Bren Fellow
(415) 291-4476
dneumark@uci.edu
curriculum vitae

Expertise
• Business dynamics
   Business establishment and relocation
   Employment effects
• Labor market discrimination
   Affirmative action
   Race, sex, and ethnic segregation and discrimination
• Labor market structure
   Wage structure
   School-to-work transition
• Minimum wages and living wages
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Economics of the family and aging
• Income support for the elderly
• Workers' compensation

Experience
Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine (2006-present). Professor, Department of Economics, Michigan State University (1994-2002). Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (1995-present). Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (1989-1994). Economist, Board of Governors, U.S. Federal Reserve (1987-1989).

Education
Ph.D. (1987), economics, Harvard University.

PPIC Publications
Do California's Enterprise Zones Create Jobs? (co-authored with Jed Kolko). Public Policy Institute of California, 2009.

Are California’s Companies Shifting Their Employment to Other States? (co-authored with Jed Kolko). Public Policy Institute of California, Occasional Paper, 2007.

Business Location Decisions and Employment Dynamics in California (co-authored with Jed Kolko). Public Policy Institute of California, 2007.

Interstate Business Relocation: An Industry-Level Analysis (co-authored with Junfu Zhang and Jed Kolko). Public Policy Institute of California, Occasional Paper, 2006.

California Economic Policy Vol. 1, No. 4, "Are Businesses Fleeing the State? Interstate Business Relocation and Employment Change in California " (co-authored with Junfu Zhang and Brandon Wall). Public Policy Institute of California, 2005.

California Economic Policy Vol. 1, No. 3, "A Decade of Living Wages: What Have We Learned" (co-authored with Scott Adams). Public Policy Institute of California, 2005.

California Economic Policy Vol. 1, No. 1, "The Workers' Compensation Crisis in California: A Primer". Public Policy Institute of California, 2005.

“California's Economic Future and Infrastructure Challenges” in Ellen Hanak and Mark Baldassare, ed., California 2025: Taking on the Future. Public Policy Institute of California, 2005, pp. 51–82.

California's Economic Future and Infrastructure Challenges Public Policy Institute of California, Occasional Paper, 2005.

The Impact of Provider Choice on Workers’ Compensation Costs and Outcomes (co-authored by Richard A. Victor and Peter S. Barth). Public Policy Institute of California, 2005.

The Economic Effects of Mandated Wage Floors Public Policy Institute of California, Occasional Paper, 2004.

The Effects of School-to-Career Programs on Postsecondary Enrollment and Employment Public Policy Institute of California, 2004.

How Living Wage Laws Affect Low-Wage Workers and Low-Income Families Public Policy Institute of California, 2002.