Curriculum Vitae
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Employment:
2010-Present. Economist, US Congress - Joint Committee on Taxation
2007-2010. Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell University
2007-2010. Special Sworn Status Contractor, United States Census Bureau
2005–2009. Teaching Assistant and Grader, Cornell University
2004–2005. Analyst, Accenture Consulting
Education:
2010. Cornell University, Ph.D., Economics
2009. Cornell University, M.A. Economics
2004. Davidson College, B.A., Economics and Political Science
Publications:
Forthcoming. "Trends in United States Income Inequality Using the March Current Population Survey: The Importance of Controlling for Censoring", with Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, and Stephen Jenkins. Journal of Economic Inequality
Forthcoming. "Measuring Inequality Using Censored Data: A Multiple Imputation Approach", with Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, and Stephen Jenkins, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A
Forthcoming. "Making an Offer They Can’t Refuse: How Language and Persuasion Techniques Impact Perceived Trustworthiness and Funding Success in Online Peer-to-Peer Lending" with Laura Larrimore, Crystal Jiang, David Markowitz, and Scott Gorski
2010. "Measuring Labor Earnings Inequality Using Public-Use March Current Population Survey Data: The Value of Including Variance and Cell Means when Imputing Topcoded Values", with Richard V. Burkhauser and Shuaizhang Feng. Economics Letters 108 (1), 69-72
2009. "Trends in the Relative Household Income of Working-Age Men with Work Limitations: Correcting the Record Using Internal Current Population Survey Data", with Richard V. Burkhauser. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 20 (3), 162-169
2009. "Using Internal Current Population Survey Data to Reevaluate Trends in Labor Earnings Gaps By Gender, Race, and Education Level", with Richard V. Burkhauser. Monthly Labor Review 132 (8), 3-18
2009. "Better Estimates of Income and Its Distribution in the Public-Use March Current Population Survey", with Richard V. Burkhauser in U.S. Census Bureau. 2008 Research Report: Center for Economic Studies and Research Data centers, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC, pp. 21-27
2008. "Consistent Cell Means for Topcoded Incomes in the Public Use March CPS (1976-2007)", with Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, and Laura Zayatz. Journal Of Economic and Social Measurement 33 (2/3), 89-128
Working Papers:
"The Impact of Changing Earnings Distributions and Household Characteristics on US Income Inequality Trends since 1967"
"Recent Trends in Top Income Shares in the USA: Reconciling Estimates from March CPS and IRS Tax Return Data" with Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, and Stephen Jenkins, NBER Working Paper w15320
"Are there Positive Health Effects from Higher Income? Using the Earned Income Tax Credit to explore the Income-Health Gradient"
"The Influence of Peers on Adolescents' Weight and Exercise Decisions". Presented at the 2008 annual meetings of the Southwestern Economics Association
"The Great Transformation in Who is Expected to Work in the United States and How it Changed the Lives of Single Mothers and People with Disabilities", with Richard V. Burkhauser, Mary Daly, and Joyce Kwok, Michigan Research and Retirement Center Working Paper 2008-187
Conference Presentations:
2010. Eastern Economics Association Annual Meeting
2009. U.S Census Bureau RDC Conference
2009. Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting (Poster)
2008. U.S Census Bureau RDC Conference
2008. Southwestern Economics Association Annual Meeting
Seminars and Invited Talks
2009. U.S. Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies
Teaching Experience:
2005-2006, 2009. Teaching Assistant
2007-2009. Grader
2007, 2009. Course Planning Support
2006. Coordinating Teaching Assistant
Fellowships and awards:
2009. US Census Bureau Dissertation Mentorship Program
2006. Louis Walinsky Fund in Economics Outstanding Teaching Award, Cornell University
2004. Phi Beta Kappa, Davidson College
2004. Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership honors society), Davidson College
2003. Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics honors society), Davidson College
2002-2004. Lunsford Richardson Scholarship, Davidson College
Contact Information
Jeff Larrimore
Joint Committee on Taxation
593 Ford House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515
E-mail: jhl42@cornell.edu