mexico, Albequerque Committee Member, Mallory Vachon, Louisiana State University 2014 Committee Member, Chun-Chieh Hu, Virginia Commonwealth University, Health System (postdoc) Committee Member, Alissa Dubnicki, Analysis Group 2013 Committee Member, Wael Moussa, Ph.D., New York State, Dept. of Education. 2009 Committee Member, Katie Fitzpatrick, United States Department of Agriculture Committee Member, Jerry Kalarickal, U.S. Embassy, Colombia Committee Member, Shawn Rohlin, University of Akron
Committee Member, Jeffrey Thompson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2008 Committee Member, Ratidanai Hoonsawat, Ph.D., Chulalongkorn University-Thailand TEACHING Graduate: Economics of Taxation Undergraduate Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics Economics Distinction Seminar Public Economics Health Economics UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Undergraduate Intermediate Microeconomics Introduction to Microeconomics (Teaching Assistant) Intermediate Microeconomics (Teaching Assistant) REFERENCES: AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST