Profile for John Nunley

Research and publishing

Publications

"The Demand for Interns," (with David A. Jaeger, R. Alan Seals, Carrie Shandra, and Eric Wilbrandt),  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol 209 (2023): 372-390.  

"Are Women Catching Up or Falling Further Behind? A Cohort Study of Educational Attainment in India," (with Nabamita Dutta), Demographic Research, Vol. 48 (2023): 931-944. 

“The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results,” (with David A. Jaeger, Jaime Arellano-Bover, Krzysztof Karbownik, Marta Martínez-Matute, R. Alan Seals, Miguel Almunia, Mackenzie Alston, Sascha O. Becker, Pilar Beneito, René Böheim José E. Boscá, Jessica H. Brown, Simon Chang, Deborah Cobb-Clark, Shooshan Danagoulian, Sandra Donnally, Marissa Eckrote-Nordland, Lídía Farré Javier Ferri, Margherita Fort, Jane Cooley Fruewirth, Rebecca Gelding, Allen C. Goodman, Melanie Guldi, Simone Häckl, Janet Hankin, Scott Imberman, Joanna Lahey, Joan Llull, Hani Mansour, Isaac McFarlin, Jaakko Meriläinen, Tove Mortlund, Martin Nybom, Stephen D. O'Connell, Rupert Sausgruber, Amy Ellen Schwarz, Jan Stuhler, Petra Thiemann, Roel van Veldhuizen, Marianne Wannamaker, and Maria Zhu), COVID Economics, Vol. 79 (2021). 

“The Effects of Unemployment and Underemployment on Employment Opportunities: Results from a Correspondence Audit of the Labor Market for College Graduates,” (with Adam Pugh, Nick Romero, and R. Alan Seals) Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 70, No. 3 (2017): 642-669. 

"Child-Custody Reform and the Division of Labor in the Household," (with Duha Altindag and R. Alan Seals) Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 15, No. 3 (2017): 833-856.

“College Major, Internship Experience, and Employment Opportunities: Estimates from a Résumé Audit,” (with Adam Pugh, Nick Romero, and R. Alan Seals) Labour Economics, Vol. 38, No. 1 (2016): 37-46.

"The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on Property Crime," (with Alan Seals and Joachim Zietz) Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 34, No. 3 (2016): 483-499.

"Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market for Recent College Graduates: Evidence from a Field Experiment," (with Adam Pugh, Nicholas Romero and R. Alan Seals) B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 15, No. 3 (2015): 1093-1126.

"Birth Cohort and the Specialization Gap Between Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples," (with Lisa Giddings, Alyssa Schneebaum, and Joachim Zietz) Demography, Vol. 51, No. 2 (2014): 509-534.

"The Long-Run Impact of Age Demographics on the U.S. Divorce Rate," (with Joachim Zietz) American Economist, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2012): 65-77.

"The Effects of Information and Competition on Racial Discrimination: Evidence from a Field Experiment," (with Mark Owens and Steve Howard) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 80, No. 3 (2011): 670-679.

"Demographic Change, Macroeconomic Conditions, and the Murder Rate: The Case of the United States, 1934-2006," (with Alan Seals and Joachim Zietz) Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 40, No. 6 (2011): 942-948.

"Child-Custody Reform, Marital Investment in Children, and the Labor Supply of Married Mothers," (with Alan Seals) Labour Economics, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2011): 14-24.

"The Effect of Joint-Child-Custody Legislation on the Child-Support Receipt of Single Mothers," (with Brandeanna D. Allen and Alan Seals) Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Vol. 32, No. 1 (2011): 124-139.

"Inflation and Other Aggregate Determinants of the Trend in U.S. Divorce Rates since the 1960s." Applied Economics, Vol. 42, No. 26 (2010): 3367-3381.

"The Effects of Household Income Volatility on Divorce," (with Alan Seals) American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 69, No. 3 (2010): 983-1010.

 

Research in Progress

"Discrimination in the Labor Market for New College Graduates: Heterogeneity Across Occupations and Worker Tasks,'' (with Jonathan Bushnell, Zachary Cowell, David Dowling, Sam Goldstein, George Miller, R. Alan Seals, Mingzhou Wang). 

"Unbundling the Effects of College on First-Job Search: Returns to Majors, Minors, Internships, Study Abroad, and Computer Skills," (with Jaime Arelleno-Bover, Carolina Bussotti, and R. Alan Seals). 

"Automation and the Decline in Social Security Disability Insurance Applications,'' (with Christopher J. Cruz, Reem El Cheikh Taha, and R. Alan Seals).

"Automation, Industrial Robots, and Entrepreneurship,'' (with Nabamita Dutta, R. Alan Seals, and Adam Stivers).

"Task Inequality Among Workers in the United States: Implications for a Diverse and Aging Population,'' (with Samuel Cole, Zachary Cowell, and R. Alan Seals).

 

Published Reports and Other Publications

"The Changing Task Content of Work for Older Workers in the United States," (with Samuel Cole, Zachary Cowell, and R. Alan Seals) Retirement and Disability Research Center at the Center for Financial Security, University of Wisconsin- Madison, No. WI21-04, Fall 2021.

"Your Chances of Getting an Internship Are Better If You've Already Had One," (with David Jaeger and R. Alan Seals) The Conversation, February 26, 2020. 

"Econocast.net: Pencasts to Supplement the Undergraduate Economics Curriculum," (with James Murray) Journal of Economic Education, Vol. 48, No. 2 (2018).

"UW Tenure Saves the State Money," (with Taggert J. Brooks) Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), June 25, 2016.

"Tenure is About More Than Job Security," (with Taggert J. Brooks) La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI), June 19, 2016.

External Grants

Research Grant (with Christopher J. Cruz and R. Alan Seals), Center for Financial Security Retirement and Disability Research Center funded by the Social Security Administration's Retirement and Disability Research Consortium, 2022-2023, $152,217.

Research Grant (with R. Alan Seals), Center for Financial Security Retirement and Disability Research Center funded by the Social Security Administration's Retirement and Disability Research Consortium, 2020-2021, $131,387.

Teaching Grant (with James Murray), Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation (Dallas, PA), 2013-2014, $34,032.