Susan L. Averett

Research Fellow

Lafayette College

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Susan L. Averett, Ph.D., is the Charles A. Dana professor of Economics at Lafayette College. She is the author of dozens of academic articles and book chapters. Her research covers a wide array of topics in both labor, health, and demographic economics. She is the co-editor (along with Saul Hoffman and Laura Argys) of the "Handbook on Women and the Economy" published in 2018 by Oxford University Press. She is the co-author with Saul Hoffman of the textbook “Women in the Economy: Family, Work and Pay” (now in its fourth edition) and in 2022 she and Laura Argys authored "Women in the Workforce: What Everyone Needs to Know" which was published by Oxford University Press. She is currently a co-editor at Economics and Human Biology. She was co-editor with Edward Gamber of the Eastern Economic Journal from 2010-2015. She is a past board member of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2012.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17277
Equal Pay for Better Health: The Health Cost of the Gender Wage Gap
Susan L. Averett, Adam Biener, Olena Ogrokhina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16698
The Gendered Impact of In-State Tuition Policies on Undocumented Immigrants' College Enrollment, Graduation, and Employment
Susan L. Averett, Cynthia Bansak, Grace Condon, Eva Dziadula
published in: Journal on Migration and Human Security, 2024, 13 (1), 64-86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16329
Exposure to the One-Child Policy and Fertility among Chinese Immigrants to the US
Siyuan Lin, Laura M. Argys, Susan L. Averett
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16263
Assessing the Fertility Effects of Childcare Cost Subsidies: Evidence from the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
Susan L. Averett, Yang Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12606
Minimum Wages and the Health and Access to Care of Immigrants' Children
Susan L. Averett, Julie K. Smith, Yang Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12605
Residential Noise Exposure and Health: Evidence from Aviation Noise and Birth Outcomes
Laura M. Argys, Susan L. Averett, Muzhe Yang
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2020, 103, 102343
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11756
Behind Every High Earning Man Is a Conscientious Woman: A Study of the Impact of Spousal Personality on Wages
Susan L. Averett, Cynthia Bansak, Julie K. Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11703
Light Pollution, Sleep Deprivation, and Infant Health at Birth
Laura M. Argys, Susan L. Averett, Muzhe Yang
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2021, 87 (3), 849-888
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10917
Taking the CON out of Pennsylvania: Did Hip and Knee Replacement Patients Benefit?
Susan L. Averett, Sabrina Terrizzi, Yang Wang
published as 'Taking the CON out of Pennsylvania: Did hip/knee replacement patients benefit? A retrospective analysis' in: Health Policy and Technology, 2019, 8 (4), 349 - 355
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10916
Minimum Wages and the Health of Hispanic Women
Susan L. Averett, Julie K. Smith, Yang Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10185
The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Health of Working Teenagers
Susan L. Averett, Julie K. Smith, Yang Wang
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24 (16), 1127 - 1130
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9608
The Relationship between Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Preschool Obesity
Susan L. Averett, Erin K. Fletcher
published in: Applied Demography and Public Health in the 21st Century (pp. 201-219). 2017. Springer International Publishing.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9196
The Effect of Family Size on Education: New Evidence from China's One Child Policy
Laura M. Argys, Susan L. Averett
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2019, 85 (1), 21 - 42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9173
The Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Children's Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Non-Cognitive Skills
Susan L. Averett, Yang Wang
published as 'Effects of Higher EITC Payments on Children's Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Noncognitive Skills ' in: Public Finance Review, 2018, 46 (4), 519-557
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9052
Prepregnancy Obesity and Birth Outcomes
Susan L. Averett, Erin K. Fletcher
published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2016, 20(3), 655-664.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8153
Welfare Reform and Immigrant Fertility
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan L. Averett, Cynthia Bansak
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29(3), 757-779.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7996
Identifying the Causal Effect of Alcohol Abuse on the Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence by Men Using a Natural Experiment
Susan L. Averett, Yang Wang
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 82 (3), 697 - 724
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7512
The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index
Susan L. Averett, Sabrina Terrizzi, Yang Wang
published in: Health economics, 2017, 26(7), 875-891.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6898
Indebted and Overweight: The Link Between Weight and Household Debt
Susan L. Averett, Julie K. Smith
published as 'Financial hardship and obesity' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2014, 15, 201-212
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6680
The Effects of EITC Payment Expansion on Maternal Smoking
Susan L. Averett, Yang Wang
published in: Health Economics, 2013, 22 (11), 1344-1359
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6586
Is it Necessary to Walk the Talk? The Effects of Maternal Experiences and Communication on the Sexual Behavior of Female Adolescents
Susan L. Averett, Sarah M. Estelle
published as 'Will Daughters Walk Mom's Talk? The Effects of Maternal Communication about Sex on the Sexual Behavior of Female Adolescents' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12(4), 613-639
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6454
Immigration, Obesity and Labor Market Outcomes in the UK
Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, Jennifer L. Kohn
published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2012, 1:2
IZA World of Labor Article
Obesity and labor market outcomes
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