Faculty Profile

Heather Antecol, Ph.D.
Boswell Professor of Economics
Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
E-mail: hantecol@claremontmckenna.edu

Phone: (909) 607-8067
Campus Address: Bauer Center 327
Curriculum Vitae

Office Hours

Tuesday

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Thursday

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Current Course Schedule

175

TTh- 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM  BrC 35

Educational Background

B.A., M.A., Queens University; Ph.D., McMaster University

Teaching Interests

  • Statistics
  • Labor Economics

Research Interests

  • Labor Economics

Selected Professional Activities

Selected Research and Publications

  • PUBLISHED PAPERS:
  • "Racial and Ethnic Harassment in Local Communities," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark), Journal of Urban Economics, Forthcoming.
  • "Racial Harassment, Job Satisfaction and Intentions to Remain in the Military," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark), Journal of Population Economics, Forthcoming.
  • "The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role of Occupational Sorting and Human Capital," (with Anneke Jong and Michael Steinberger), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 61, No. 4 (July 2008), pp. 518-543.
  • "Identity and Racial Harassment," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 66 (3), June 2008, 529-557.
  • "Does Single Parenthood Increase the Probability of Teenage Promiscuity, Drug Use and Crime?" (with Kelly Bedard), Journal of Population Economics, 20 (1), February 2007, 55-71.
  • "Assimilation via Prices or Quantities? Labor Market Institutions and Immigrant Earnings Growth in Australia, Canada, and the United States," (with Peter Kuhn and Stephen Trejo), Journal of Human Resources, 41(4), Fall 2006, 821–840.
  • "The Sexual Harassment of Female Active-Duty Personnel: Effects on Job Satisfaction and Intentions to Remain in the Military," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 61 (1), September 2006, 55-80.
  • "Unhealthy Assimilation: Do Immigrants Converge to American Weights?" (with Kelly Bedard), Demography, 43(2), May 2006, 337-360.
  • "The History of Selective Immigration in Australia, Canada, and the United States," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark and Stephen Trejo), Brussels Economic Review, Special Issue on Skilled Migration, 47(1), Spring 2004, 45-56.
  • "The Racial Wage Gap: The Importance of Labor Force Attachment Differences Across Black, Mexican, and White Men," (with Kelly Bedard), Journal of Human Resources, 39(2), Spring 2004, 564-583.
  • "The Changing Nature of Employment-Related Sexual Harassment: Evidence from the U.S. Federal Government (1978-1994)." (with Deborah Cobb-Clark), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 57(3), April 2004, 443-461.
  • "Does Sexual Harassment Training Change Attitudes? A View from the Federal Level," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark), Social Science Quarterly, 84(4), December 2003, 826-842.
  • "New Evidence on Culture and the Gender Wage Gap: A Comparison Across Ethnic Origin Groups," Research in Labor Economics, 22, 2003, 451-468.
  • "Immigration Policy and the Skills of Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark and Stephen Trejo), Journal of Human Resources, 38(1), Winter 2003, 192-218.
  • "The Relative Earnings of Young Mexican, Black, and White Women," (with Kelly Bedard), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 56(1), October 2002, 122-135.
  • "Why is there Inter-Ethnic Variation in the Gender Wage Gap? The Role of Cultural Factors," Journal of Human Resources, 36(1), Winter 2001, 119-143.
  • "Men, Women, and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark), Gender Issues, 19(1), Winter 2001, 3-18.
  • "Gender as an Impediment to Labor Market Success: Why do Young Women Report Greater Harm?", (with Peter Kuhn), Journal of Labor Economics, 18(4), October 2000, 702-728.
  • "An Examination of Cross-Country Differences in the Gender Gap in Labor Force Participation Rates," Labour Economics, 7(4), July 2000, 409-426.
  • "Employment Equity Programs and the Job Search Outcomes of Unemployed Men and Women: Actual and Perceived Effects," (with Peter Kuhn), Canadian Public Policy, 25(S1), November 1999, S27-S46.
  • WORKING PAPERS/WORK IN PROGRESS:
  • "The Effect of Community-Level Socio-Economic Conditions on Threatening Racial Encounters," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark)
  • "The Determinants of Youth Outcomes," (with Deborah Cobb-Clark).
  • "Female Labor Supply Differences by Sexual Orientation: A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach," (with Michael Steinberger).
  • "Is the Motherhood Wage Penalty a Heterosexual Phenomenon?" (with Michael Steinberger).
  • "Employment Bargaining in Heterosexual and Same-Sex Households," (with Michael Steinberger).
  • "What If: How Big Would the Gay Marriage Tax Be?" (with Anneke Jong and Jennifer Ward-Batts).

Selected Awards

  • Glenn R. Huntoon Teaching Award, Claremont McKenna College, 2008
  • "European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) Labour Economics Prize" for the best paper published in Labour Economics during the period 2000-2001.