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Chris Herbst Assistant Professor School of Public Affairs Arizona State University
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Arizona State University School of Public Affairs Mail Code 3720 411 N. Central Ave., Ste. 450 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 602.496.0458 (P) 602.496.0950 (F)
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EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, Public Policy, 2007 M.P.P. The Johns Hopkins University, Public Policy, 2002 M.S. Columbia University, Social Work/Policy, 2000 B.A. Fairfield University, Psychology, 1998
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION Social policy (welfare, child care, and tax policy), public economics, applied econometrics
DISSERTATION TITLE Effects of Social Policy Reforms and Economic Conditions on Welfare Participation and Employment Among Single Mothers
Committee: William Galston, Jonah Gelbach, Randi Hjalmaarsson, Sandra Hofferth, Mark Lopez, and Peter Reuter
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Faculty Affiliate, Center for Population Dynamics, Arizona State University, 2009-
Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, 2008-
Research Fellow, Jacob France Institute, University of Baltimore, 2006-
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Ph.D. Dissertation Award, 2006-2007
Fulbright Fellow: Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies, Aalborg University, August 2007-June 2008
Saul I. Stern Fellowship: University of Maryland School of Public Policy and Professor William Galston, September 2005-December 2005
Third Place Award: Paper presented at the University of Maryland Graduate Research Interaction Day, April 2004
First Place Award: Paper presented at the Frostburg State University Graduate Student Research Competition, November 2003
GRANTS & FUNDED RESEARCH “Child Care Subsidies and Child Development” supported by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Mini-Grant Program, $5,000, 2009
“Are Child Care Subsidies Cost-Effective?” supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Child Care Bureau’s Child Care Research Scholars Dissertation Grant, $50,000, 2005-2007
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Child Care Subsidies and Childhood Obesity. (Forthcoming). Review of Economics of the Household. (with Erdal Tekin).
Child Care Subsidies and Child Development. (Forthcoming). Economics of Education Review. (with Erdal Tekin).
The Labor Supply Effects of Child Care Costs and Wages in the Presence of Subsidies and the Earned Income Tax Credit. (Forthcoming). Review of Economics of the Household.
The Impact of Local Labor Market Conditions on Work and Welfare Decisions: Revisiting an Old Question Using New Data. (Forthcoming). Population Research and Policy Review. (with David Stevens).
Do Social Policy Reforms Have Different Impacts on Employment and Welfare Use As Economic Conditions Change? (2008). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27(4), 867-894.
Who are the Eligible Non-Recipients of Child Care Subsidies? (2008). Children and Youth Services Review, 30(9), 1037-1054.
Public Policy and Residential Segregation: A Critique of Iris Young’s Strategy of Differentiated Solidarity. (2008). Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, 28(1/2), 13-18.
Close to Home: A Simultaneous Equations Model of the Relationship Between Child Care Accessibility and Women’s Labor Force Participation. (2008). Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 29, 128-151 (with Burt S. Barnow).
WORKING PAPERS The Earned Income Tax Credit and Abortion. March, 2009.
The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Marriage and Divorce: Evidence from Flow Data. August, 2008.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Child Care Attendance, Eating Habits, and Childhood Obesity (with Erdal Tekin)
Child Care Subsidies and Child Development (with Erdal Tekin)
The Rise of State Earned Income Tax Credits: What’s Politics Got To Do With It?
Did Welfare Reform Increase Happiness, Political Trust, and Efficacy?
Multi-cohort Analysis of Welfare and Employment Dynamics in Maryland (with David Stevens)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS The Youth Vote 2004: With a Historical Look at Youth Voting Patterns 1972-2004. (2005). Working Paper No. 35. Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland School of Public Policy (with Mark Lopez, Emily Kirby, and Jared Sagoff).
Youth Voting in the 2004 Battleground States. (2004). Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) Fact Sheet. University of Maryland School of Public Policy (with Emily Kirby).
Caseload Closings at the Local Level: The Fifth Year of the Family Investment Program. (2002). Family Welfare Research and Training Group, University of Maryland School of Social Work (with Catherine Born).
Neighborhoods Moving Up: What Baltimore Can Learn From Its Own Improving Neighborhoods. (2001). The Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies Occasional Paper No. 26 (Editor with Bauer, K., Carroll, M., Panciera, K., and Sahmel, D.).
POPULAR PRESS Medicare’s Poison Pill. Opinion-Editorial piece. The Baltimore Sun. February 22, 2004 (with Pramit Mitra).
Stronger Marriages Should Be U.S. Policy. Opinion-Editorial piece. The Baltimore Sun. September 23, 2002.
PRESENTATIONS The Impact of Child Care Subsidies on Child Well-Being: Evidence from Geographic Variation in the Distance to Social Service Agencies. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, November 5-7, 2009 (with Erdal Tekin).
TANF Entry Flow from Employment and Exit Flow to Employment in the Current Recession: What Performance Targets Should We Set? Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, November 5-7, 2009 (with Jane Staveley).
Child Care Subsidies, Child Care Arrangements, and Childhood Obesity. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of The European Society for Population Economics, Seville, Spain, June 11-13, 2009 (presented by Erdal Tekin).
Child Care Subsidies, Child Care Arrangements, and Childhood Obesity. Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Detroit, MI, April 30-May 2, 2009 (with Erdal Tekin).
Child Care Subsidies and Child Development. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, November 6-8, 2008 (with Erdal Tekin).
When Policy Tracks Cross: The Collision of Social Welfare and Immigration Policy in the U.S. and Denmark. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Welfare State Change. Store Restrup Herregaard, Denmark, January 30-February 1, 2008.
Do Social Policy Reforms Have Different Impacts on Employment and Welfare Use as Economic Conditions Change? Poster presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, November 8-10, 2007.
Who are the Eligible Non-Recipients of Child Care Subsidies? Poster presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium, July 30-August 2, 2007.
Did Welfare Reform Change Work Participation Dynamics? Evidence from Maryland. Paper presented at the 10th Annual ACF/OPRE Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, June 4-6, 2007 (with David Stevens).
Why is Take-up for Child Care Subsidies So Low? Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, November 2-4, 2006.
Published Five Year Caseload Composition Findings Revisited from 10- and 20-Year Perspectives Through 2005 (with David Stevens). Paper presented at the 46th Annual Workshop of the National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics, August 20-23, 2006.
Why is Take-up for Child Care Subsidies So Low? Paper presented at the 46th Annual Workshop of the National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics, August 20-23, 2006.
Close to Home: A Simultaneous Equation Model of the Relationship Between Child Care Accessibility and Women’s Labor Force Participation. Paper presented at Head Start’s National Research Conference, June 26-28, 2006.
Threading Multiple Needles: Using Published Data to Determine Household Eligibility and Take-up for Child Care Subsidies. Poster presentation at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium, April 24-26, 2006.
Close to Home: A Simultaneous Equation Model of the Relationship Between Child Care Accessibility and Women’s Employment. Poster Presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, November 7-9, 2002.
Close to Home: A Structural Model of the Relationship Between Child Care Accessibility and Women’s Employment. Paper presented at the One-day Interdisciplinary Workshop sponsored by the Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, The Johns Hopkins University, April 2002.
INVITED PROFESSIONAL LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS Child Care Subsidies and Child Development. Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium, Washington, DC, October 28-30, 2009 (with Erdal Tekin).
Employment and Training Dynamics for Low-Wage Individuals (session title). Invited Discussant to the 2009 ACF/OPRE Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, Washington, DC, May 27-29, 2009.
Child Care Subsidies and Child Development. Paper presented at the School of Public Affairs Fall Research Colloquium, Arizona State University. October 24, 2008 (with Erdal Tekin).
Three Reasons Why We Should be More Like the Danes: A U.S. Social Policy Wish List. Barrett Honors College Speaker Series and School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University. August 29, 2008.
The Past and Future of the U.S. Welfare State. School of Social Work, Aarhus University, Denmark. June 24, 2008.
The U.S. Presidential Election and the Future of Social Policy: A New War on Poverty or a Poverty of Ideas. Department of Economics, Politics, and Public Administration, Aalborg University, Denmark. May 28, 2008.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Arizona State University School of Public Affairs U.S. Welfare Policy (PAF 591): Spring 2009, 2010 Public Affairs Economics (PAF 504): Fall 2008, 2009; Spring 2009, 2010 Advanced Regression (PAF 573): Fall 2008, 2009
University of Maryland School of Public Policy Advanced Statistics: Summer 2006/2007
REFEREE Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Human Resources
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