John Cawley |
| Associate Professor |
| 124 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall |
| PAM, Sloan |
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| Phone: (607) 255-0952 |
| Fax: (607) 255-4071 |
| Email: jhc38@cornell.edu |
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Biographical Statement:
John Cawley is an associate professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. His primary field of research is health economics; in particular, the economics of obesity.
In addition to his affiliation with Cornell, John is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Programs on Health Economics and Health Care. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee "Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth." He has served on advisory boards and expert panels relating to obesity for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. John received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1999 and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 1993.
John was awarded the John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration in 2005. He is a coauthor of the paper that won the Center for Disease Control's Charles C. Shepard Science Award in Prevention and Control in 2009. In 2006, John was awarded the Kappa Omicron Nu / Human Ecology Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Advising of students at Cornell. He was also a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan from 1999-2001. |
Courses Taught:
PAM 2000: Intermediate Microeconomics
PAM 6410/ECON 6410: Health Economics I |
Education:
Ph.D. 1999 - University of Chicago, Economics
M.A. 1998 - University of Chicago, Economics
A.B. 1993 - Harvard University, Economics |
Current Research Activities:
Click here to download a PowerPoint summary of John's research on the economics of obesity.
John's primary field of research is health economics; in particular, his research focuses on the economics of obesity. He studies the effect of body weight on labor market outcomes such as wage rates, unemployment, employment disability, and the transition from welfare to work. He also studies the role of body weight in adolescent behavior, such as smoking and sexual activity. His other research concerns treatments for obesity, such as anti-obesity drugs and bariatric surgery, and the effectiveness of methods of preventing obesity such as physical education in schools. Other research concerns the impact of food advertising on the consumption of specific branded food items by children and youth, evaluations of school-based interventions to prevent youth obesity, and the impact of financial rewards for weight loss.
John's research has been published in general-interest economics journals (American Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics) as well as journals in health economics (Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics), labor economics (Journal of Human Resources, Labour Economics, Industrial Relations), public policy (Journal of Policy Analysis and Management) and health policy (Health Affairs, Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law). He serves as co-editor of the journal Economics and Human Biology.
His research has been supported by grants from the following sources: the National Institutes of Health; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured; the IBM Center for the Business of Government; the Merck Foundation Center on Consumers, Pharmaceutical Policy, and Health; the University of Michigan Retirement Research Consortium; the U. S. Department of Agriculture; the Institute for the Social Sciences and the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center at Cornell University; and J. P. Morgan Private Bank Global Philanthropic Services.
Johns research has been featured in stories in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Business Week, Forbes, Scientific American, Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as on radio and television. |
Administrative Responsibilities:
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Policy Analysis and Management |
Selected Publications:
Cawley, John, John Moran, and Kosali Simon. "The Impact of Income on the Weight of Elderly Americans." Forthcoming, Health Economics.
Cawley, John. "The Economics of Childhood Obesity." Forthcoming, Health Affairs.
Burkhauser, Richard V., John Cawley, and Maximilian D. Schmeiser. "The Timing of the Rise in U.S. Obesity Varies With Measure of Fatness." Economics and Human Biology, 2009, 7(3): 307-318.
Burkhauser, Richard V., and John Cawley. "Beyond BMI: The Value of More Accurate Measures of Fatness and Obesity in Social Science Research." Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27(2): 519-529. [abstract]
Morrisey, Michael A., and John Cawley. "U.S. Health Economists: Who We Are and What We Do."Health Economics, 2008, 17(4): 535-543. [abstract]
Cawley, John and C. Katharina Spiess. "Obesity and Skill Attainment in Early Childhood." Economics and Human Biology, 2008, 6(3): 388-397. [abstract]
Cawley, John, and John A. Rizzo. "Spillover Effects of Prescription Drug Withdrawals." Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 2008, 19: 119-144.
Cawley, John. "Contingent Valuation Analysis of Willingness to Pay to Reduce Childhood Obesity." Economics and Human Biology, 2008, 6(2): 281-292. [abstract]
Cawley, John, Chad Meyerhoefer, and David Newhouse. "The Impact of State Physical Education Requirements on Youth Physical Activity and Overweight." Health Economics, 2007, 16(12): 1287-1301. [abstract]
Cawley, John, John A. Rizzo, and Kara Haas. "Occupation-Specific Absenteeism Costs Associated with Obesity and Morbid Obesity." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2007, 49(12): 1317-1324. [abstract]
Cawley, John, and Michael A. Morrisey. "The Earnings of U.S. Health Economists." Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26(2): 358-372. [abstract]
Cawley, John, and John A. Rizzo. "One Pill Makes You Smaller: The Demand for Anti-Obesity Drugs." Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 2007, 17: 149-183.
Cawley, John, Mathis Schroeder, and Kosali I. Simon. "How Did Welfare Reform Affect the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children?" Health Services Research, 2006, 41(2): 486-506. [abstract]
Cawley, John, David Grabowski, and Richard Hirth. "Factor Substitution in Nursing Homes." Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25(2): 234-247.
Cawley, John, Michael Chernew, and Catherine McLaughlin. "HMO Participation in Medicare Managed Care." Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2005, 14(3): 543-574.
Cawley, John, and Sheldon Danziger. "Morbid Obesity and the Transition From Welfare to Work." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, 24(4): 727-743. [abstract]
Cawley, John, and Kosali I. Simon. "Health Insurance Coverage and the Macroeconomy." Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24(2): 299-315. [abstract]
Cawley, John. "An Economic Framework for Understanding Physical Activity and Eating Behaviors." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2004, 27(3S): 117-125. [abstract]
Cawley, John. "The Impact of Obesity on Wages." Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39(2): 451-474. [abstract]
Cawley, John, Sara Markowitz, and John Tauras. "Lighting Up and Slimming Down: The Effects of Body Weight and Cigarette Prices on Adolescent Smoking Initiation." Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23(2): 293-311. [abstract] |
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The information on this bio page is taken from the CHE Annual Report. |
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