James X. Sullivan
Assistant Professor, Economics
Jim Sullivan is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame, and a research affiliate of the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan. His research examines the consumption, saving, and borrowing behavior of poor households in the U.S., and how welfare and tax policy affects the well-being of the poor. His most recent work examines changes in consumption and income poverty in the U.S. over the past three decades. His research has been supported by grants from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was a recipient of the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Dissertation Award in 2003. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Selected Publications:
Changes in the Consumption, Income, and Well-Being of Single Mother Headed Families (2008), with Bruce Meyer, American Economic Review, forthcoming, December.
Borrowing During Unemployment: Unsecured Debt as a Safety Net (2008), Journal of Human Resources, 43(2): 383-412.
The Relationship between Income and Material Hardship (2008), with Lesley Turner and Sheldon Danziger, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27(1): 63-81.
Welfare Reform, Saving, and Vehicle Ownership for the Poor: Do Asset Tests and Vehicle Exemptions Matter? (2006), Journal of Human Resources, 41(1): 72–105.
The Effects of Welfare and Tax Reform: The Material Well-Being of Single Mothers in the 1980s and 1990s (2004), with Bruce Meyer, Journal of Public Economics, 88(7-8): 1387-1420.
Measuring the Well-Being of the Poor Using Income and Consumption (2003), with Bruce Meyer, Journal of Human Resources, 38(S): 1180-1220.
Office: 447 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631-7587
Email: James.X.Sullivan.197@nd.edu
Website: http://www.nd.edu/~jsulliv4/
Office Hours: M 10:00-11:00 a.m.; MT 4:00-5:00 p.m.