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V. Joseph Hotz

Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics
Economics
243 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
243 Social Sciences, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Professor Hotz specializes in the subjects of applied econometrics, labor economics, economic demography, and economics of the family. His studies have investigated the impacts of social programs, such as welfare-to-work training; the relationship between childbearing patterns and labor force participation of U.S. women; the effects of teenage pregnancy; the child care market; the Earned Income Tax Credit; and other such subjects. He began conducting his studies in 1977, and has since published his work extensively in books and leading academic journals. Many of his projects have been funded by grants awarded by the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation. He is currently completing a project with Duncan Thomas on, “Preference and Economic Decision-Making” under a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. His recent works also include, “Tax Policy and Low-Wage Labor Markets: New Work on Employment, Effectiveness and Administration” with John Karl Scholz and Charles Mullin; and “Designing New Models to Explain Family Change and Variation” with S. Philip Morgan. Along with his duties as an independent researcher, Professor Hotz has also held positions as a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the National Poverty Center, the Institute for the Study of Labor, and the Institute for Research on Poverty. He is presently a member of the Committee on National Statistics for the National Academy of Sciences’ Research Council.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics · 2024 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Economics · 2024 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emeritus in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2024 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center · 2010 - Present Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute
Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Child and Family Policy in the Sanford School · 2022 - Present Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy

Education, Training & Certifications


University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1980 Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1977 M.S.
University of Notre Dame · 1972 B.A.