John Ham Professor of Economics Contact Information Office: KAP 300 Phone: (213)740-8335 E-mail: johnham@usc.edu LINKS Curriculum Vitae Personal Website

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

• Chair, University of Southern California, 2/15/2006-  
• Professor, University of Southern California, 7/1/2005-  
• Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 6/1/2005-  
• Professor, Ohio State University, 1/1/2000-9/30/2005  
• Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 10/1/2004-6/30/2005  

Funded Research

Contracts and Grants Awarded

• Collaborative Research: Analyzing Movements Over Time In Hours Worked, Employment Status, and Welfar (National Science Foundation), Ham, John C., $131,476, 9/1/2006-8/31/2008  

USC Funding

• USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences:: College Programs, Projects, and Centers Initiative.. Southern California Population Reseach Center: This funding is helping to create a new multidisciplinary research laboratory to be housed in the College at USC, named the Southern California Population Research Center -- SCPRC. , $75,000, 2006-2008  
• USC College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences: College Infrastructure Initiative.. The Southern California Population Research Center: : This funding provides infrastructure support for a new multidisciplinary research laboratory to be housed in the College at USC, named the Southern California Population Research Center., $100,000, 2006-2008  

Publications

Journal Article

• Gupta, N., Ham, J. C., Svejnar, J. (2007). Priorities and Sequencing in Privatization: Evidence from Czech Firm Panel Data. European Economic Review/Elsevier. Vol. NA
• Casari, M., Ham, J. C., Kagel, J. (2007). "Selection Bias, Demographic Effects and Ability Effects in Common Value Auction Experiments.". American Economic Review. Vol. 97 (4), pp. 1278-1304.
• Ham, J. C., Kagel, J. (2006). "Gender Effects in Private Value Auctions.". Economic Letters. Vol. 92, pp. pp. 375-372.
• Ham, J. C., Kagel, J., Lehrer, S. (2005). "Randomization, Endogeneity and Laboratory Experiments: the Role of Cash Balances in Private Value Auctions.". Journal of Econometrics/Elsevier. Vol. Vol. 125, pp. (1-2).
• Ham, J. C., Shore-Sheppard, L. (2005). “Did Expanding Medicaid Affect Welfare Participation?”. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Vol. Vol. 58, pp. pp. 452-470.
• Ham, J. C., Shore-Sheppard, L. (2005). "The Effect of Medicaid Expansions for Low-Income Children on Medicaid Participation and Private Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the SIPP". Journal of Public Economics. Vol. Vol. 89 (1), pp. pp. 57-83.
• Ham, J. C., shore-Sheppard, L. (2005). "The Effect of Medicaid Expansions for Low-Income Children on Medicaid Participation and Private Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the SIPP.". Journal of Public Economics. Vol. Vol. 89 (1), pp. pp. 57-83..
• Ham, J. C., Reilly, K. (2002). "Testing Intertemporal Substitution, Implicit Contract, and Hours Restriction Models of the Labor Market Using Micro Data.". American Economic Review. Vol. Vol. 92 (4), pp. pp. 905-927.
• Ham, J. C., Eberwein, C., LaLonde, R. (2002). "Alternative Methods of Estimating Program Effects in Event History Models.". Labour Economics. Vol. Vol. 9 (2), pp. pp. 249-278.
• Ham, J. C., Jacobs, K. (2000). The Failure of Full Insurance: Its Causes and its Sensitivity to Stochastic and Economic Assumptions. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics/American Statistical Association. Vol. Vol 18 (4), pp. pp. 387-397..
• Ham, J. C., Svejnar, J., Terrell, K. (1998). "Unemployment, the Social Safety Net and Efficiency During Transition: Evidence from Micro Data on Czech and Slovak Men.". American Economic Review. Vol. Vol. 88 (5), pp. pp. 1117-1142.
• Eberwein, C., Ham, J. C., LaLonde, R. (1997). "The Impact of Being Offered and Receiving Classroom Training on the Employment Histories of Disadvantaged Women: Evidence From Experimental Data'". The Review of Economic Studies. Vol. Vol. 64 (4), pp. pp. 655-682.
• Ham, J. C., LaLonde, R. (1996). "The Effect of Sample Selection and Initial Conditions in Duration Models: Evidence from Experimental Data on Training.". Econometrica/Blackwell. Vol. Vol. 64 (1), pp. pp. 175-205.
• Ham, J. C. (1986). "Testing Whether Unemployment Represents Life-Cycle Labour Supply Behavior.". Review of Economic Studies/Blackwell. Vol. Vol. 53 (4), pp. pp.559-578.
• Ham, J. C. (1982). "Estimation of a Labour Supply Model with Censoring due to Unemployment and Underemployment.". Review of Economic Studies/Blackwell. Vol. Vol. 49 (3), pp. pp. 335-354.

Service to the University

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Director, Southern California Population Research Center, 2/2007-  
• Chair, Department of Economics, 2/15/2006-8/15/2007  

Review Panels

• National Science Foundation, Economics, 4/2004-11/2005  

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards

• Associate Editor, Journal of Econometrics, 6/1998-  
• Associate Editor, Labour Economics, 10/1991-  
• Co-Editor, Special Issue of the Journal of Econometrics on "Experimental and Non-experimental Evaluation of Economic Policy and Models,", 3/2005-4/2005  
• Member of the Editorial Board, Demography, 2002-2004  

Review Panels

• National Science Foundation, Economics, 4/2004-11/2005