John M. Nunley | Research

Research

Published Articles

“The Long-Run Impact of Age Demographics on the U.S. Divorce Rate,” (with Joachim Zietz) The American Economist, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2012): forthcoming. (Link coming soon) (PDF)

“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. (Link) (Online Appendix)

“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. (Link)

“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. (Link)

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

“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. (Link)

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

Working Papers and Research in Progress

“Child-Custody Reform and the Division of Labor within the Household,” (with Alan Seals) under review. (PDF)

“Children and the Specialization Gap Between Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Couples,” (with Lisa Giddings, Alyssa Schneebaum, and Joachim Zietz) under review. (PDF)

“The Impact of Macroeconomic Condition on Property Crime,” (with Alan Seals) under review. (PDF)

“Does Marriage Matter? The Effects of Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Unions on the Specialization Gap between Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Couples,” (with Lisa Giddings and Joachim Zietz) in progress.

“Child-Custody Reform, Marriage and Divorce,” (with Alan Seals) in progress.

“An Unobserved Component Model of State-Level Divorce Rates: Reassessing How Much of the Trend Can Be Explained by Changes in Divorce Laws,” (with Joachim Zietz) in progress.

“Employment Gaps, Skill Mismatch and Employment Opportunities: Evidence from a Correspondence Study.” (with Josh Griffin, Adam Pugh and Alan Seals) in progress.

My Co-authors

Adam Pugh

Alyssa Schneebaum