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1 Updated December 2017 Melinda Sandler Morrill North Carolina State University Department of Economics Campus Box 8110 Raleigh, NC ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2015 present Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, North Carolina State University University Faculty Scholar, appointed Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, North Carolina State University Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, North Carolina State University EDUCATION Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, August Dissertation: Women s Labor Supply and the Family, Chair: Judith K. Hellerstein. Fields of Specialization: Labor Economics, Health Economics, Economic Demography. Certificate in Population Studies, University of Maryland at College Park, May 2008 M.A. Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, December 2005 B.S. Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, May 2000 Phi Beta Kappa, Graduated with University Honors PUBLICATIONS Special Education Financing and ADHD Medications: A Bitter Pill to Swallow. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Accepted 12/2017. The Effect of College Education on Mortality, with Kasey Buckles, Andres Hagemann, Ofer Malamud, and Abigail Wozniak. Journal of Health Economics, December 2016, 50: Earlier version: NBER Working Paper # Golden Years or Financial Fears? How Plans Change after Retirement Seminars with Steven Allen, Robert Clark, and Jennifer Maki. Journal of Retirement, Winter 2016, 3(3): Earlier version: NBER Working Paper # Supplemental Plan Offerings and Retirement Saving Choices: An Analysis of North Carolina School Districts, with Robert Clark, Emma Hanson, and Aditi Pathak, Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, July (3): Earlier version: NBER Working Paper # What Effects Do Macroeconomic Conditions Have on Families Time Together? with Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia. Review of Economics of the Household, Volume 13, Issue 4 (2015), Page The Effects of Retiree Health Insurance Plan Characteristics on Retirees Choice and Employers Costs, with Robert Clark and David Vanderweide. Journal of Health Economics, December 2014, 38: Earlier version: NBER Working Paper # Active and Retired Public Employees Health Insurance: Potential Data Sources. Journal of Health Economics, December 2014, 38: Defined Benefit Pension Plan Distribution Decisions by Public Sector Employees, with Robert Clark and David Vanderweide, Journal of Public Economics, August 2014, 116: Earlier version: NBER Working Paper # Page 1 of 5

2 Can Simple Informational Nudges Increase Employee Participation in a 401(k) Plan? with Robert Clark and Jennifer Maki, Southern Economic Journal, January 2014, 80(3): Earlier version: NBER Working Paper # Intergenerational Links in Female Labor Force Participation, with Thayer Morrill, Labour Economics, January 2013, 20: Business Cycles and Divorce: Evidence from Microdata, with Judith K. Hellerstein and Ben Zou, (Previous versions circulated under the title Macroeconomic Conditions and Marital Dissolution ), Economics Letters, Jan 2013, 188: The Role of Financial Literacy in Determining Retirement Plans, (with Robert L. Clark and Steven G. Allen), Economic Inquiry, October 2012, 50: Earlier version: NBER Working Paper # Booms, Busts, and Divorce, (with Judith K. Hellerstein), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, August 2011, Vol. 11: Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 54. The Effects of Maternal Employment on the Health of School-Age Children. Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30: Dads and Daughters: The Changing Impact of Fathers on Women s Occupational Choices, (with Judith K. Hellerstein), Journal of Human Resources, (2011), 46(2), The Funding Status of Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector, (with Robert Clark), Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, April 2011, 10(2): Earlier version: NBER Working Paper # School-Age Children, (with William N. Evans and Steven T. Parente), Journal of Health Economics, (2010), 29(5), BOOKS AND PAPERS IN CONFERENCE VOLUMES Extending Work Life: Can Employers Adapt When Employees Want to Delay Retirement? (with Robert L. Clark), Upjohn Press, Effectiveness of Employer-Provided Financial Information: Hiring to Retiring, (with Robert L. Clark and Steven G. Allen), American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2012, 102(3): 1-6. Pension Plan Distributions: The Importance of Financial Literacy, with Robert Clark and Steve Allen, in Olivia S. Mitchell and Annamaria Lusardi, eds., Financial Literacy: Implications for Retirement Security and the Financial Marketplace. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, Previous version: Pension Research Council Working Paper No Employer-Provided Retirement Planning Programs, (with Robert L. Clark and Steven G. Allen), in Robert Clark and Olivia Mitchell (eds.), Reorienting Retirement Risk Management, Oxford University Press, October Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector (with Robert L. Clark), Edward Elgar Publishing, September 2010, ISBN: , 176 pages. GRANTS Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Longitudinal Analyses of the Retirement Paths of Public Employees, PI s: Robert Clark, Robert Hammond, and Melinda Morrill, December 1, 2016-November 30, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Work Life Transitions by Older Public Employees, PI s: Robert Clark and Melinda Morrill, November 1, 2013-November 30, 2016, $547,161. Page 2 of 5

3 TIAA-CREF Institute, Introduction of State Managed 403(b) Plan in North Carolina: Evaluation and Assessment, PI s: Robert Clark and Melinda Morrill, July 3, 2013-June 30, 2016, $209,695. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Research on How Employers Respond to Individuals Desire to Work Longer, PI s: Robert Clark and Melinda Morrill, January 1, 2014-October 1, 2014, $81,951. Center for State and Local Government Excellence, Supplemental Retirement Saving Plans in the Public Sector, PI s: Robert Clark and Melinda Morrill, January 1, 2013-December 31, 2014, $100,000. Faculty Research and Development Grant, Financial Incentives and ADHD Diagnoses, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, PI: Melinda Morrill, July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014, $5,333. National Institute on Aging, Macroeconomic Conditions and Marital Dissolution, 1R03AG A1. PI: Melinda Morrill, Co-PI: Judith K. Hellerstein, September 2010 August 2012, $126,185. Center for State and Local Government Excellence, Innovators in State and Local Employee and Retiree Health Insurance Benefits, PIs: Robert Clark and Melinda Morrill, May 2010 August 2012, $149,529. Social Security Administration Grant, Renewal Year 2: Evaluating Workplace Education for New Hires, PIs: Robert Clark and Melinda Morrill, October 2010-September 2011, $195,981. Social Security Administration Grant, Evaluating Workplace Education for New Hires, PIs: Robert Clark and Melinda Morrill, October 2009 September 2010, $198,032. Social Security Administration Quick Turn-around Project Grant, Choices and Information Needs for Workers Leaving the North Carolina State Retirement System, PIs: Robert Clark and Melinda Morrill, February 2010-October 2010, $49,997. Dissertation Research Fellowship, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Grant Number R36HS017375, Seed Grant, Maryland Population Research Center, Property Division upon Divorce and Women and Children s Subsequent Behavior and Wellbeing, PIs: Judith Hellerstein and Melinda Morrill, Trainee Fellowship, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, AWARDS University Faculty Scholar, Awarded Fall 2015 Department of Economics, Research Growth & Innovation Award, 2012 and 2015 Poole College of Management, Research Growth & Innovation Award, Spring PAPERS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW Annuity Options in Public Pension Plans: The Curious Case of Social Security Leveling, with Robert L. Clark, Robert G. Hammond, and David Vanderweide Planning for Retirement? The Importance of Time Preferences, with Robert L. Clark, Robert G. Hammond, and Christelle Khalaf. Nudging Retirement Savings: A Field Experiment on Supplemental Plans, with Robert L. Clark, Robert G. Hammond, and Christelle Khalaf. PRESENTATIONS Retirement Timing among Public Sector Workers: Responsiveness to Pension Benefit Plan Design Features. SIEPR 2017 Working Longer Conference (Nov 2017) Page 3 of 5

4 Annuity Options in Public Pension Plans: The Curious Case of Social Security Leveling, Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute (April 2017), Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting (May 2017), National Tax Association (Nov 2017). Off to the Right Start? The Impact of School Start Times on Student Learning, UNC-Greensboro (Feb. 2017), University of Missouri (March 2017). Work after Retirement: Worklife Transitions of Career Public Employees OPM Research Summit (March 2016), MRRC Annual Conference (April 2016). Special Education Financing and ADHD Medications: A Bitter Pill to Swallow Triangle Health Economics Workshop (March 2015), Cornell (Sept. 2015), Tufts (Oct. 2015), UNC-Charlotte (February 2016), Virginia Tech (Sept. 2016). Supplemental Plan Offerings and Retirement Saving Choices: An Analysis of North Carolina School Districts NBER Retirement & Health Benefits in the Public Sector (April 2015) Older Public Sector Workers Retirement Planning, Participation, and Preparedness SIEPR Conference on Working Longer and Retirement (October 2014) The Effects of Retiree Health Insurance Plan Characteristics on Retirees Choice and Employers Costs (NBER Conference on State and Local Health Plans for Active and Retired Public Employees, August 2013). Defined Benefit Pension Plan Distribution Decisions by Public Sector Employees, William and Mary (April 2013) Can Simple Informational Nudges Increase Employee Participation in a 401(k) Plan? APPAM (Nov 2012) Macroeconomic Conditions and Marital Dissolution, University of Surrey (May 2012), PAA Annual Meetings (Apr 2011). Booms, Busts, and Divorce, AEA Annual Meeting (Jan 2010), Elon University (Oct 2010), University of Chicago, Population Research Center (Oct 2010). Evaluating Workplace Education for New Hires, Financial Literacy Research Consortium Annual Conference (Nov 2010), SEA Annual Meeting (Nov 2010). The Role of Information in Determining Retirement Plans, WEAI Annual Meeting (Jul 2010). Intergenerational Influences on Women s Labor Force Participation, WEAI Annual Meeting (Jul 2010). School-Age Children, TCRDC Conference (Sep 2009), Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting (Nov 2009), UNC Greensboro (Mar 2010), UNC Chapel Hill (Mar 2010), Population Association of America Annual Meeting (Apr 2010), AcademyHealth 2010 Health Economics Interest Group (Jun 2010). A New Paradigm: a Joint Test of Structural and Correlation Parameters in Instrumental Variables Regression When Perfect Exogeneity is Violated, Wake Forest University (Nov 2009). Dads and Daughters: The Changing Impact of Fathers on Women s Occupational Choices, Population Association of America Annual Meeting (2006), University of Arizona (Apr 2009). The Effects of Maternal Employment on the Health of School-Age Children, Population Association of America Annual Meeting (2008), Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (2008), Research Data Center Annual Conference (2008). Page 4 of 5

5 EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Associate Editor, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance TEACHING ECG730 Topics in Labor Economics, Ph.D., NCSU, Spring , Fall 2014, 2016, 2017 ECG562 Topics in Applied Econometrics, Master s Level, NC State University, Fall 2011 & 2012 ECG590/530 Labor Economics, Master s Level, NC State University, Spring 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 ECG431, Labor Economics, Undergraduate, NC State University, Fall 2014, 2016, 2017 Intermediate Microeconomics, University of Maryland, College Park, Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 ADVISING PhD Dissertations Chaired or Co-Chaired: Aditi Pathak (Chair), Expected Graduation Spring Christelle Khalaf (Chair), Graduated Fall 2017, Ohio University (Economic Development Specialist). Amanda Clayton (Co-Chair), Graduated Spring 2016, RTI International. Jennifer Maki (Co-Chair), Graduated 2013, FTI Consulting, Center for Healthcare Economics & Policy. SELECTED POPULAR PRESS MENTIONS School-Age Children August 2010: Canadian Press, LiveScience (on MSNBC), Telegraph UK, USA Today, Today Show, Globe and Mail, WebMD, LA Times Blogs: AJC, Scientific American, Orlando Sentinel, CNN Blog Radio: WUNC Dads and Daughters: The Changing Impact of Fathers on Women's Occupational Choices Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times, Wellness Blog, February 23, Robin Lloyd, LiveScience wire service. Appeared on Yahoo! News, Monday March 16, Appeared on MSNBC.com, Monday March 16, Cynthia Graber, Scientific American, 60-Second Science, March 4, Radio Interview, The State of Things, North Carolina Public Radio, June 18, The Effects of Maternal Employment on the Health of School-Age Children February 2011: Times Magazine Online, News and Observer (syndicated) The Funding Status of Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector December 2010: Newsweek, Washington Post Page 5 of 5