Faculty

Mingliang Li

Assistant Professor of Economics
Office: 439 Fronczak Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2121 x-436
E-mail: mli3@buffalo.edu
Website: Professor Li's Website

Fall 2007 classes: 405 (T, Th 12:30-1:50) & 461/561 (T, Th 5:00-6:20)

Fall 2007 office hours: T, Th (3:00-4:00)

Education

  • Ph.D. (2003) University of California-Irvine
  • B.A. (1997) Fudan University

Research Interests

  • Econometrics
  • Economics of Education
  • Labor Economics
  • Applied Microeconomics

Selected Publications

  • “Bayesian Analysis of Treatment Effects in an Ordered Potential Outcomes Model” (with J. L. Tobias). Advances in Econometrics, Volume 21: Estimating and Evaluating Treatment Effects in Econometrics (D. Millimet, J. Smith and E. Vytlacil, eds.), forthcoming.
  • “Bayesian Proportional Hazard Analysis of the Timing of High School Dropout Decisions”. Econometric Reviews, forthcoming.
  • “Bayesian Analysis of Structural Effects in an Ordered Equation System” (with J. L. Tobias). Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, forthcoming.
  • “Calculus Attainment and Grades Received in Intermediate Economic Theory” (with J. L. Tobias). Journal of Applied Econometrics, forthcoming.
  • "High School Completion and Future Youth Unemployment: New Evidence from High School and Beyond" Journal of Applied Econometrics (2006)
  • “Bayesian Modeling of School Effects Using Hierarchical Models with Smoothing Priors” (with J. L. Tobias). Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 9(3), 2005.
  • "Do Dropouts Suffer from Dropping Out? Estimation and Prediction of Outcome Gains in Generalized Selection Models," (with D. J. Poirier and J. L. Tobias) Journal of Applied Econometrics (2004)
  • "A Finite Sample Hierarchical Analysis of Wage Variation Across Public High Schools: Evidence from the NLSY and High School and Beyond," (with J. L. Tobias) Journal of Applied Econometrics (2003)
  • "Returns to Schooling and Bayesian Model Averaging: A Review and Union of Two Literatures," (with J. L. Tobias) Journal of Economic Surveys; (2004)
  • "A Note on the School Quality-Earnings Relationship," (with J. L. Tobias) Applied Economics Letters (2003)
  • “A Finite-Sample Hierarchical Analysis of Wage Variation Across Public High Schools: Evidence from the NLSY and High School and Beyond” (with J. L. Tobias). Journal of Applied Econometrics, 18(3), 315-336, 2003
  • "A Model-Combined Estimator of Elasticity of Scale," Applied Economics Letters (2003)
  • “A Semiparametric Investigation of the School Quality-Earnings Relationship” (with J. L. Tobias). Applied Economics Letters, 10(1), 43-45, 2003.