Vita
TREVON D. LOGAN
Mailing Address:
410 Arps Hall
1945 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-0762
Fax: 614-292-3906
Web: http://econ.ohio-state.edu/trevon
E-Mail: logan.155@osu.edu
Professional Positions:
The Ohio State University
Department of Economics, Associate Professor, 2010-
Department of Economics, Assistant Professor, 2004-2010
Center for Human Resource Research, Faculty Affiliate, 2004-
Initiative in Population Research, Faculty Affiliate, 2004-
University of Michigan
Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research 2009-2011
Princeton University
Center for Health and Wellbeing, Visiting Research Scholar 2008-2009
National Bureau of Economic Research
Faculty Research Fellow, 2005-
Wells Fargo and Company
Portfolio Representative 1999-2000.
Education:
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Economics, 2004.
University of California, Berkeley, M.A., Economics, 2003.
University of California, Berkeley, M.A., Demography, 2003.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., Economics (Honors), 1999.
Research and Teaching Fields:
Economic History, Economic Demography, Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics,
Applied Econometrics, Development Economics, Applied Demography
Grants, Fellowships, and Honors:
Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research, 2009-2011
DITE Fellow, 2008-2011.
American Sociological Association Section on Sexualities Best Article Award, 2011
DHS Fellow in Population and Reproductive Health, 2007-2008.
University of Chicago, Center for Population Economics Research Grant, 2005-2006.
Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2003-2004.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Training Grant, 2002-2003.
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2000-2002.
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.
Chancellor’s Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995-1999.
Published Articles:
“Nutrition and Well-Being in the Late Nineteenth Century” (2006) The Journal of
Economic History 66 (2): 313-341.
“Food, Nutrition, and Substitution in the late Nineteenth Century” (2006) Explorations in Economic History 43 (3): 527-545.
“Is the Calorie Distribution Log-Normal? Evidence from the Nineteenth Century” (2006) Historical Methods 39 (3): 112-122.
“Health, Human Capital and African American Migration before 1910” (2009)
Explorations in Economic History 46 (2): 169-185. [Lead Article]
“The Transformation of Hunger: The Demand for Calories Past and Present” (2009)
The Journal of Economic History 69 (2): 388-408.
“South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Two-Step: Social Demands versus Macro Stability”
(2009) [with Brahima Coulibaly] American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 99 (2): 275-281.
“Are Engel Curve Estimates of CPI Bias Biased?” (2009)
Historical Methods 42 (3): 97-110.
“Family Health, Children’s Own Health, and Test-Score Gaps” [with Rodney J. Andrews]
(2010) American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings) 100 (2): 195-199.
“Personal Characteristics, Sexual Behaviors, and Male Sex Work: A Quantitative Approach”
(2010) American Sociological Review 75 (5): 679-704.
“Econometric Tests of American College Football’s Conventional Wisdom”
(2011) Applied Economics 43 (20): 2493-2518.
“Factor Endowments and the Returns to Skill: New Evidence from the American Past”
[with Joseph P. Kaboski] (2011) Journal of Human Capital 5 (2): 111-152.
“Economies of Scale in the Household: Puzzles and Patterns from the American Past”
(2011) Economic Inquiry 49 (4): 1008-1028.
Research Papers:
“On the Heterogeneity of Dowry Motives” [with Raj Arunachalam] NBER Working
Paper No. 12630 (revise and resubmit)
“Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market” [with Manisha Shah]
NBER Working Paper No. 14841 (revise and resubmit)
"Are Betting Markets Prediction Markets? Evidence from a New Test" [with Kyle Kain]
(revise and resubmit)
“Does the Hot Hand Drive the Market? Evidence from Betting Markets” [with Michael Sinkey]
(under review)
“Is There Dowry Inflation in South Asia?” [with Raj Arunachalam] NBER Working
Paper No. 13905 (under review)
"Identifying Confirmatory Bias in the Field: A Regression-Discontinuity Approach"
[with Rodney Andrews and Michael Sinkey] (under review)
"Movable Feasts: A New Approach to Endogenizing Tastes" [with Paul Rhode]
“On Family Allocation Strategy in the Late Nineteenth Century”
Technical Reports:
“A Closer Examination of the HIV/Fertility Linkage” [with Stacy E. Sneeringer]
DHS Working Paper No. 63. Calverton, MD: ICF Macro.
“Fertility Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Trends in 30 Countries" [with Stacy E. Sneeringer]
"A Close Examination of the HIV/Fertility Timing Linkage: Age- and Cohort
Specifc Fertility Spacing's Correlation with Cohort Specific HIV Prevalence"
[with Stacy Sneeringer]
Research Projects in Progress:
Nutrition and Human Welfare: New Perspectives on the Standard of Living (book manuscript)
“Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Mortality in the 20th Century: Evidence from the Carolinas” [with John Parman]
“Income and Health in African America: Evidence from Union Army Pensions” [with Shari Eli]
“The Long-Run Consequences of Distinctively Black Names” [with Lisa D. Cook]
“Negotiating Intimacy: Gay Men, Safer Sex, and the Sexual Field”
“Playing Safe: The Market Returns to Safer Sex Among Male Sex Workers”
“The Geographic Distribution and Travel Patterns of Male Sex Work in the United States”
“Fee-for-Service”
“Behavior Change and Public Health Campaigns: Evidence from the Early Years of the AIDS Epidemic”
"An Empirical Analysis of the Presentation of Self" [with Leigh Fine and Brian Soller]
Book Reviews:
Review of Rising Life Expectancy: A Global History Journal of Interdisciplinary
History, Vol. 35 (1): 114-115.
Review of The Hidden Cost of Economic Development: The Biological Standard of
Living in Antebellum Pennsylvania, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 65 (4):
1160-1162.
Review of The Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition. Volume
1: Population for Economic History Services (http://www.eh.net)
http://eh.net/bookreviews/library/1092.shtml
Review of The Hidden Cost of Economic Development: The Biological Standard of
Living in Antebellum Pennsylvania “They Grow Tall on the Farm.” (2007) Historical Methods 40 (4): 171-174.
Review of Hunger: A Modern History, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 69 (4): 1166-1168.
Review of The Cost of Living in America: A Political History of Economic Statistics, 1880-2000
for Economic History Services (http://www.eh.net) http://eh.net/bookreviews/library/1481
Invited Seminars and Conference Presentations (Recent):
2008 - 2009: Economic History Association (Discussant); Social Science History
Association; Rutgers University; University of Michigan;
Princeton University; University of California, Merced; Yale University; DITE Spring
Meeting; Population Association of America; NBER Development of the American Economy
Spring Meeting
2009-2010: Economic History Association (Discussant); Social Science History Association
(Discussant); University of Toledo; American Economic Association Annual Meetings; National
Economic Association Annual Meetings; AGEP-SBES Professional Development Conference;
Michigan State University; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Annual Meeting
2010-2011: Economic History Association; Social Science History Association (Discussant);
American Economic Association Annual Meetings (Discussant); University of Michigan; Population
Association of America; University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Ohio State University;
Michigan State University/CIC Symposium on Race and Ethnicity
2011-2012: Duke University; American Sociological Association Annual Meetings; University of California,
Berkeley; University of California, Merced; Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings; American
Economic Association Annual Meetings; UCLA; Harvard University; University of Chicago Booth School
Editorial Boards:
Journal of Economic History, 2012-2016
Explorations in Economic History, 2011
Historical Methods
Demographic Research
Referee:
American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic History,
Explorations in Economic History, Journal of Development Economics, Economics and
Human Biology, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Japanese Economic Review,
Eastern Economic Journal, Social Science Quarterly, Historical Methods, Review of
Income and Wealth, Review of Black Political Economy, Journal of Comparative
Family Studies, Studies in Family Planning, American Sociological Review,
Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
International Economic Review, The Economic History Review, Health Economics,
Economic Inquiry, Health Economics, Applied Economics
Professional Associations:
American Economic Association, National Economic Association, Economic History
Association, Econometric Society, Cliometric Society, Social Science History
Association, Population Association of America, American Sociological Association