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David S. LoughranSanta Monica Office Senior Economist EducationPh.D. in economics, University of Maryland; B.A. in economics and political science, Swarthmore College |
Biography
David Loughran is a Senior Economist at the RAND Corporation and faculty member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His research focuses on applied topics in labor economics, demography, and insurance. In research on the family, Loughran has investigated how female age at first marriage responds to increases in male wage inequality, how marital and birth timing impacts career development, and how birth weight and parental investment interact in the production of child welfare. His retirement related research includes work on the Social Security earnings test and the role of non-pecuniary job characteristics in determining labor supply among the elderly. His current research includes an analysis of the causal effect of military service on labor supply and educational outcomes among socioeconomically disadvantaged youth, a suite of studies addressing the effect of deployments during the Global War on Terror on the civilian labor market outcomes of reservists while they serve on active duty and following their return to civilian life, and an effort to model the risk to casualty insurers posed by mass litigation.
Research Focus
Labor supply; family structure; intrahousehold resource allocation; military manpower; insurance
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Deployment and the earnings of reservists
- Parental investment and child endowments
- Marriage, childbearing, and career development
- Elderly labor supply
- Mass litigation
Selected Publications
David S. Loughran and Julie M. Zissimopoulos, "Why Wait? The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wages of Men and Women", Journal of Human Resources, 44(2), 2009
David S. Loughran and Seth Seabury, Estimating the Accident Risk of Older Drivers, RAND Corporation, 2008
Steven J. Haider and David S. Loughran, "The Effect of the Social Security Earnings Test on Male Labor Supply: New Evidence from Survey and Administrative Data", Journal of Human Resources, 43(1), 2008
David S. Loughran, Ashlesha Datar, and Rebecca M. Kilburn, "The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments", Review of Economics of the Household, 6(3), 2008
David S. Loughran and Jacob A. Klerman, Activation and the Earnings of Reservists, RAND Corporation, 2006
David S. Loughran, "Deterring Fraud: The Role of General Damage Awards in Auto Insurance Settlements", Journal of Risk and Insurance, 72(4), 2005
David S. Loughran and Jonathan Kulick, "Demand-Side Management and Energy Efficiency in the United States", Energy Journal, 25(1), 2004
David S. Loughran, "The Effect of Rising Male Wage Inequality on Female Age at First Marriage", Review of Economics and Statistics, 84(2), 2002
Honors & Awards
- President's Award awarded by RAND Corporation
Research Focus
Families and children, labor and household behavior, workforce management
Recent Projects
- Impact of activation on the earnings of reservists
- Interaction of parental investment and endowments in the production of child outcomes
- Delayed childbearing
- Wages of elderly workers
- Older drivers
Selected Publications
Activation and the Earnings of Reservists, David S. Loughran et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
Do the Elderly Respond to Taxes on Earnings? Evidence from the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test, David Loughran and Steven Haider, RAND Corporation, 2005
"Deterring Fraud: The Role of General Damage Awards in Auto Insurance Settlements," Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 72, No. 4, 2005
Are There Gains to Delaying Marriage? The Effects of Age at First Marriage on Career Development and Wages, David S. Loughran et al., RAND Corporation, 2004
"Demand-Side Management and Energy Efficiency in the United States," David S. Loughran and Jonathan Kulick, Energy Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2004
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