July 2010

Research Publications 
By
Carmel U. Chiswick
University of Illinois at Chicago
 

"Egalitarian Religion and Economics." The Lighthouse Economic Review 1:1 (forthcoming).

"How Economics Helped Shape American Judaism." In Aaron Levine (ed.), Judaism and Economics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010 (forthcoming).

"Economics and Religion." In 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook (R. Free, editor). New York: Sage, 2010, pp.777-783.

"Economic Influences on Judaism in America." AJS Perspectives Fall 2009, pp.34-36.

"The Economic Determinants of Ethnic Assimilation." Journal of Population Economics 22 (2009), pp.859-880.

The Economics of American Judaism. London: Routledge. 2008.

Jewish Society and Culture: An Economic Perspective (ed. with Tikva Lecker and Nava Kahana). Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press. 2007

"Judaism in Israel and in the United States: An Economic Perspective" in C. Chiswick et al. (eds), Jewish Society and Culture: An Economic Perspective. Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press. 2007.

Appendix 3: "Origin of Historical Statistics of the United States. " In Susan B. Carter, Scott S. Gartner, Michael Haines, Alan Olmstead, Richard Sutch, and Gavin Wright, eds., Historical Statistics of the United States, Millenial Edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Vol. 5, pp.5-819 - 5-824.

The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity (edited with Solomon W. Polachek and Hillel Rapoport). Special issue of Research in Labor Economics, v. 24 (2006), 486 pages. "Preface" pp. xiii-xix.

"An Economic Perspective on Religious Education: Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio." Research in Labor Economics 24 (2006), pp.429-467.

"From Ellis Island to JFK -- An Economist's Perspective, " Journal of American Ethnic History, v. 21 (2002), pp.57-67.

"The Economics of Jewish Immigrants and Judaism in the United States," Papers in Jewish Demography 1997 (2001), pp.331-344.

"The Cost of Living Jewishly and Jewish Continuity" (with Barry R. Chiswick), Contemporary Jewry, v. 21 (2000), pp.78-90.

The Economics of Judaism and Jewish Observance (guest-edited with Tikva Lecker). Special Issue of Contemporary Jewry, v. 20 (1999), 242 pages. "Introduction" pp. 1-7.

"The Economics of Jewish Continuity", Contemporary Jewry, v. 20 (1999), pp. 30-56

"Macroeconomic Determinants of Migration: The Case of Germany, 1964-1988" (with G. Karras), International Migration 37:4 (1999), pp.657-677.

"Economic Adjustment of Immigrants: Jewish Adaptations to the United States." in R. Farber & C. Waxman (eds.), Jews in America: A Contemporary Reader. Brandeis University Press. Hanover NH, 1999, pp. 16-27.

"The Economics of Contemporary American Jewish Family Life," in P. Medding (ed.), Coping with Life and Death: Jewish Families in the Twentieth Century. (Studies in Contemporary Judaism, Vol. 14), Oxford, 1998, pp.65-80.

"Israel and American Jewry in the Year 2020: An Economic Analysis" in Anat Gonen & Smadar Fogel (eds.), Israel and the Jewish People. ("Israel 2020": Master Plan for Israel in the Twenty-first Century. The Macro Scenarios.) Haifa: Technion, 1996 (Hebrew), pp.257-272.

"The Economics of American Judaism," Shofar 13:4 (Summer 1995), pp.1-19.

"Determinants of Religious Intermarriage: Are Jews Really Different?" Papers in Jewish Demography 1993 (1997), pp.247-257.

"Religion as a Determinant of Marital Stability" (with E. Lehrer), Demography 30 (1993), pp.385-404.

"Immigrant Impacts on Israel’s Labor Force: Implications for Economic Development," Papers in Jewish Demography 1989 (1993), pp.253-257.

"The Impact of Immigrants on the Macro-Economy" (with B. Chiswick and G. Karras), Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 37 (1992), pp.279-316.

"Religious Intermarriage: An Economic Perspective" (with E. Lehrer), Contemporary Jewry 12 (1992), pp.21-34.
      Reprinted in: Paul Ritterband (ed.), Jewish Intermarriage in its Social Context (1991), pp.21-34.

"On Marriage-Specific Human Capital: Its Role as a Determinant of Remarriage" (with E. Lehrer), Journal of Population Economics 3 (1990), pp.193-213.

"The Impact of Immigration on the Human Capital of Natives," Journal of Labor Economics 7 (1989), pp.464-486.

"Human Resource Development: Some Economic Policy Issues," in C. Hongladarom (ed.), Human Resource Development: Concept, Policies, Needs and Cooperation in the ASEAN Region, Bangkok, 1989, pp.13-19.

"Labor, Leisure and Home Production: Implications of the New International Standards for Labor Statistics" (invited paper), American Statistical Association Business and Economic Statistics Section, Proceedings 1987, pp. 1-5.

Statistical Data for Thailand: Surveys of Households and Individuals, Human Resources Institute, Thammasat University, Bangkok, 1987.

"The Efficiency Wage Hypothesis: Applying a General Model of the Interaction Between Labor Quantity and Quality," Journal of Development Economics 20 (1986), pp. 311-323.

"Are Immigrants and Natives Perfect Substitutes in Production?" (with B. Chiswick and P. Miller), International Migration Review (Winter 1985), pp. 674-685.

"The Elasticity of Substitution Revisited: The Effects of Secular Changes in Labor Force Structure," Journal of Labor Economics 3 (1985), pp. 490-507.

"Income Distribution and Education" (with B. Chiswick), in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies, Oxford, 1985, pp. 2414-21 (Vol. 5).
      Reprinted in G. Psacharopoulos (ed.), Economics of Education: Research and Studies, Oxford, 1987, pp.255-261.

"Race and Public Policy: The Statistical Connection" (with B. Chiswick), Challenge, 27:4 (September/October 1984), pp.51-55.

"The Impact of Education Policy on Economic Development: Quantity, Quality and Earnings of Labor," Economics of Education Review 3 (1984), pp. 121-130.

"Analysis of Earnings from Household Enterprises: Methodology and Application to Thailand," Review of Economics and Statistics LXV (1983), pp. 658-662.

"The Distribution of Income" in P. Richards (ed.), Basic Needs and Government Policies in Thailand, Singapore (ILO: Maruzen Asia), 1982, pp. 19-66.

"The Value of a Housewife’s Time," Journal of Human Resources 17 (1982), pp. 413-425.

"Education and Labor Markets in LDCs," in L. Anderson & D. Windham (eds.), Education and Development, Lexington Books, 1982, pp. 99-112.

"The Growth of Professional Occupations in U.S. Manufacturing: 1900-1973," Research in Human Capital and Development, I (1979), pp. 191-217.

"Effects of Inflation on Low-Income Groups," United Nations Document No. E/CN.5/570, January 1979, Annex.

"Growth Policy and the Distribution of Income," in W. Krelle and A. Shorrocks (eds.), Personal Income Distribution, North-Holland (1978), pp. 471-487.

"A Procedure for Estimating Earnings of Unpaid Family Workers" (invited paper), American Statistical Association Business and Economic Statistics Section, Proceedings 1977, pp. 206-215.

"On Estimating Earnings Functions for LDCs," Journal of Development Economics 4 (1977), pp. 67-78.

"Application of the Theil Index to Income Inequality," American Statistical Association, Business and Economic Statistics Section, Proceedings 1976, pp. 255-260.

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