David Simon

Associate Professor

CV

Website

Email: David.Simon “at” Uconn “dot” edu

Subject Areas: Economics of Children and Families, Labor Economics, Health Economics

Education:
Ph.D., Economics, University of California Davis, 2013
M.A., Economics, University of North Carolina Greensboro, 2008
B.A., Economics, Guilford College, 2003

Honors and Appointments:

— AEJ Policy: Best Paper Award 2018, for “Income, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Infant
Health” (co-authored with Hilary Hoynes and Doug Miller).
— Grillo Family Award for Excellence in Research, University of Connecticut, 2016
— Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Program on Children, May 2017 – present.

Courses Taught:
— Intermediate Microeconomics, Health Economics

Research Interests: The Economics of Families and Children; Childhood Environment, Health, and Human Capital Formation; Early Life Human Capital Development