University of Evansville

Michael A. Zimmer

Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Professor of Economics
Guthrie May Endowed Chair of Business
226A Hyde Hall
812-488-2864
mz3@evansville.edu

Mike Zimmer is the Guthrie May Endowed Professor of Business at the University of Evansville, where he has served on the faculty since 1976. He teaches Principles of Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Regression Analysis, and Econometrics. Dr. Zimmer received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Tennessee in 1977. He also holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee and a BA in mathematics and economics from the University of North Carolina - Asheville. His current research interests include applied labor economics.

Journal Articles Since 2002

Returns to Human Capital and Hourly Earnings of Men with Disabilities: Evidence across the Distribution of Wages, 1988 - 2005". Journal of Economics forthcoming.

“Migration and Self Selection: Measured Earnings and Latent Characteristics”. forthcoming in Journal of Regional Science  2008 (with O. Westerlund and R. Nakosteen).

"Employer Discrimination and the Earnings Premium of Married Men: Evidence from Quantile Regression" Journal of Economics, Vol.32 No. 1, 2006

"Health-Related Disabilities and Matching of Spouses: Analysis of Swedish Population Data." Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 18, 2005. (with O. Westerlund and R. Nakosteen).

"How Did Divorced Women Fare in the 1990's? Analysis of Work and Earnings." Social Science Journal, Vol. 41, 2004.

"Marital Matching and Earnings: Evidence from The Unmarried Population in Sweden." Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 39 No. 4, 2004. (with O. Westerlund and R. Nakosteen).

"Professional Regulation and Labor Market Outcomes for Accountants: Evidence from the Current Population Survey, 1984-2000." Research in Accounting Regulation Vol. 16, 2003 (with J. Schaefer).

"Labor Force Participation and Information Sharing by Married Couples: An Interracial Comparison." Journal of Economics, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2003. (with R. Nakosteen).

"Explaining Marital Dissolution: The Role of Spouses' Traits." Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 4 September 2001.

"Migration and Income: The Question of Self Selection" in The Economics of Migration, a volume in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, edited by Mark Blaug. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom. (with R. Nakosteen). Paper originally published in Southern Economic Journal Vol. 46. No. 3, January 1980.