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Berna Demiralp
Department of Economics Phone: (757) 683-3500
Old Dominion University Fax: (757) 683-5639
Constant Hall 2039 E-mail: bdemiral@odu.edu
Norfolk, VA 23529-0221
Current Position
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, August 2005-present.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, May 2006.
M.A. Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, May 2002.
B.A. Economics with a concentration in applied mathematics, Magna Cum Laude, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, May 1997.
Research Interests
Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics.
Research Papers
"Occupational Self-Selection in a Labor Market with Moral Hazard"
"A Model of Occupational Choice with Moral Hazard and Human Capital Accumulation"
"Selection into Entrepreneurship: Is Wealth Really Important?" (with Johanna Francis)
Work in Progress
"The Effect of Labor Market Experience on the Decision to Become Self-Employed"
"Trends in State-to-State Migration in the US" (with Jonathan Schwabish)
"Job Creation and Destruction in the Chinese Manufacturing" (with Shaomin Li)
Publications
"Do Higher Minimum Wages Harm Minority and Inner-City Teens?" (with Mark Turner), The Review of Black Political Economy, Spring 2001.
"Cost and Effectiveness Analysis of the NC Cooperative Intervention for Out-of-Treatment Substance Abusers," (with G. Zarkin, R. Lindrooth, and W. Weschsberg), Health Services Research, June 2001.
"The Effect of an Enhanced Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Intervention on EAP Utilization," (with G. Zarkin, J. Bray, and G. Karuntzos), Journal of Studies on Alcohol, May 2001.
Conference and Seminar Presentations
2006: NYU, SUNY Stony Brook.
2005: European Society for Population Economics Annual Conference (Paris), Koc University, Marquette University, Notre Dame University, Old Dominion University, State University of New York Stony Brook.
2004: Johns Hopkins University Applied Microeconomics Seminar.
Other Professional Experience
2001-2005 Research Assistant to Professor Robert Moffitt, Department of Economics,
Johns Hopkins University.
June 2001-August 2002 Research Assistant to Professor David Salkever, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University.
June 2000-August 2000 Research Assistant to Mark Turner, Institute for Policy Studies,
Johns Hopkins University.
July 1997-August 1999 Associate Economist, Center for Economic Research, Health and Human Resource
Economics, Research Triangle Institute.
Teaching Experience
Old Dominion University: Intermediate Micro Theory, Advanced Micro Theory (graduate), Labor Economics, Managerial Economics.
Johns Hopkins University:
Instructor
Elements of Microeconomics.
Teaching Assistant
Statistics (graduate), Economic Development, Elements of Microeconomics.
University and Departmental Service
Member, Department of Economics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Fall 2005-present.
Member, College's Awards Committee, Fall 2006-present.
Awards and Fellowships
Old Dominion University Summer Research Fellowship Award, 2007.
J. Brien Key Fellowship for Graduate Student Research Expenses, April 2005.
Graduate Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Economics, 1999-2005.
Wall Street Journal Award, Davidson College, 1997.
Davidson College Alumni Scholarship, 1993-1997.
Phi Beta Kappa, inducted in 1997.
Professional Associations
Member of American Economic Association, Society of Labor Economists, and Econometric Society.
Updated: January 2007
