Department of Economics

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA 02167

Phone: (617) 552-3696 Fax: (617) 552-2308

E-mail: butcherk@bc.edu

Published Papers:

"Recent Immigrants: Unexpected Implications for Crime and Incarceration," with Anne Morrison Piehl, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol. 51, no. 4, July 1998.

"Cross-City Evidence on the Relationship Between Immigration and Crime," with Anne Morrison Piehl, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 17, no. 3, July 1998.

"An Investigation of the Effect of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of African Americans," Help or Hindrance: The Economic Implications of Immigration for African Americans, Daniel Hamermesh and Frank Bean, eds., Russel Sage: New York, 1998.

"Immigration and the Wages and Employment of U.S.-born Workers in New Jersey," with Anne Morrison Piehl, Keys to Successful Immigration: Implications of the New Jersey Experience, Thomas Espenshade, ed., Urban Institute Press, 1997.

"The Effect of Sibling Sex Composition on Women's Educational Attainment and Earnings," with Anne Case, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. CIX, No. 3, August 1994.

"Black Immigrants in the United States: A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol.47, no. 2, January 1994.

"Immigration and Wages: Evidence from the 1980's," with David Card, American Economic Review, vol. 81, no. 2, May 1991

 Unpublished Papers:

"Use of Means-Tested Transfer Programs by Immigrants, Their Children, and Their Children’s Children," with Luojia Hu, mimeo, October 1998.

"The Immigrant and Native-Born Wage Distributions: Evidence from the United States Censuses," with John DiNardo, NBER working paper # 6630, July 1998.

"The Union Wage Gap in South Africa," with Cecilia Rouse, mimeo, July 1998.

"The Role of Deportation in the Incarceration of Immigrants," with Anne Morrison Piehl , mimeo, April 1998.

"Household Size, Changes in Household Size, and Household Responses to Economic Conditions: Evidence from the Cote d'Ivoire," mimeo, November 1992.

"Family Inputs and Educational Outcomes: The Effect of Family Structure on Choice of Curriculum," Kristin F. Butcher and Anne Case, mimeo, October 1992.

Professional Experience:

1995- Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Boston College.

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1997- 1998 Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Courses taught:

1992-1995 Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Courses taught:

1990-1991 Research Assistant to Professor Angus Deaton, Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, full time position 

1989-1990 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Princeton University

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Other Professional Activities:

Referee for The American Economic Review, The Industrial and Labor Relations Review, The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Urban Studies, Population Index, The Economic Journal, Southern Economic Journal, Canadian Journal of Economics, The National Research Council, and The National Science Foundation.

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