Caitlin Myers

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Caitlin Myers
EducationTulane University
University of Texas at Austin
Children4
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsMiddlebury College
WebsiteOfficial website

Caitlin Knowles Myers is a professor of economics at Middlebury College and a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),[1] known for her recent research on the impact of contraception and abortion policies in the United States.[2] In 2021, when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, she led an effort to compile the best economic research on the impact of abortion access on women's lives into an amicus brief, which was signed by more than 150 economists.[3]

Life[edit]

Myers grew up in rural West Virginia and Georgia and trained as a labor economist,[3] receiving her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005.[1] Myers was widowed in 2011, when her husband, firefighter Adam Myers, was killed in a car accident.[4][5][6]

Research[edit]

Myers' research examines issues related to gender, race, fertility and the economy. In recent work, she has studied the impact of contraception and abortion policy changes. She has studied the changing influence of education on women's age at motherhood[7][8] and the impact of abortion access on birth rates.[9]

In work with Daniel Hamermesh and Mark Pocock, Myers studied the effects of time zones on sleep patterns, finding that workers' sleep patterns responded to changes in television schedules and time zone locations.[10][11]

Selected works[edit]

  • Carpenter, Jeffrey; Myers, Caitlin Knowles (2010). "Why volunteer? Evidence on the role of altruism, image, and incentives" (PDF). Journal of Public Economics. 94 (11–12). Elsevier BV: 911–920. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.07.007. ISSN 0047-2727.
  • Carpenter, Jeffrey; Connolly, Cristina; Myers, Caitlin Knowles (February 15, 2008). "Altruistic behavior in a representative dictator experiment". Experimental Economics. 11 (3). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 282–298. doi:10.1007/s10683-007-9193-x. ISSN 1386-4157. S2CID 18029422.
  • Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Myers, Caitlin Knowles; Pocock, Mark L. (2008). "Cues for Timing and Coordination: Latitude, Letterman, and Longitude". Journal of Labor Economics. 26 (2). University of Chicago Press: 223–246. doi:10.1086/525027. ISSN 0734-306X. S2CID 153868560.
  • Myers, Caitlin Knowles (2017). "The Power of Abortion Policy: Reexamining the Effects of Young Women's Access to Reproductive Control". Journal of Political Economy. 125 (6). University of Chicago Press: 2178–2224. doi:10.1086/694293. ISSN 0022-3808. S2CID 34086984.
  • Byker, Tanya; Myers, Caitlin; Graff, Maura (2019). "Can a social media campaign increase the use of long-acting reversible contraception? Evidence from a cluster randomized control trial using Facebook". Contraception. 100 (2). Elsevier BV: 116–122. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2019.04.001. ISSN 0010-7824. PMID 30998929. S2CID 122547657.
  • Lindo, Jason; Myers, Caitlin; Schlosser, Andrea; Cunningham, Scott (May 6, 2019). "How Far Is Too Far?". Journal of Human Resources. 55 (4). University of Wisconsin Press: 1217–9254R3. doi:10.3368/jhr.55.4.1217-9254r3. ISSN 0022-166X. S2CID 197770177.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Caitlin Knowles Myers | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics". www.iza.org. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Bui, Quoctrung; Miller, Claire Cain (August 4, 2018). "The Age That Women Have Babies: How a Gap Divides America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Brouwer, Derek. "SCOTUS Doesn't Know How Abortion Rights Affect Women, Alito Wrote. A Midd Prof Says Otherwise". Seven Days. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Davis, Erin (March 21, 2017). "Episode 5: All of Our Strength". middcast.middcreate.net. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "Guest Post – Meet the Parent V". MiniBury. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Burnside, Vanessa Sorrell. "Vermont man killed in head-on collision here". The Randolph Leader. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "This Is the Biggest Factor in Determining the Age Women Have Kids". Fortune. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "The American Family - Older And Smaller". Innovation Hub | WGBH.org Blogs. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  9. ^ Bui, Quoctrung; Miller, Claire Cain; Sanger-Katz, Margot (July 18, 2019). "Where Roe v. Wade Has the Biggest Effect". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  10. ^ Plumer, Brad (March 17, 2012). "Should we get rid of time zones?". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  11. ^ Hamermesh, Myers & Pocock 2008, pp. 223–246.


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