Timothy Harris
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director

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STV Stevenson Hall 426k
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Biography
Professor Harris is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Illinois State University. He is an applied microeconomist with research interests in labor, public, and health economics. His work has been published or is forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Economics Letters, Applied Economics, Journal of Housing Economics, and Contemporary Economic Policy. Dr. Harris received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Kentucky in 2017.
Current Courses
ECO 492.001 Graduate Readings In Economics
ECO 438.001 Microeconometrics
ECO 101.001 Principles Of Microeconomics
Teaching Interests & Areas
Microeconometrics, Public Economics, Principles of Economics
Ph D Economics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
MS Economics
Utah State University
Logan, UT
BS Economics
Utah State University
Logan, UT
Journal Article
Did COVID-19 Change Life Insurance Offerings?
Timothy F Harris, Aaron Yelowitz, Charles Courtemanche.
Journal of Risk and Insurance, (2021)
Do SNAP Work Requirements Work?
Timothy F Harris.
Economic Inquiry, 59, 72-94, (2021)
Small Business Tax Compliance under Third-Party Reporting
Bibek Adhikari, James Alm, Timothy F Harris.
(2021)
Information Reporting and Tax Compliance
Bibek Adhikari, James Alm, Timothy F Harris.
AEA: Papers and Proceedings, 110, 162-166, (2020)
How will State-Run Auto-IRAs Affect Workers?
Timothy F Harris, Ken Troske, Aaron Yelowitz.
Journal of Retirement, 6 (2), 27-33, (2018)
Racial Climate and Homeownership
Timothy F Harris, Aaron Yelowitz.
Journal of Housing Economics, 40, 41-72, (2018), 10.1016/j.jhe.2017.12.003
Racial Disparities in Life Insurance Coverage
Timothy F Harris, Aaron Yelowitz.
Applied Economics, (2018)
Nudging Life Insurance Holdings in the Workplace
Timothy F Harris, Aaron Yelowitz.
Economic Inquiry, 55, 951-981, (2017)
Is There Adverse Selection in the Life Insurance Market? Evidence from a Representative Sample of Purchasers
Timothy F Harris, Aaron Yelowitz.
Economics Letters, 124 (3), 520-522, (2014)
Life Insurance Holdings and Well-Being of Surviving Spouses
Timothy F Harris, Aaron Yelowitz.
Contemporary Economic Policy