John Pepper

John Pepper

Associate Professor

E-mail:
Phone: 434-924-3402
Personal Website

Address:
PO Box 400182
Department of Economics
Monroe Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4182

Research Interests

Social Program Evaluation, Econometrics, Public Economics

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (BA), Tufts University
• Master of Science (MS), University of Wisconsin System : Madison
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Wisconsin System : Madison

Current Downloadable Papers

Research Papers

"Monotone Instrumental Variables: With an Application to the Returns to Schooling," (with Charles Manski), Econometrica, 68(4), 997-1010, 2000;

"The Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Receipt: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis," The Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(3), 472-88, 2000;

“Monotone Instrumental Variables: With an Application to the Returns to Schooling,” (with Charles Manski), Econometrica, 68(4), 997-1010, 2000;

"Teenage Childbearing and Cognitive Development," (with Michael J. Brien and Gregory Loya), Journal of Population Economics, 15(3), 391-416, 2002;

“Using Experiments to Evaluate Performance Standards: What Do Welfare-to-Work Demonstrations Reveal to Welfare Reformers?” Journal of Human Resources, 38,(4), 860-80, 2003;
 
 “The Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Receipt:  A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis,” The Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(3), 472-88, 2000 ;
                      
“The Effects of Alcohol Prohibitions on Illicit Drug Related Crimes,” (with Michael Conlin and Stacy Dickert-Conlin), Journal of Law and Economics, 215-234, 2005;

“Disability and Employment:  Reevaluating the Evidence in Light of Misreporting Errors,” (with Brent Kreider), Journal of the American Statistical Association, forthcoming.