Scott D. Drewianka

Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201

E-mail: sdrewian@uwm.edu
Web page: https://sites.uwm.edu/sdrewian/

Fields

Labor and Demographic Economics
Microeconomics

Professional Positions

Current Position
Associate Professor (tenured), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dept. of Economics, 2007-present. Affiliated with the Master’s Program in Human Resources and Labor Relations (MHRLR).

Previous Positions
Visiting Professor, Potsdam Summer Academy, University of Potsdam, July 2007
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dept. of Economics, 2001-2007
NICHD Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Chicago and National Opinion Research Center, Population Research Center, 1999-2001
Visiting Instructor, Carleton College, Dept. of Economics, Fall 1999
Lecturer, University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics, 1995-1999

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago, Economics, December 1999
    Dissertation: Social Effects in Marriage Markets: Theory, Existence, Magnitude, and Nature
    Committee: Gary Becker (chair), V. Joseph Hotz, and Kevin M. Murphy
M.A., University of Chicago, Economics, June 1995
B.A., magna cum laude, Carleton College, Mathematics and Economics, June 1993

Papers and Research

Peer Reviewed and Edited Publications:
Miao Chi and Scott Drewianka, “How Much Is a Green Card Worth? Evidence from Mexican Men Who Marry Women Born in the U.S.” Labour Economics 31, December 2014, 103-116. (Also available from Elsevier.)

Filip Veseley, Vivian Lei, and Scott Drewianka, “Do Separation Laws Matter? An Experimental Study of Commitment.” New Zealand Economics Papers 45(1-2), April-August 2011, 97-117.

Tristan Coughlin and Scott Drewianka, “Can Rising Inequality Explain Aggregate Trends in Marriage? Evidence from U.S. States, 1977-2005.” BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 11(1), January 2011, Article 3. Available at http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/vol11/iss1/art3.

Scott Drewianka, “Cross-Sectional Variation in Individuals’ Earnings Instability.” Review of Income and Wealth 56(2), June 2010, 291-326.

Scott Drewianka, “Marital Institutions.” The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Online Edition. Eds. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, Palgrave MacMillan, 2010.

Scott Drewianka, “Constrained Labor Supply and Risk-Aversion.” Economics Letters 101(2), November 2008, 130-133. (Also available from Elsevier.)

Scott Drewianka, “Divorce Law and Family Formation.” Journal of Population Economics 21(2), April 2008, 485-503. (The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.)

Chad Cotti and Scott Drewianka, “Labor Market Inefficiency and Economic Restructuring: Evidence from Cross-Sectoral Data.” Southern Economic Journal 74(1), July 2007, 214-238.

Scott Drewianka, “A Generalized Model of Commitment.” Mathematical Social Sciences 52(3), December 2006, 233-251.

Scott Drewianka, “How Will Reforms of Marital Institutions Influence Marital Commitment? A Theoretical Analysis.” Review of Economics of the Household 2(3), September 2004, 303-323.

Scott Drewianka, “Estimating Social Effects in Matching Markets: Externalities in Spousal Search.” Review of Economics and Statistics 85(2), May 2003, 409-423.

Under Submission:
Chad D. Cotti and Scott Drewianka, “Labor Market Inefficiency during the Current U.S. Business Cycle: Evidence from Industry Beveridge Curves.”

Working Papers:
Scott Drewianka and Phillip Oberg, “Heterogeneity in Exposure to Permanent and Temporary Earnings Shocks.”
Scott Drewianka, “Household Production and Risk Aversion.”
Scott Drewianka and Dain Johnson, “Wal-Mart and Local Labor Markets, 1990-2005.”
Scott Drewianka and Murat Mercan, “Long-Term Unemployment and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility.”
Scott Drewianka, “For Better or For Worse? The Effect of Earnings Risk on Family Structure.”
Scott Drewianka, “Theories of Family Structure: Implications from a Generalized Model of Commitment.”

Working Papers in Working Paper Series:
Scott Drewianka, “Proposed Reforms of Marital Institutions.” Population Research Center Discussion Paper Series, Number 2000-02, May 2000.
Scott Drewianka, “On the Existence and Nature of Social Effects in Marriage Markets.” Population Research Center Discussion Paper Series, Number 99-3, 1999.

Public Policy Briefs:
Scott Drewianka and Dain Johnson, “Wal-Mart and Local Labor Markets.” Monitoring Wisconsin, Spring 2006: 1-3.

Presentations, Seminars, and Professional Meetings:
“Labor Market Inefficiency during the Current U.S. Business Cycle.”
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Evanston, IL), March 2012.
      UWM, September 2012.
      Southern Economic Association annual meetings (New Orleans, LA), November 2012.
      W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, April 2013.

“How Much Is a Green Card Worth? Evidence from Mexican and Puerto Rican Men Who Marry Women Born in the U.S.”
      UWM, February 2011.
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (St. Louis, MO), March 2011.
      Western Economic Association annual meetings (San Diego, CA), June 2011.
      Marquette University, October 2014.

“Heterogeneity in Exposure to Permanent and Temporary Earnings Shocks.”
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Evanston, IL), March 2010.

“Household Production and Risk Aversion.”
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Chicago), March 2008.

“Wal-Mart and Local Labor Markets, 1990-2004.”
      Lake Forest College, December 2007.
      UWM, February 2007.

“Earnings Inequality and Changes in Family Structure: Evidence from Longitudinal Data on U.S. States”
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Minneapolis, MN), March 2007.

“For Better or For Worse? The Effects of Earnings Risk on Family Structure”
      Southern Economic Association annual meetings (Charleston, SC), November 2006.
      Ohio State University, May 2006.
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Chicago), March 2006.

“Economic Restructuring and Labor Market Inefficiency: Evidence from Cross-Sectoral Data”
      DePaul University, January 2006.
      UWM, October 2005.

“Determinants of Cross-Sectional Variation in Individuals’ Earnings Instability”
      Iowa State University, September 2005
      Joint meetings of the Society of Labor Economists & European Assoc. of Labour Economists (San Francisco), June 2005
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Milwaukee), March 2005
      UWM, February 2005

“Divorce Law and Family Formation”
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Chicago), March 2004
      UWM, February 2004

“Civil Unions and Covenant Marriage: The Economics of Reforming Marital Institutions”
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (St. Louis), March 2003

“A Theory of Optimal Commitment Intensity”
      UWM, October 2002
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Cleveland), March 2001

“Dual Incomes, Labor Market Uncertainty, and Family Structure”
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Chicago), March 2002

“Estimating Social Effects in Marriage Markets”
      UWM, March 2001
      Ohio University, February 2001
      Clemson University, January 2001
      Midwest Economics Association annual meetings (Chicago), March 2000
      University of Chicago, November 1999

“Proposed Reforms of Marital Institutions”
      University of Chicago, Demography Workshop, May 2000

“On the Existence and Nature of Social Effects in Marriage Markets”
      University of Chicago, Applications of Economics and Demography Workshops, Fall 1998 and Spring 1999

“The Roles of Marital-Surplus Size and Uncertainty in the Family Structure Decision”
      University of Chicago, May 1997

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors:
“Causes of Trends in Family Structure: An International Comparison.” Awarded by UWM Graduate School Research Committee. 2004-2005.
“Labor Market Uncertainty and Marital Commitment.” Awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). 2000-2001.
NICHD post-doctoral fellowship, Population Research Center, University of Chicago and National Opinion Research Center (NORC). 1999-2001.
NICHD pre-doctoral traineeship, Population Research Center, University of Chicago and National Opinion Research Center (NORC). 1998-1999.
Margaret Reid Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago. 1997-1998.
Century Fellowship, University of Chicago. 1993-1997.
Nominee for Minnesota Economics Association Undergraduate Award. 1993.
Phi Beta Kappa. 1993.
National Merit Scholarship. 1989-1990.

Teaching Experience

Graduate Courses Taught:
Advanced Microeconomic Theory I, 2002-present
Labor Economics I, 2014-present
Labor Economics II, 2002-2012
Public Retirement and Old Age Insurance Programs: Challenges and Prospects in Aging Societies (at University of Potsdam), Summer 2007

Undergraduate/Graduate Courses Taught:
Economics of Employment and Labor Relations, 2001-present

Undergraduate Courses Taught:
Public Economics, 2008-present
Honors Seminar: Population and Economics, 2005-2006
Economics of the Family (at Carleton College), 1999
Principles of Microeconomics (at Carleton College), 1999
Introduction to Public Finance (at University of Chicago), 1996-1997
Elements of Economic Analysis I (intermediate price theory, at University of Chicago), 1995-1999

Preliminary Examination Committees:
Microeconomic Theory, 2002-present. Chair, Summers 2003-2005, Winter 2007, Aug. 2009, Aug. 2010, June and Aug. 2011, June and Aug. 2013, Aug 2014, June 2015.
Labor Economics, 2001-present. Chair, Jan. 2006, Jan. 2007, Jan. 2010, Aug. 2012, Jan. and Aug. 2013, Jan. 2014.

PhD Dissertation Committees
Chair/Co-Chair:
Present:
Duke Damron
Safoora Javadi
Mona Khadem Sameni
Richard Roy Martin III
Abdihafit Shaeye

Past:
Phillip Oberg (graduated 2015)
Jessica Milli (2013)
Ben Van Kammen (2013)
Tanyamat SrungBoonmee (2012)
Miao Chi (2011)
Tristan Coughlin (2009)
Murat Mercan (2009)
Chad D. Cotti (2006)

Member:
Present:
Mehdi Barati
Darin Ullman

Past:
Bryan Weber (2015)
Salim Araji (2014)
Ali Moghtaderi (2014)
Zheng Wang (2014)
Chris Fletcher (2013)
Anton Parlow (2013)
Laurie Miller (2012)
Seongu Kang (2011)
Emily Lechtenberg (2011)
Kristen Roche (2011)
Josh Shindell (2011)
Daniel Fuhrmann (2010)
Juan Gelves (2009)
Rajarshi Mitra (2009)
Ben Artz (2008)
Nongluk Buranabunyut (2008)
Stefan Ruediger (2008)
Pithoon Thanabordeekij (2008)
Najiba Benabess (2007)
Ali Dadpay (2007)
Bjorn Eberhardt (2006)
Yan Liu (2006)
Műge Karaçal (2005)
Richard McGregory (2004)
Scott Niederjohn (2003)
Steffen Habermalz (2002)

M.A. Thesis/Paper:
Major advisor:
Domenico Eick (2015)
John Schwendel (2014)
John Cage (2013)
Norman Eberitzsch (2013)
Karsten Roesch (2013)
Serkan Saygi (2013)
Maurizio Strazzeri (2013)
Joseph Vlasak (2013)
Anastasia Janzer (2012)
Milton Sarria (2012)
Shawn Swanson (2012)
Colin Sherry (2011)
Janine Hart (2010)
Ian Riley (2010)
Travis Smither (2010)
Aldo Gargiulo (2008)
Peter Schmidt (2008)
Mehdi Shoja (2008)
Julian Basa (2007)
Lucas Delaney (2007)
Mareike Falk (2007)
Markus Fels (2007)
Brian Hirt (2007)
Oliver Huetengs (2007)
Dain Johnson (2007)
Bianca Waldherr (2007)
Alexander Wendland (2007)
Mark D. Hamilton (2006)
Anton Parlow (2006)
Oliver Ruelicke (2006)
Andre Jastrezembski (2005)
Denis Drechsler (2004)
Jehanzeb Cheema (2003)
Andrew Petajan (2002)

Reader:
Relika Stoppel (2013)
Regina Kuehne (2008)
Johanna Storck (2008)
Julia Fryk (2006)
Julia Reilich (2006)
Duke Damron (2005)
Jason Schmidt (2005)
Laurie Turtenwald (2006)
John Westbury (2005)
Hagen Schwerin (2003)
Peter Lueckoff (2003)

Independent Studies Supervised:
Will Edwards (2014)
Ben Ross (2014)
Abdihafit Shaeye (2014)
Safoora Javadi (2013)
Alec Thurston (2013)
Mona Khadem Sameni (2012)
Phillip Oberg (2012)
Milton Sarria (2012)
Jessica Milli (2011)
Simeon Henderson (2010)
Anton Parlow (2010)
Daniel Prifti (2008)
Laurie Miller (2008)
Tanyamat SrungBoonmee (2008)
Dain Johnson (2005-2006) (Note: Dain’s paper won the 2006 Midwest Economics Association Undergraduate Paper Competition, Chicago, IL, March 24-26).
Sean Flanagan (2003)
David Michaelis (2003)
Chad Michelstetter (2002)
Richard Harper (2000) (B.A. Thesis, University of Chicago, Dept. of Public Policy Studies)

Graduate Minor Advisor:
Huy Xiao (Ph.D., Management Science)
Kai Chen (Ph.D., Management Science)

Other Teaching Experience:
Organized graduate student reading group in econometrics (with Antonio Galvao), 2010.
Completed training course on instructing hearing-impaired students, 2001-2002.
Textbook review, University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics, Undergraduate Program, 1999.
Graduate Assistant to the Undergraduate Program, University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics, 1997-98.
Teaching Assistant, Carleton College, Dept. of Mathematics, 1992 and 1993, for course “Math Honors Seminar: Surreal Numbers” (number theory).

Departmental and Professional Service

Elected Professional Service
Second Vice-President, Midwest Economics Association, 2008-2009

Committees and Service, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University Committees:
    Academic Planning and Budget Committee, 2009-2010

College of Letters and Science:
Committee Chair/Co-Chair:
    Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee, Fall 2008 (Chair), 2009-2010 (Co-Chair)

Committee Member:
    Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee, 2007-2010
    Advisory Committee for the Institute for Survey and Policy Research (ISPR), 2006-2008
    Associate Dean’s Committee to Review Sabbatical Proposals, 2009

Department of Economics:
Committee Chair:
    Open House and Recruiting Committee, 2006-2014
    Committee on Graduate Placement, 2004-2010

Committee Member:
    Graduate Admissions Committee, 2010-2011
    Undergraduate Economics Committee, 2003-2004, 2007-2011

Recruiting Committees:
    Labor Economics (2012-2013)
    Water and Resource Economics (2010-2011)
    Econometrics (2010-2011)
    Econometrics (2009-2010)
    Econometrics (2008-2009)
    Development Economics (2007-2008)
    Labor Economics (2001-2002)

Seminar Series Committee, 2004-present
    Committee on Graduate Placement, 2004-2013
    Open House and Recruiting Committee, 2003-2013
    Microeconomics Curriculum Committee, 2003-2004 – This committee made major revisions to graduate curriculum.
    Informal advisory committee to Institute for Survey and Policy Research (ISPR) on its “Survey of Civic Involvement,” 2004

Discussion at Professional Conferences and Seminars

American Economic Association annual meetings:
Sessions:
    Economics of Paid Sex Markets (2008)
    Education, Technology, and Labor Market Outcomes (2002)
    Education and Economic Development (2002)

Midwest Economics Association annual meetings:
Sessions:
    Risk Preferences (2012)
    Labor Markets and the Macroeconomy: Theoretical Developments (2012)
    Jobs and the Workplace (2011)
    Occupational Choice and Mobility (2011)
    Retirement (2010)
    Undergraduate Research Papers (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2010)
    Marriage II (2008)
    Gender in Labor Markets (2008)
    Economics of Obesity (2007)
    Labor Economics II (2006)
    Marriage, Family, and Childhood Obesity (2006)
    Sports Economics (2005)
    Public Finance of Education (2004)
    Reading, Writing, and Economics (2004)
    Obesity (2003)
    Family Structure and Family Choices (2002)
    Contracts (2001)
    Transportation Economics (2000)

Southern Economic Association annual meetings:
Sessions:
    Labor Market Outcomes II (2012)
    Topics in Microeconomics and Decision Making (2012)
    Disparities and Ethnic Labor Markets (2006)
    Health, Work, and Savings Behavior (2006)

Western Economic Association annual meetings:
Sessions:
    Immigration (2011)
    Settling, Marriage, and Divorce (2011)
    The Housing Market (2011)

Population Association of America annual meetings:
Sessions:
    Economic Demography (1998)

University of Chicago, Applications of Economics Student Lunch. Numerous topics, 1997-1999. Served as Chair throughout the period.

Refereeing for Journals and Organizations:

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics; American Economic Review; B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy; Contemporary Economic Policy; Demography; Eastern Economic Journal; Economic Inquiry; The Economic Journal; Economics of Education Review; European Economic Review; Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy & Society; International Economic Journal; Journal of Applied Econometrics; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of Economic Studies; Journal of Human Resources; Journal of Labor Economics; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; Journal of Political Economy; Journal of Population Economics; Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of the Royal Society Interface; The Manchester School; National Science Foundation; Oxford Economic Papers; Review of Economics of the Household, Review of Income and Wealth, Social Science Journal, Sociological Forum, Southern Economic Journal

Professional Organizations:

American Economic Assoc., European Assoc. of Labour Economists, Midwest Economics Assoc., Society of Labor Economists, Southern Economic Assoc., Western Economic Assoc. International

Presentations to Civic Groups:

“Social Security and the Federal Budget.” Presented to the Tuesday Club for Seniors (Milwaukee), July 2009.

Media Interviews and Assistance:

Cleveland Free Times, CNNMoney, Daily Reporter (Milwaukee), Fox 6 News (Milwaukee), Janesville (Wisc.) Gazette, Kenosha (Wisc.) News, Los Angeles Times, Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Public Radio (WUWM 89.7), National Public Radio, Oak Creek (Wisc.) Patch, Sheboygan (Wisc.) Press, Shepherd Express (Milwaukee), Third Coast Digest, UWM University Relations office, Waukesha (Wisc.) Freeman, Wauwatosa (Wisc.) Patch, WB18 News at 9.