Daniel Silverman
Funded Research:
A Life-Cycle Analysis of Health, Family Structure, Wealth and Retirement (NIA)
Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Michigan.
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professor Silverman's research bridges public and labor economics. Currently his research focuses on theories and evidence of non-market determinants of market outcomes. He has studied how government welfare polices, social arrangements, and psychological biases influence labor supply and wages.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Khwaja, Ahmed, Daniel Silverman, Frank Sloan, and Yang Wang. 2009. "Are mature smokers misinformed?" Journal of Health Economics, 28(2): 385-397. DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.12.004. Licensed Access.
Postlewaite, A., Samuelson, L., and Daniel Silverman. 2008. "Consumption commitments and employment contracts." Review of Economic Studies, 75(2): 559-578. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-937X.2008.00472.x. Licensed Access.
Fang, H.M., M.P. Keane, and Daniel Silverman. 2008. "Sources of advantageous selection: Evidence from the Medigap insurance market." Journal of Political Economy, 116(2): 303-350. DOI:10.1086/587623. Licensed Access.
Khwaja, Ahmed, Daniel Silverman, and Frank Sloan. 2007. "Time preference, time discounting, and smoking decisions." Journal of Health Economics, 26(5): 927-949. DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.02.004. Licensed Access.
Khwaja, Ahmed, Daniel Silverman, Frank Sloan, and Yang Wang. 2007. "Smoking, wealth accumulation and the propensity to plan." Economics Letters, 94(1): 96-103. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2006.08.007. Licensed Access.
Fang, H.M., M. Keane, A. Khwaja, M. Salm, and Daniel Silverman. 2007. "Testing the mechanisms of structural models: The case of the Mickey Mantle effect." American Economic Review, 97:53-59. DOI:10.1257/aer.97.2.53. Licensed Access.
Persico, N., A. Postlewaite, and Daniel Silverman. 2004. "The effect of adolescent experience on Labor market outcomes: The case of height." Journal of Political Economy, 112(5): 1019-1053.
Fang, H.M., and Daniel Silverman. 2004. "On the compassion of time-limited welfare programs." Journal of Public Economics, 88(7-8): 1445-1470.
Silverman, Daniel. 2004. "Street Crime and Street Culture." International Economic Review, 45(3): 761-786.
Chapters
Fang, Hanming, and Daniel Silverman. 2006. "Distinguishing between cognitive biases." In Behavioral public finance edited by Edward J. McCaffery and Joel Slemrod. New York : Russell Sage.
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