Melinda Morrill
· Melinda Morrill | Poole College of ManagementVerifiedNorth Carolina State University · IT, Analytics and Operations (ITAO)
Active 1981–2025
About
Melinda Morrill is the Jenkins Family Distinguished Professor of Economics at NC State University and a member of the graduate faculty. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland, earned in 2008. Her areas of expertise include Labor Economics, Economic Demography, and Health Economics. Morrill is recognized as a University Faculty Scholar and has been honored with the Poole College Research Impact Award in 2021. She is actively involved in the Department of Economics and contributes to the graduate program as a professor. Her research and academic work focus on economic issues related to labor markets, demographic trends, and health economics, and she is engaged in various initiatives and thought leadership within the Poole College of Management.
Research topics
- Sociology
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Demographic economics
- Demography
- Political Science
- Social psychology
- Medicine
- Meteorology
- Quantum mechanics
- Economic growth
- Ecology
- Physics
- Mathematics education
- Geography
- Statistics
- Medical education
- Socioeconomics
- Psychology
Selected publications
The attraction of magnet schools: Evidence from embedded lotteries in school assignment
Economics of Education Review · 2025-07-08
articleCorrespondingThe Attraction of Magnet Schools: Evidence from Embedded Lotteries in School Assignment
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024-01-01 · 1 citations
preprintOpen accessHealth and retirement: Heterogeneity in the responsiveness to pension incentives
Economics Letters · 2024-03-30
articleCorrespondingThe Impact of Wind Energy on Air Pollution and Emergency Department Visits
Environmental and Resource Economics · 2023-11-29 · 2 citations
articleSenior authorHealth and Retirement: Heterogeneity in the Responsiveness to Pension Incentives
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023-01-01
preprintOpen accessThe Impact of Wind Energy on Air Pollution and Emergency Department Visits
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023-01-01
articleOpen accessSenior authorHeterogeneity in the educational impacts of natural disasters: Evidence from Hurricane Florence
Economics of Education Review · 2023 · 13 citations
1st authorCorresponding- Political Science
- Sociology
- Demographic economics
The Attraction of Magnet Schools: Evidence from Embedded Lotteries in School Assignment
2023 · 6 citations
1st authorCorresponding- Computer Science
- Physics
- Computer Science
Caregiver Financial Empowerment Study
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials · 2021-03-09
dataset1st authorCorrespondingCaregiver Financial Empowerment Study
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials · 2021-03-09
datasetOpen access1st authorCorresponding
Recent grants
NIH · $34k · 2008
NIH · $126k · 2012
Frequent coauthors
- 69 shared
Robert L. Clark
- 58 shared
Ofer Malamud
- 58 shared
Abigail Wozniak
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- 56 shared
Kasey Buckles
University of Notre Dame
- 51 shared
Andreas Hagemann
Ross School
- 30 shared
Steven G. Allen
North Central State College
- 20 shared
W Chadwick
- 20 shared
Derek Beales
University of Cambridge
Education
- 1996
Ph.D., Business Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1992
M.S., Business Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1988
B.A., Business Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards & honors
- Poole College Research Impact Award (2021)
- Poole College Economics Professor Melinda Sandler Morrill is…
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