DANIEL I. REES
CONTACT INFORMATION
January, 2017
University of Colorado Denver
Department of Economics, Campus Box 181
Denver, CO 80217-3364
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (303) 315-2037
EDUCATION
Cornell University, Ph.D., Labor Economics, 1992
University of Wisconsin, Madison, M.S., Economics, 1988
Oberlin College, B.A., 1986
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Economics, University of Colorado Denver, 2008-present
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Colorado at Denver, 2000-2008
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Colorado at Denver, 1993-2000
Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Health and Wellbeing, Princeton University, 2014- 2015
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Queen’s University, 1992-1993
Instructor, Maastricht University, 1990 (summer)
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
Editor-in-Chief, Economics of Education Review, 2014-present
Associate Editor, IZA World of Labor, 2013-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Population Economics, 2011-present
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2011-present
Associate Editor, Economics and Human Biology, 2011-2013
Associate Editor, Economics of Education Review, 2009-2013
JOURNAL ARTICLES
1.
Anderson, D. Mark, Benjamin Crost, and Daniel I. Rees. Forthcoming. “Wet Laws,
Drinking Establishments, and Violent Crime.” Economic Journal.
2.
Anderson, D. Mark, Lindsay L. Carlson, and Daniel I. Rees. Forthcoming. “Booster Seat
Effectiveness among Older Children: Evidence from Washington State.” American
Journal of Preventive Medicine.
3.
Carpenter, Christopher S., Chandler B. McClellan, and Daniel I. Rees. Forthcoming.
“Economic Conditions, Illicit Drug Use, and Substance Use Disorders in the United
States.” Journal of Health Economics.
4.
Hansen, Benjamin, Daniel I. Rees, and Joseph J. Sabia. Forthcoming. “Have Cigarette
Taxes Lost their Bite? New Estimates of the Relationship between Cigarette Taxes and
Youth Smoking.” American Journal of Health Economics.
5.
Duncan, Brian, Hani Mansour, and Daniel I. Rees. Forthcoming. “It’s Just a Game: The
Super Bowl and Low Birth Weight.” Journal of Human Resources.
6.
Anderson, D. Mark, Benjamin Hansen, and Daniel I. Rees. 2015. “Medical Marijuana
Laws and Teen Marijuana Use.” American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 17, No. 2,
pp. 495-528.
7.
Anderson, D. Mark and Daniel I. Rees. 2015. “Deployments, Combat Exposure, and
Crime.” Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 58, No 1, pp. 235-267.
8.
Anderson, D. Mark and Daniel I. Rees. 2015. “Per Se Drugged Driving Laws and Traffic
Fatalities.” International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 42, pp. 122-134.
9.
Rees, Daniel I. and Joseph J. Sabia. 2015. “Migraine Headache and Labor Market
Outcomes.” Health Economics, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 659-671.
10.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2015. “Body Weight, Mental Health Capital, and
Academic Achievement.” Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp
653-684.
11.
Anderson, D. Mark and Daniel I. Rees. 2014. “The Legalization of Recreational
Marijuana: How Likely is the Worst-Case Scenario?” Journal of Policy Analysis and
Management, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 221-232.
12.
Anderson, D. Mark and Daniel I. Rees. 2014. “The Role of Dispensaries: The Devil is in
the Details.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 235-240.
13.
Anderson, D. Mark, Daniel I. Rees, and Joseph J. Sabia. 2014. “Medical Marijuana Laws
and Suicides by Gender and Age.” American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 104, No.
12, pp. 2369-2376.
14.
Fox, David, Elizabeth J. Campagna, Joel Friedlander, David A. Partrick, Daniel I. Rees,
and Allison Kempe. 2014. “National Trends and Outcomes of Pediatric Gastrostomy
Tube Placement.” Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Vol. 59, No. 5,
pp. 582-588.
15.
McKinnish, Terra, Daniel I. Rees and Peter H. Langlois. 2014. “Seasonality in Birth
Defects, Agricultural Production and Urban Location.” Economics and Human Biology,
Vol. 15 (December), pp. 120-128.
16.
Rees, Daniel I. 2014. “Does Substance Use Affect Educational Outcomes?” IZA World
of Labor, Article 66, doi: 10.15185/izawol.66
17.
Rees, Daniel I. and Joseph J. Sabia. 2014. “The Kid’s Speech: The Effect of Stuttering on
Human Capital Acquisition.” Economics of Education Review, Vol. 38 (February), pp.
76-88.
18.
Roblin, Douglas W., Debra P. Ritzwoller, Daniel I. Rees, Nikki M. Carroll, Anping
Chang, Matthew F. Daley. 2014. “The Influence of Deductible Health Plans on Receipt of
the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Series.” Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 54, No.
3, pp. 275-281.
19.
Anderson, D. Mark, Benjamin Hansen, and Daniel I. Rees. 2013. “Medical Marijuana
Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption.” Journal of Law and Economics,
Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 333-369.
20.
Crost, Benjamin and Daniel I. Rees. 2013 “The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and
Marijuana Use: New Estimates from the NLSY97.” Journal of Health Economics, Vol.
32, No. 2, pp. 472-474.
21.
Hansen, Benjamin, Daniel I. Rees, and Joseph J. Sabia. 2013. “Cigarette Taxes and How
Youth Obtain Cigarettes.” National Tax Journal, Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 371-394.
22.
Peters, Christina R., Daniel I. Rees, and Rey Hernández-Julián. 2013. “The Tradeoff
between Family Size and Child Health in Rural Bangladesh.” Eastern Economic
Journal, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 71-95.
23.
Rees, Daniel I. and Joseph J. Sabia. 2013. “Forced Intercourse, Mental Health, and
Human Capital.” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 324-344.
24.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2013. “The Effect of Parental Involvement Laws on
Youth Suicide.” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 620-636.
25.
Mansour, Hani and Daniel I. Rees. 2012. “Armed Conflict and Birth Weight: Evidence
from the al-Aqsa Intifada.” Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 99, No. 1, pp. 190199.
26.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2012. “Body Weight and Wages: Evidence from
Add Health.” Economics and Human Biology, Vol. 10. No. 1, pp. 14-19.
27.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2012. “Does the Number of Sex Partners Affect
Educational Attainment?” Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 89-118.
28.
Argys, Laura M., Susan L. Averett, and Daniel I. Rees. 2011. “Older Siblings and
Adolescent Risky Behavior: Does Parenting Play a Role?” Journal of Population
Economics, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 957-978.
29.
Eide, Eric R. and Daniel I. Rees. 2011. “Introduction to the Special Issue on Education
and Health.” Economics of Education Review, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 775-777.
30.
Fox, David, Elaine Morrato, Elizabeth J. Campagna, Daniel I. Rees, L. Miriam
Dickinson, David A. Partrick, and Allison Kempe. 2011. “Outcomes of Laparoscopic
Fundoplication in Children's Hospitals: 2005-2008.” Pediatrics, Vol. 127, No. 5, pp. 872880.
31.
Rees, Daniel I. and Joseph J. Sabia. 2011. “The Effect of Migraine Headache on
Educational Attainment.” Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 317-332.
32.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2011. “Individual Heterogeneity and Reverse
Causality in the Relationship between Migraine Headache and Educational Attainment.”
Economics of Education Review, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 913-923.
33.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2011. “The Effect of Adolescent Body Weight on
Sexual Activity.” Health Economics, Vol. 20, No. 11, pp. 1330-1348.
34.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2011. “Boys will be Boys: Are there Gender
Differences in the Effect of Sexual Abstinence on Schooling?” Health Economics, Vol.
20, No. 3, pp. 287-305.
35.
Rees, Daniel I. and Joseph J. Sabia. 2010. “Body Weight and Smoking Initiation:
Evidence from Add Health.” Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 774-777.
36.
Rees, Daniel I. and Joseph J. Sabia. 2010. “Sports Participation and Academic
Performance: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.”
Economics of Education Review, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 751-759.
37.
Rees, Daniel I. and Joseph J. Sabia. 2010. “Exercise and Adolescent Mental Health: New
Evidence from Longitudinal Data.” Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics,
Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 13-25.
38.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2009. “The Effect of Sexual Abstinence on
Educational Attainment.” Demography, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 695-715.
39.
Sen, Bisakha, Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Daniel I. Rees. 2009. “The Effect of
Substance Use on the Delinquent Behavior of Adolescents.” Applied Economics Letters,
Vol. 16, No. 17, pp. 1721-1729.
40.
Rees, Daniel I., Joseph J. Sabia, and Laura M. Argys. 2009. “A Head above the Rest:
The Relationship between Adolescent Height and Psychological Wellbeing.” Economics
and Human Biology, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 217-228.
41.
Rees, Daniel I. and Joseph J. Sabia. 2009. “The Effect of Breastfeeding on Educational
Attainment: Evidence from Sibling Data.” Journal of Human Capital, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp.
43-72.
42.
Rees, Daniel I. and Kevin T. Schnepel. 2009. “College Football Games and Crime.”
Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 68-87.
43.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2008. “The Effect of Adolescent Virginity Status on
Psychological Well-Being.” Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 13681381.
44.
Argys, Laura M. and Daniel I. Rees. 2008. “Searching for Peer Effects: A Test of the
Contagion Hypothesis.” The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 90, No. 3, pp.
442-458.
45.
Rees, Daniel I., Elizabeth Lopez, Susan L. Averett, and Laura M. Argys. 2008. “Birth
Order and Participation in School Sports and Other Extracurricular Activities.”
Economics of Education Review, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 354-362.
46.
Sabia, Joseph J. and Daniel I. Rees. 2008. “Youth Smoking and Addiction: Evaluating
the Wisdom and Efficacy of Government Intervention.” Expert Review of
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 213-217.
47.
Rees, Daniel I. and Joseph J. Sabia. 2007. “The Relationship between Abortion and
Depression: New Evidence from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.”
Medical Science Monitor, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. CR430-436.
48.
Argys, Laura M., Daniel I. Rees, Susan L. Averett, and Benjama Witoonchart. 2006.
“Birth Order and Risky Adolescent Behavior.” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp.
215-233.
49.
Mocan, H. Naci and Daniel I. Rees. 2005. “Economic Conditions, Deterrence and
Juvenile Crime: Evidence from Micro Data.” American Law and Economics Review,
Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 319-349.
50.
Duncan, Brian and Daniel I. Rees. 2005. “The Effect of Smoking on Depressive
Symptomatology: A Reexamination of the Data from the National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health.” American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 162, No. 5, pp. 461-470.
51.
Susan L. Averett, Daniel I. Rees, Brian Duncan, and Laura M. Argys. 2004. “Race,
Ethnicity, and Gender Differences in the Relationship between Substance Use and
Adolescent Sexual Activity.” Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 4, No.1.
52.
Rees, Daniel I., Jeffrey S. Zax, and Joshua Herries. 2003. “Interdependence in Worker
Productivity.” Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 585-604.
53.
Zax, Jeffrey S. and Daniel I. Rees. 2002. “IQ, Academic Performance, Environment, and
Earnings.” The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 84, No. 4, pp. 600-616.
54.
Averett, Susan, L., Daniel I. Rees, and Laura M. Argys. 2002. “The Impact of
Government Policies and Neighborhood Context on Teenage Sexual Activity and
Contraceptive Use.” American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 92, No. 11, pp. 17731778.
55.
Block, Stephen R., Steven A. Rosenberg, Yvonne Gunther-Kellar, Daniel I. Rees, and
Nancy Hodges. 2002. “Improving Human Services for Children with Disabilities and
their Families: The Use of Vouchers as an Alternative to Traditional Service Contracts.”
Administration in Social Work, Vol. 26, No.1, pp. 23-36.
56.
Rees, Daniel I., Laura M. Argys, and Susan L. Averett. 2001. “New Evidence on the
Relationship between Substance Use and Adolescent Sexual Behavior.” Journal of
Health Economics, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 837-847.
57.
Argys, Laura M, Susan L. Averett, and Daniel I. Rees. 2000. “Welfare Generosity,
Pregnancies and Abortions among Unmarried AFDC Recipients.” Journal of Population
Economics, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 569-594.
58.
Rees, Daniel I. and Dominic J. Brewer, and Laura M. Argys. 2000. “How Should We
Measure the Effect of Ability Grouping on Student Performance?” Economics of
Education Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 17-20.
59.
Goldhaber, Daniel, Dominic J. Brewer, Eric Eide, and Daniel I. Rees. 1999. “Testing for
Sample Selection in the Milwaukee School Choice Experiment.” Economics of
Education Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 259-267.
60.
Rees, Daniel I. and H. Naci Mocan. 1997. “Labor Market Conditions and the High School
Dropout Rate: Evidence from New York State.” Economics of Education Review, Vol.
16, No. 2, pp. 103-109.
61.
Argys, Laura M., Daniel I. Rees, and Dominic J. Brewer. 1996. “Detracking America's
Schools: Equity at Zero Cost?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 15,
No. 4, pp. 623-645.
62.
Rees, Daniel I., Laura M. Argys, and Dominic J. Brewer. 1996. “Tracking in the United
States: Descriptive Statistics from NELS.” Economics of Education Review, Vol. 15,
No. 1, pp. 83-89.
63.
Mont, Daniel and Daniel I. Rees. 1996. “The Influence of Classroom Characteristics on
High School Teacher Turnover.” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 152-167.
64.
Argys, Laura M. and Daniel I. Rees. 1995. “Unionization and School Productivity: A
Reexamination.” Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 14, pp. 49-68.
65.
Brewer, Dominic J., Daniel I. Rees, and Laura M. Argys. 1995. “Detracking America's
Schools: The Reform without Cost?” Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 77, No. 3, pp. 210-215.
66.
Rees, Daniel I., Pradeep Kumar and Dorothy W. Fisher. 1995. “The Salary Effect of
Faculty Unionism in Canada.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 48, No. 3,
pp. 441-451.
67.
Rees, Daniel I. 1994. “Does Unionization Increase Faculty Retention?” Industrial
Relations, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 297-321.
68.
Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Daniel I. Rees, and Dominic J. Brewer. 1993. “Institutional
Responses to Increased External Support for Graduate Students.” The Review of
Economics and Statistics, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 671-682.
69.
Rees, Daniel I. 1993. “The Effect of Unionization on Faculty Salaries and Compensation:
Estimates from the 1980s.” Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 399-422.
70.
Rees, Daniel I. 1991. “Grievance Procedure Strength and Teacher Quits.” Industrial and
Labor Relations Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 31-43.
71.
Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Hirschel Kasper, and Daniel I. Rees. 1991. “Faculty Turnover at
American Colleges and Universities: Analysis of AAUP Data.” Economics of Education
Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 99-110.
72.
Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Randy A. Ehrenberg, Daniel I. Rees, and Eric Ehrenberg. 1991.
“School District Leave Policies, Teacher Absenteeism, and Student Achievement.”
Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 72-105.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
1.
Anderson, D. Mark, Daniel I. Rees, and Joseph J. Sabia. 2015. “Anderson et al.
Respond.” American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 105, No. 4, pp. e8-e9.
2.
Duncan, Brian and Daniel I. Rees. 2006. “The Authors Reply.” American Journal of
Epidemiology, Vol. 163, No. 8, pp. 780-781.
3.
Brewer, Dominic J., Daniel I. Rees, and Laura M. Argys. 1996. “The Reform without
Cost? A Reply to Our Critics.” Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 77, No. 6, pp. 442-444.
WORK IN PROGRESS
1.
Anderson, D. Mark, Ryan Brown, Kerwin Kofi Charles, and Daniel I. Rees. “The Effect
of Occupational Licensing on Consumer Welfare: Early Midwifery Laws and Maternal
Mortality.” Under review at the Journal of Political Economy.
2.
Crost, Benjamin, Joseph H. Felter, Hani Mansour, and Daniel I. Rees. “Election Fraud
and Post-Election Conflict: Evidence from the Philippines.” Under review at the
American Journal of Political Science.
3.
Crost, Benjamin, Claire Duquennois, Joseph H. Felter, and Daniel I. Rees. “Climate
Change, Agricultural Production and Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Philippines.”
Under review at the Economic Journal.
REFEREE SERVICE
American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American
Journal of Health Economics, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, British Journal
of Industrial Relations, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Journal of Higher
Education, Canadian Public Policy, Children and Youth Services Review, Contemporary
Economic Policy, Demography, Eastern Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry,
Economics of Education Review, Economics and Human Biology, Education Economics,
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Great Plains Research, Industrial and
Labor Relations Review, Health Economics, International Journal of Sport Finance, IZA
World of Labor, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Surveys,
Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of
Human Capital, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Research, Journal of
Law and Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Population
Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal
of Sports Economics, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Nicotine and Tobacco Research,
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive
Health, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics of the Household, Review
of Economics and Statistics, Social Science and Medicine, Southern Economic Journal,
World Medical and Health Policy
REVIEW PANELS
2012
National Institutes of Health (grant proposal review)
2015
National Institutes of Health (grant proposal review)
OTHER SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
2012
Advisor for the Western Economic Association International Graduate Student
Dissertation Workshop
2013
Advisor for the Western Economic Association International Graduate Student
Dissertation Workshop
EXTERNAL FUNDING
1994
Co-Principal Investigator (with Laura Argys), “The Determinants and Effects of
Ability Grouping: AnAnalysis of NELS88 Data.” Funded by the American
Education Finance Association/National Center for Education Statistics Research
Initiative for New Scholars. Amount: $5,000.
2004-06
Co-Principal Investigator (with Laura Argys), “Older Peers and Adolescent
Behavior.” Funded by the National Institutes of Health, NICHD. Amount:
$100,000.
2013-16
Co-Investigator (Joan O’Connell, PI), “Improving Health Outcomes among
Native Americans with Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.” Funded by the
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Amount: $1,467,501.
2015-17
Co-Investigator (Benjamin Crost, PI), “Measuring Civil Conflict: Should Newspaper
Reports be Trusted?” Funded by the International Growth Centre. Amount: £44,770.
2015-16
Co-Investigator (Joseph Price, PI), “The Impact of Expanding the National School
Meals Program on School Performance.” Funded by the IPR RIDGE Center for
National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research. Amount: $38,899.
2016
Co-Investigator (D. Mark Anderson, PI), Arthur H. Cole Grant, Economic History
Association. Amount: $5,000.