CURRICULUM VITAE
MELISSA FAMULARI
Personal:
Not Married
Two children: Antonia Bronars, born 1997
Matthew Bronars, born 1998
Contact:
Department of Economics,0508 Email: mfamulari@ucsd.edu
9500 Gilman Drive Office Phone:(858)534-3878
University of California – San Diego Office Fax: (858)534-7040
La Jolla, CA 92093-0508
Education:
Ph.D. Economics, University of Washington, 1987, Fields: Labor and Health Economics
B.A. Economics, Temple University, 1982 (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon)
Work Experience:
7/2004 to present Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment and Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Education
Department of Economics
University of California - San Diego
9/1992 – 7/2004 Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics
University of Texas - Austin
10/87-7/92 Research Economist,
Office of Research and Evaluation,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor
Grants:
A Study of the Indirect Costs of Epilepsy in the U. S., Funded by the Epilepsy Foundation of America, $158,500 for period 1/15/95-1/15/97
Publications:
Bronars, S. and M. Famulari: "Shareholder Returns and Wages: Evidence for White Collar Workers." Journal of Political Economy, April 2001, Vol 109, No. 2, p. 328-354
Bronars, S. G., P. Bingley, M. Famulari, and N. Westergard-Nielsen. “Employer Wage Differentials in the United States and Denmark" in The Creation and Analysis of Employer and Employee Matched Data, North Holland, 1999.
Begley, C. E., M. Famulari, J. F. Annegers, D. R. Lairson, T. F. Reynolds, S. Coan, S. Dubinsky, M. E. Newmark, C. Leibson, E.L. So, and W. A. Rocca, "The Cost of Epilepsy in the United States: An Estimate from Population-Based Clinical and Survey Data" Epilepsia, 41(3), 2000, p.342-351.
Bronars, S. G. and Famulari, M. " Employer Provided Training, Wages, and Capital Investment" in Labor Statistics Measurement Issues, edited by John Haltiwanger, Marilyn Manser, and Robert Topel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998, p.431-461.
Bronars, S. G. and Famulari, M. "Wage, Tenure, and Wage Growth Variation Within and Across Establishments." Journal of Labor Economics, April 1997, Vol. 15, No. 2, p. 285-317.
Famulari, M.: "A Household-Based Nonparametric Test of Demand Theory", Review of Economics and Statistics, May 1995, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 371-382.
Famulari, M.: "The Effects of a Disability on Labor Market Performance: The Case of Epilepsy." Southern Economic Journal, April 1992, Vol. 58, No. 4, p. 1072-1087.
Famulari, M. and M. E. Manser: "Employer Provided Benefits: Employer Cost VS. Employee Value." Monthly Labor Review, December 1989, Vol. 112, No. 12, p. 24-32.
Working Papers:
Famulari, M.: "What’s in a Name? Title Inflation in the US Federal Government", Revision requested by Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
Famulari, M.: "Household Labor Supply and Taxes: A Nonparametric, Revealed Preference Approach." 12-13-06 Revision submitted to Journal of Labor Economics. Technical Appendix I : Stata Tax Programs. Technical Appendix II : Comparison of CE and CPS Labor Market Data.
Famulari, M: " Labor Market and Household Production Costs of Epilepsy "
Work In Progress:
M. Famulari: "Youth Unemployment, Educational Attainment, and the Minimum Wage"
Famulari, M.: "Labor Supply Estimates From A Natural Experiment: The Effect of Epilepsy on Labor Supply "
Other Professional Activities:
Referee for the American Economic Review, Journal of Labor Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Human Resources, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Economic Inquiry, Research in Labor Economics and American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Discussed three papers at the Immigration and Race Conference in November 1997 at the University of Texas-Austin.
Organized the 1995 Lonestars Conference, the joint University of Texas and Texas A&M economic research conference (with Stephen Bronars).
Discussant for "Promotions and Job Tenure" at the Western Economic Association Meetings in Vancouver, BC, July 1994.
Discussant for "New Evidence on Workplace Education" at the Murray Johnson Conference at University of Texas-Austin, April 1994.
Organized and chaired the session "Training and Wages" and was the discussant for "Returns to Delayed Schooling among Women" at the Western Economic Association Meetings in Lake Tahoe, NV, 1993.
Organized and chaired the CSWEP session "Consumption, Utility, and the Family" at the Western Economic Association Meetings in San Diego, CA, 1990.
Discussant on (1) the effect of language proficiency on earnings and (2) the effect of employer characteristics on the average wages earned in an establishment: Western Economic Association Meetings in Seattle, WA, 1991.
Organized the Office of Research and Evaluation seminar series from 1990-1992.
Presentations:
Labor Market and Household Production Costs of Epilepsy: Texas A & M University, November 1998.
The Effect of Epilepsy on Educational Attainment, Job Turnover, and the Probability of Marriage: Epilepsy Foundation of America, San Antonio, September, 1998.
Indirect Cost of Epilepsy: Epilepsy Foundation of America, Boston, December, 1997.
How the Federal Government Maintains a Labor Force given Occupational Wage Constraints: US Airforce Academy, May 1997.
Wage Growth and Job Duration Differentials: Lonestars September, 1996
Wage, Tenure, and Wage Growth Variation Within and Across Establishments: Center for Labor Studies, Aarhus, Denmark, June 1996.
Labor Market and Household Production Costs of Epilepsy: Cleveland Clinic Grand Rounds, March 1996.
Labor Market and Household Production Costs of Epilepsy: Rush-Presbyterian Grand Rounds, February 1996.
Labor Market and Household Production Costs of Epilepsy: Minneapolis Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Grand Rounds, February 1996.
Employer Profitability and White Collar Worker Pay: National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge MA, July 1995.
Training, Wages, and Capital: National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, August 1994
Federal-Private Sector Pay Differentials: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC, June 1994.
Federal-Private Sector Pay Differentials: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, April 1994.
Are Federal Government Workers Overpaid: Lonestars Economic Conference (a joint University of Texas and Texas A & M Economics Conference) College Station, TX, March 1994.
Training, Wages, and Capital: Western Economic Association, Lake Tahoe, NV, June 1993.
Worker Wages and Employer Profitability: Lonestars Economic Conference (a joint University of Texas and Texas A & M Economics Conference) Austin, TX, April 1993.
Household Labor Supply and Taxes: University of Texas, Austin, TX, September 1992.
Employer Effects on Wages and Tenure: Texas A & M, College Station, TX, September 1992.
Household Labor Supply and Taxes:: American Social Sciences Association Meetings, January 1992.
Nonparametric Test for the Existence of a Household Utility Functions: Western Economic Association, June 1990.
True Real Wage Indexes: Estimates from Household Data. Conference sponsored by Bellcore and Bell Canada on Telecommunications Demand Analysis with Dynamic Regulation in Hilton Head, SC, 1990.
True Real Wage Indexes: Estimates from Household Data. American Social Sciences Association Meetings, December 1989.
Discrimination vs. Productivity. American Epilepsy Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA, 1988.
Last Updated December 12, 2006