Jason Abrevaya

Dr. Abrevaya's research has focused on econometric methodology, applied microeconomics, and demography. His work has utilized large-scale birth databases within the United States to research topics including birthweight inequality, the effects of smoking upon birth outcomes, and the practice of gender selection among specific ethnic groups. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

PUBLICATIONS

Abrevaya, Jason, forthcoming, "Missing dependent variables in fixed-effects models," Journal of Econometrics.

Mulligan, Karen, Julia T. Snider, Phyllis Arthur, Gregory Frank, Mahlet Tebeka, Amy Walker, and Jason Abrevaya, 2018, "Examination of universal purchase programs as a driver of vaccine uptake among US States, 1995-2014", Vaccine.

Abrevaya, Jason and Stephen Donald, 2017, "A GMM approach for dealing with missing data on regressors," Review of Economics and Statistics.

Abrevaya, Jason, Yu-Chin Hsu, and Robert Lieli, 2015, "Estimating conditional average treatment effects," Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.

Abrevaya, Jason and Shu Shen, 2014, "Estimation of censored panel-data models with slope heterogeneity," Journal of Applied Econometrics.

Abrevaya, Jason and Robert McCulloch, 2014, "Reversal of fortune: a statistical analysis of penalty calls in the National Hockey League," Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.

Abrevaya, Jason, 2013, "The projection approach for unbalanced panel data," Econometrics Journal.

Abrevaya, Jason and Daniel Hamermesh, 2013, "'Beauty is the promise of happiness'?," European Economic Review.

Abrevaya, Jason and Laura Puzzello, 2012, "Taxes, cigarette consumption, and smoking intensity: comment," American Economic Review, 102(4): 1751-1763.

Abrevaya, Jason and Daniel Hamermesh, 2012, "Charity and favoritism in the field: are female economists nicer (to each other)?" Review of Economics and Statistics, 94: 202-207.

Abrevaya, Jason and Karen Mulligan, 2011, Effectiveness of state-level vaccination mandates: evidence from the varicella vaccine, Journal of Health Economics, 30: 966-976.

Abrevaya, Jason and Youngki Shin, 2011, "Rank estimation of partially linear index models," Econometrics Journal.

Larrick, Richard, Thomas Timmerman, Andrew Carton, and Jason Abrevaya, 2011, "Temper, temperature, and temptation: heat-related retaliation in baseball," Psychological Science 22(4): 423-428.

Abrevaya, Jason, Jerry Hausman, and Shakeeb Khan, 2010, "Testing for causal effects in a generalized regression model with endogenous regressors," Econometrica 78(6): 2043–2061.

Abrevaya, Jason and Hongfei Tang, 2011, "Body mass index in families: spousal correlation, endogeneity, and intergenerational transmission," Empirical Economics.

Education

• Ph.D. M.I.T. (1992 — 1996)
• A.B. Harvard University (1988 — 1992)

Companies

• Associate Chair, Department of Economics The University of Texas at Austin (2021)
• Professor, Department of Economics The University of Texas at Austin (2007)
• Chair, Department of Economics University of Texas at Austin (2011 — 2021)
• Associate Professor of Economics Purdue University (2002 — 2007)
• Asst/Assoc Professor of Econometrics University of Chicago Booth School of Business (1996 — 2002)

Skills

The most important

• Mathematical Modeling
• Analysis
• Research

Other

LaTeX, Qualitative Research, Higher Education, Academic Administration, Policy Analysis, Quantitative Analytics, University Teaching, Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Stata, Statistics, Economics, Econometrics