Heather N. Royer

Assistant Professor of Economics

Case Western Reserve University


E-mail: heather [dot] royer [at] case [dot] edu

Phone: 216 368 4185



Curriculum Vitae

Working Papers

"The Effect of Maternal Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth" (With Justin McCrary) Revise and Resubmit at American Economic Review.

"What All Women (and Some Men) Want to Know: Does Maternal Age Affect Infant Health?" University of California, Berkeley, Center for Labor Economics Working Paper # 68.  (More recent version)

"The Response to a Loss in Medicaid Eligibility: Pregnant Immigrant Mothers in the Wake of Welfare Reform."

"Aftershocks: The Impact of Clinic Violence on Abortion Services." (With Mireille Jacobson)

"The Effect of Education on Adult Mortality and Health: Evidence from the United Kingdom" (With Damon Clark)

 

Publications

"Separated at Girth: Estimating the Long-Run and Intergenerational Effects of Birthweight using Twins." American Economic Journal - Applied Economics, forthcoming.

With Mary C. Daly, "Cyclical and Demographic Influences on the Distribution of Income in California," Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Review, 2000.

With Gary Smith, "Can the Famous Really Postpone Death?" Social Biology, vol 45(3-4), 1998.

 

Short Published Essays

With Mary C. Daly and Debbie Reed, "Population Mobility and Income Inequality in California," California Counts, vol 2(4), 2001.
With Mary C. Daly, "Who has Benefited from California's Recovery?" Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter,  99-26, September 3, 1999.
With Timothy Cogley, "The Baby Boom, the Baby Bust, and Asset Markets," Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter,  98-20, June 26, 1998.
With Timothy Cogley, "Proposals for Reforming Social Security," Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter,  97-14, May 9, 1997.

Other

Long Distance Open Water Swimming
    Catalina Channel:  Women's Relay - World Record (1994) and Solo Crossing (1998)
    English Channel Crossing (1999)

    Straits of Gibraltar Crossing (2004)

    Dolphin Club Member since 1996

Alaska - My Home State
    My Hometown Newspaper: Daily News-Miner

Berkeley Economics
Pomona College