CYNTHIA A. BANSAK

Department of Economics
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-4485

Office: (619) 594-4491
Fax: (619) 594-5062
e-mail: cbansak@mail.sdsu.edu

EDUCATION

University of California, San Diego, California
Doctor of Philosophy, Economics - June 1999
Candidate in Philosophy, Economics - August 1998
Master of Arts, Economics (Primary Fields: Labor, Macroeconomics and Econometrics) - June 1997
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Bachelor of Arts, Economics (Honors: Cum Laude) - May 1990

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Research Interests:
Topics in Labor Economics (Immigration Policy, Welfare Reform, Temporary Help, Job Stability, Health Insurance) and Macroeconomics (Capacity Utilization)
Teaching Interests:
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, and Money and Banking
Dissertation:
"Essays on Labor Market Discrimination and Job Stability"
Main Advisor:
Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy

HONORS/GRANTS

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research -- Mini-Grant
Summer 2005
Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Grant
San Diego State University.
2003-2004, Summer 2005
Grant from the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured (ERIU)
at the University of Michigan and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
to "Evaluate the Impact of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on Coverage
Rates, Private Sector Crowd-Out, and the Employment Outcomes of Parents
in Near-Poor Families"
July 2003 - May 2004
College of Arts and Letters -- MicroGrant
San Diego State University.
Spring 2003
Faculty Development Program Grant
San Diego State University.
Spring 2002, 2003
American Compensation Association Emerging Scholars Research Grant
"Changes in Employment Stability: 1986-1993"
1998
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
University of California, San Diego, Department of Economics
1996, 1997, 1999
University of California Regents Fellowship
1994-1995

WORK EXPERIENCE

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2001 - present
Assistant Professor

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC
1999 - 2001
Economist

University of California, San Diego
1995 - 1999
Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
1990 - 1994
Economic Analyst

PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS

Publications
"Money Transfers among Banked and Unbanked Mexican Immigrants" (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes), Southern Economic Journal (forthcoming).
"The Effects of State Policy Design Features on Take Up and Crowd Out Rates for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program"(with Steven Raphael), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (forthcoming).
"Technology, Capital Spending, and Capital Utilization" (with Norman Morin and Martha Starr-McCluer), Economic Inquiry (forthcoming).
"Have Employment Relationships in the United States Become Less Stable?" (with Steven Raphael) International Advances in Economic Research (forthcoming).
"On the Remitting Pattern of Immigrants: Evidence from Mexican Survey Data” (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo), Economic Review, 2005, First Quarter, Volume 90, Number 1, pp. 37-58.
"The Differential Wage Impact of Employer Sanctions on Latino Ethnic Subgroups", mimeo, 2004. Social Science Quarterly, forthcoming 2005.
"The Role of Contingent Work in the War Against Poverty" (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes)), Chicago Policy Review, Spring 2003, Volume 7, No. 1, pp. 77-98.
"Immigration Reform and the Earnings of Latino Workers: Do Employer Sanctions Cause Discrimination?" (with Steven Raphael), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, January 2001, Volume 54, No. 2, pp. 275-295.
Reprint of "Immigration Reform and the Earnings of Latino Workers: Do Employer Sanctions Cause Discrimination?" (with Steven Raphael) Immigration and Nationality Law Review, Volume 22, the University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2003.
"FYI: Comparing Dodge's Construction Potentials Data and the Census Bureau's Building Permit Series" (with Anne Toohey), Economic Review, Vol. 79 No. 2, March-April 1994, pp. 23-37.
"Exploring the 'Gap' in Southeastern Exports" (with John Brittain and Andrew Krikales), Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Regional Update, April-June 1992, pp. 1-4.
"New Orleans Economy Slows After Avoiding the Brunt of Recession", Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Regional Update, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1991, pp. 3-4.

Working Papers
"On the Road to Self-Sufficiency after Welfare Reform: An Assessment of the Impact of Changes in Vehicle Asset Limits on Auto-Ownership Rates" (with Heather Mattson and Lorien Rice), mimeo August 2004
"The State Children's Health Insurance Program and Job Mobility:  Identifying Job Lock among Working Parents in Near-Poor Households" (with Steven Raphael). mimeo May 2005.
"Gender Differences in Students’ Predispositions Towards Economics" (with Martha Starr)
"A Success Index for an Academic Internship Course in Economics" (with Renatte Adler and Katherine Wolf), San Diego State University, Department of Economics, Center for Public Economics, Working Paper Series, 04-01, January 2004.

Work-in-progress
"The Impact of Amnesty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Panel Study Using the Legalized Population Survey" (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes)
"The Impact of Border Enforcement on Migration and Employment:  Evidence from California" (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo)
"Self-interested Behavior among Economics Students: Intellectual Influence or Selection Effects?" (with Martha Starr)

PRESENTATIONS

“The Impact of Amnesty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Panel Study Using the Legalized Population Survey” (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes), Western Economics Association Meeting, July 2006.
“Gender Differences in Students’ Predispositions Towards Economics” (with Martha Starr), American Economic Association Meeting, January 2006.
"The State Children's Health Insurance Program and Job Mobility:  Identifying Job Lock among Working Parents in Near-Poor Households" (with Steven Raphael), Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting 2005,University of California, Irvine, June 2006. .
"On the Road to Self-Sufficiency after Welfare Reform: An Assessment of the Impact of Changes in Vehicle Asset Limits on Auto-Ownership Rates" (with Heather Mattson and Lorien Rice), National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS), 2004 Annual Workshop, Oklahoma City.
“The Effects of State Outreach Efforts on Take Up and Crowd Rates for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program” (with Steven Raphael), Ann Arbor Research Conference: Consumer Preferences and Coverage Choice, July 18 - 20, 2004.
"Access to Banking Services and Remittances for Mexican Migrants" (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes), Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting 2004 and The American Economic Association Meeting 2004.
"The Role of Contingent Work in the War Against Poverty" (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes), Western Economics Association Meeting, June 2002, Industrial Relations Research Association poster session, January 2003
"The Differential Wage Impact of Employer Sanctions on Latino Ethnic Subgroups", Midwest Economics Association Meeting, March 2002
"Technology, Capital Spending, and Capital Utilization" (with Norman Morin and Martha Starr-McCluer), The American Economic Association Meeting, January 2002
"The Differential Wage Impact on Employer Sanctions on Latino Ethnic Subgroups", Emory University, Department of Economics, April 2001
Discussant in "Labor Econometrics" Session, Midwest Economics Association Meeting, March 2001
"Immigration Reform and the Earnings of Latino Workers: Do Employer Sanctions Cause Discrimination?", Federal Reserve Board (January 1999), Bureau of Labor Statistics (January 1999), General Accounting Office (January 1999), Census Bureau (January 1999), and UCSD Applied Economics Workshop (November 1998)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Economic Association (Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession)
Western Economics Association
CSWEP mentoring program
Society of Labor Economists

REFEREE

Economics of Education Review
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
International Migration
International Regional Science Review
Review of Economics of the Household
Social Science Quarterly
Southern Economic Journal
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Last updated: 7/25/06