Barbara Wolfe

Barbara Wolfe is an economist and the Richard A. Easterlin Professor of Economics, Population Health Sciences, and Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1]

Wolfe is also a faculty affiliate at the Institute for Research on Poverty.[2] She is a research associate at the NBER,[3] and the Levy Institute of Bard College.[4] She is also an emeritus fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).[5]

She obtained her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Research

Wolfe's research mainly focuses on health economics and the Economics of Poverty. Her works have been quote more than 19900 times according to Google Scholar.[6] She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

She has published in the Journal of Economic Literature,[7] the American Economic Review,[8] Demography[9] and the Journal of Human Resources.[10]

Her research has been featured in NPR,[11] The Atlantic,[12] and VICE.[13]

Selected bibliography

• Haveman, Robert; Wolfe, Barbara (1995). "The Determinants of Children's Attainments: A Review of Methods and Findings". Journal of Economic Literature.
• Summers, Anita A.; Wolfe, Barbara L. (1977). "A Comment on Summers and Wolfe: Reply". The Journal of Human Resources. 12 (3): 406.
• Haveman, Robert H.; Wolfe, Barbara L. (1984). "Schooling and Economic Well-Being: The Role of Nonmarket Effects". The Journal of Human Resources. 19 (3): 377.
• Haveman, Robert; Wolfe, Barbara; Spaulding, James (1991). "Childhood Events and Circumstances Influencing High School Completion". Demography. 28 (1): 133.
• Haveman, Robert H.; Wolfe, Barbara L., Succeeding Generations: On the Effects of Investments in Children, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1994 (Paperback edition, 1995).
• Summers, Anita A.; Wolfe, Barbara L.“Do Schools Make a Difference?”, American Economic Review, 67(4): 639–652, September 1977
• Haveman, Robert H.; Wolfe, Barbara L. Disability Transfers and Early Retirement: A Causal Relationship?”, Journal of Public Economics, 24: 47–66, 1984.
• Behrman, Jere R.; Wolfe, Barbara L. "Determinants of Women’s Health Status and Health‑Care Utilization in a Developing Country: A Latent Variable Approach," Review of Economics and Statistics, 66 (4), 1984.
• de Jong, Philip; Haveman, Robert H.; Wolfe, Barbara L. “Disability Transfers and the Work Decision of Older Men,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 939–949. August, 1991
• Haveman, Robert H.; Wolfe, Barbara L.“Children’s Prospects and Children’s Policy,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 7(4): 153–174, 1993.
• Hill, Steven; Wolfe, Barbara L. “The Effect of Health on the Work Effort of Single Mothers,” Journal of Human Resources, 30(1): 42–62, 1995.
• An, Chong Bum, Ginther, Donna; Haveman, Robert H.; Wolfe, Barbara L.“The ‘Window Problem’ in Studies of Children's Attainments: A Methodological Exploration,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, September, 1996
• Fletcher, Jason; Vidal-Fernandez, Marian; Wolfe, Barbara L. “Dynamic and Heterogenous Effects of Sibling Death on Children’s Outcomes.” PNAS. January 2018. 115-120
• Hair, Nicole; Hanson, Hanson, James; Pollak, Seth; Wolfe. Barbara L.“Association of Child Poverty, Brain Development, and Academic Achievement” JAMA Pediatrics. 2015;169(9)

References

1. "Barbara Wolfe - La Follette School of Public Affairs". lafollette.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
2. "Affiliates & Researchers – INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON POVERTY – UW–Madison". www.irp.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
3. "Barbara L. Wolfe". www.nber.org. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
4. "Levy Institute - Barbara Wolfe". www.levyinstitute.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
5. "Barbara L. Wolfe | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics". www.iza.org. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
6. "Barbara Wolfe - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
7. Haveman, Robert; Wolfe, Barbara (1995). "The Determinants of Children's Attainments: A Review of Methods and Findings". Journal of Economic Literature. 33 (4): 1829–1878. ISSN 0022-0515. JSTOR 2729315.
8. Summers, Anita A.; Wolfe, Barbara L. (1977). "A Comment on Summers and Wolfe: Reply". The Journal of Human Resources. 12 (3): 406. doi:10.2307/145501. ISSN 0022-166X. JSTOR 145501.
9. Haveman, Robert; Wolfe, Barbara; Spaulding, James (1991). "Childhood Events and Circumstances Influencing High School Completion". Demography. 28 (1): 133–57. doi:10.2307/2061340. ISSN 0070-3370. JSTOR 2061340. PMID 2015940. S2CID 28611511.
10. Haveman, Robert H.; Wolfe, Barbara L. (1984). "Schooling and Economic Well-Being: The Role of Nonmarket Effects". The Journal of Human Resources. 19 (3): 377. doi:10.2307/145879. ISSN 0022-166X. JSTOR 145879.
11. "Researchers Examine Family Income And Children's Non-Cognitive Skills". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
12. Hamblin, James (2017-11-30). "The Tax Bill Is a Health Bill". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
13. Curry, Colleen (2015-07-22). "Poor Children Are Showing Slower Brain Development Than Wealthier Peers". Vice. Retrieved 2020-04-02.