Page 1 of 6 Shirley H. Liu Curriculum Vitae Department of Economics University of Miami P.O. Box 248126 Coral Gables, FL 33124-6550 U.S.A. Telephone: 305-984-3790 Fax: 305-284-2985 Email: s.liu2@miami.edu Homepage: http://moya.bus.miami.edu/~sliu Citizenship: United States of America Academic Positions: Assistant Professor. Department of Economics, University of Miami: August 2004 present Co-Director of Graduate Studies. Department of Economics, University of Miami: August 2005 present Adjunct Professor. Department of Economics, SUNY-Stony Brook: September 2003 May 2004 Research Positions: Research Consultant. The World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Division: January 2004 -- May 2004 Research Assistant. Prudential Securities Inc., Albany, New York: January 1998 May 1998 Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook: Ph.D. Economics, May 2004 State University of New York at Stony Brook: M.A. Economics, May 2001 State University of New York at Albany: B.A. Economics, May 1998 Research Interests: Labor Economics, Household Behavior and Family Economics, Demographic Economics, Health Economics, Applied Econometrics Publications: Should We Get Married? The Effect of Parents Marriage on Out-of-Wedlock Children, (2008) Accepted and forthcoming in Economic Inquiry. With Frank Heiland. Family Structure and Wellbeing of Out-of-Wedlock Children: The Significance of Biological Parents Relationship, (2006) Demographic Research, Volume 15, Article 4: 61---104. With Frank Heiland. The Implications of Poor Health Status on Employment in Romania, (2007) in Economic Implications of Chronic Illness and Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, edited by C. Mete. Washington D.C.: The World Bank, chapter 5: 119--136. With Cem Mete.
Page 2 of 6 New Estimates of the Effect of Parental Separation on Child Health, (2007) Accepted and forthcoming in Causal Analysis in Population Studies: Concepts, Methods, Applications, edited by H. Engelhardt, H.P. Kohler, and A. Prskawetz. European Studies of Population, Springer. With Frank Heiland. Articles under Review and Permanent Working Papers: Is My Parents Divorce to Blame for My Failure in Life? A Joint Model of Child Educational Attainments and Parental Divorce, (2008) Revision requested, Applied Economics. Should We Get Married? The Effect of Parents Marriage on Out-of-Wedlock Children, (2007) Center for Research on Child Wellbeing Working Paper Series, Princeton University, #2007-02- FF. With Frank Heiland. New Estimates of the Effect of Parental Separation on Child Health, (2007) Center for Research on Child Wellbeing Working Paper Series, Princeton University, #2007-14-FF. With Frank Heiland. Family Structure and Wellbeing of Out-of-Wedlock Children: The Significance of Biological Parents Relationship, (2006) Center for Research on Child Wellbeing Working Paper Series, Princeton University, #2006-21-FF. With Frank Heiland. Working Papers: The Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances: The Case of Latin America, (2007). With Pere Gomis-Porqueras and Luis Locay. The Effect of Parental Divorce and Its Timing on Child Educational Attainment: A Dynamic Approach, (2007). Do Fathers Matter for the Development of Out-of-Wedlock Children? Omitted Variable Bias and Sample Selection, (2008). With Frank Heiland. Marital Benefits on Out-of-Wedlock Children: An Empirical Analysis of the Underlying Mechanisms, (2008). With Frank Heiland. Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations: Should We Get Married? The Effect of Parents Marriage on Out-of-Wedlock Children. - Invited lecturer at the Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality seminar series, Columbia University, October 2008 - ESF-LiU (European Science Foundation Linkoping University) Conference on The Transfer of Resources across Generations: Family, Income, Human Capital and Children s Wellbeing: Vadstena, Sweden, June 2008 - Invited lecturer at the Center for Demography and Population Health seminar series, Florida State University: Tallahassee, FL, February 2008 - Western Economic Association International 82nd Annual Conference: Seattle, WA, July 2007 - Society of Labor Economists Twelfth Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL, May 2007 - Population Association of America 2007 Annual Meeting: New York City, NY, March 2007
Page 3 of 6 - Southern Economic Association 76th Annual Conference: Charleston, SC, November 2006 - Southern Economic Association 75th Annual Conference: Washington D.C., November 2005 New Estimates of the Effect of Parental Separation on Child Health. - Population Association of America Annual Meeting: New Orleans, LA, April 2008 Family Structure and Wellbeing of Out-of-Wedlock Children: The Significance of the Biological Parents Relationship. - Population Association of America Annual Meeting: Los Angeles, CA, March 2006 The Effect of Parental Divorce and Its Timing on Child Educational Attainment: A Dynamic Approach. - Population Association of America Annual Meeting: Boston, MA, April 2004 - Southern Economic Association 73rd Annual Conference: San Antonio TX, November 2003 - The State University of New York at Stony Brook Seminar Series: Stony Brook, NY, November 2003 - Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference: New York, NY, February 2003 Is My Parents Divorce to Blame for My Failure in Life? A Joint Model of Child Educational Attainments and Parental Divorce. - Southern Economic Association 74th Annual Conference: New Orleans, LA, November 2004 Discussant: Fragile Families: Effects of Infant Health on Parental Relationships, by Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, and Nancy Reichman. Southern Economic Association Seventy-Fourth Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX. November 2004 Discussant: Are Health Limitations an Impairment to College Major Choice? by J. A. VanGilder. Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, New York, NY. February 2003 Participant of the Applied Microeconomics Workshop. Department of Economics, University of Miami. August 2004 -- Present Participant of the Labor and Health Workshop. Department of Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook. September 2000 May 2004 Research Grants: James W. McLamore Summer Awards for Business and Social Sciences, University of Miami. Principal and sole investigator. Project titled The Family Cap and Non-marital Pregnancy, Abortion, and Non-Marital Birth. Award: $20,000, Award Period: Summer 2008 Deans Summer Research Awards, School of Business Administration, University of Miami. Principal and sole investigator. Project titled Marital Stability among Parents who have Children Out-of-Wedlock. Award: $20,000, Award Period: Summer 2007 James W. McLamore Summer Awards for Business and Social Sciences, University of Miami. Principal and sole investigator. Project titled The Effects of Marriage Market Conditions on Marriage, Fertility, and Child Wellbeing. Award: $20,000, Award Period: Summer 2006 James W. McLamore Summer Awards for Business and Social Sciences, University of Miami. Principal and sole investigator. Project titled A Closer Look at Marital Benefits for Children. Award: $20,000, Award Period: Summer 2005
Page 4 of 6 Media Appearances: Business Miami Magazine article: Family Ties: Children tend to do better in school if their parents are married but marriage may not be the reason, interviewed and written by Eric Schoeniger, published May 2008 "Is My Parents' Divorce to Blame for My Failure in Life? A Joint Model of Child Educational Attainment and Parental Divorce," profiled in the New Economist, October 2007 "Is My Parents' Divorce to Blame for My Failure in Life? A Joint Model of Child Educational Attainment and Parental Divorce," quoted in Tim Harford's blog in the Financial Times, October 2007 Teaching Interests: Microeconomic Theory, Labor Economics, Demographic Economics, Household Behavior and Family Economics, Quantitative Methods, Macroeconomic Theory Teaching Experiences: Assistant Professor. Labor Economics (Ph.D.), Department of Economics, University of Miami, Fall 2004 -- present Assistant Professor. Microeconomic Theory (Undergraduate), Department of Economics, University of Miami, Fall 2004 -- present Adjunct Professor. Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Fall 2003 Instructor, Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Summer 2003 Instructor. Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, June 2002 -- May 2003 Head Teaching Assistant. Introduction to Analytical Economics, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, September 2000 -- May 2002 Teaching Assistant. Introduction to Analytical Economics, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, September 1999 -- May 2000 Teaching Awards: Graduate Student Teaching Award. State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 2004 Thesis and Dissertation Advising: Duan Peng. Child Care and Early Child Wellbeing. Completion: May 2006 Suxi Li. Demand Uncertainty and Price Dispersion. Completion: October 2006 Rita Ray. In progress
Page 5 of 6 Professional and Department Services: Referee. Applied Economics Referee. Journal of Policy Reform Co-Director of Graduate Studies. Department of Economics, University of Miami: August 2005 - - present Graduate Job Placement Committee. Department of Economics, University of Miami: August 2005 present Junior Faculty Recruitment Committee. Department of Economics, University of Miami: August 2004 present Health Economics Field Committee. Department of Economics, University of Miami: August 2004 present Labor Economics Field Committee. Department of Economics, University of Miami: August 2005 -- present Professional Memberships: American Economic Association Population Association of America Society of Labor Economists Western Economic Association International Southern Economic Association Scholarships, Awards, and Honors: Full Scholarship, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, September 1999 May 2004 Departmental Honors, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Albany, Spring 1998 Spellman Achievement Award for Academic Excellence, State University of New York at Albany, Spring 1998 Dean s List of Distinguished Students, State University of New York at Albany, Fall 1996 -- Spring 1998 Dean s List of Distinguished Students, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Fall 1995 -- Spring 1996 W.I.S.E. Scholarship (Women in Science and Engineering), State University of New York at Stony Brook, Fall 1994 -- Spring 1995 Languages: English (fluent) Chinese (fluent)
Page 6 of 6 References: Debra S. Dwyer, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor School of Health Technology and Management Department of Health Policy and Management and Department of Economics State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-8204 Tel: 631-638-1009 Email: debra.dwyer@stonybrook.edu Warren Sanderson, Ph.D. Professor and Co-Chair Department of Economics State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384 Tel: 631-632-7552 Email: wsanderson@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Elaina Rose, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Economics Mail Code 353330 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Tel: 206-543-5237 Email: erose@u.washington.edu