Melinda Morrill is a Full Professor and University Faculty Scholar in the Department of Economics at North Carolina State University. She is also a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers. In 2018, she was appointed as an NBER Faculty Research Associate and a TIAA Institute Fellow. She also serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. Her research explores how government and employer programs and policies influence individualsโ decision-making and well-being. Morrill has served as a PI or co-PI on 12 grants totaling over 2.4 million dollars. Her work has received funding support from the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the TIAA-CREF Institute, the Center for State and Local Government Excellence, the National Institute on Aging, the Social Security Administration, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Her research has been published in top economics journals and has been cited in the Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, and the Los Angeles Times. Prof. Morrill earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2008.
2023 journal article
Heterogeneity in the educational impacts of natural disasters: Evidence from Hurricane Florence
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW, 94.
2020 journal article
High school start times and student achievement: Looking beyond test scores
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW, 76.
2019 journal article
INFORMING RETIREMENT SAVINGS DECISIONS: A FIELD EXPERIMENT ON SUPPLEMENTAL PLANS
ECONOMIC INQUIRY, 57(1), 188โ205.
2019 journal article
Social security and retirement timing: evidence from a national sample of teachers
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 18(04), 549โ564.
2018 journal article
Annuity Options in Public Pension Plans:The Curious Case of Social Security Leveling
The Journal of Retirement, 6(1), 33โ44.
2018 journal article
Special Education Financing and ADHD Medications: A Bitter Pill to Swallow
JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT, 37(2), 384-+.
2017 report
Annuity Options in Public Pension Plans: The Curious Case of Social Security Leveling
2017 monograph
Extending Work Life: Can Employers Adapt When Employees Want to Delay Retirement?
2017 report
Nudging Retirement Savings: A Field Experiment on Supplemental Plans
2017 journal article
Supplemental plan offerings and retirement saving choices: an analysis of North Carolina school districts โ CORRIGENDUM
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 16(4), 585โ585.
2016 journal article
Supplemental plan offerings and retirement saving choices: an analysis of North Carolina school districts
JOURNAL OF PENSION ECONOMICS & FINANCE, 15(3), 333โ355.
2016 journal article
The effect of college education on mortality
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, 50, 99โ114.
2015 journal article
Golden Years or Financial Fears? How Plans Change after Retirement Seminars
The Journal of Retirement, 3(3), 96โ115.
2015 journal article
What effects do macroeconomic conditions have on the time couples with children spend together?
REVIEW OF ECONOMICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD, 13(4), 791โ814.
2014 journal article
Active and retired public employees' health insurance: Potential data sources
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, 38, 147โ152.
2014 journal article
Can Simple Informational Nudges Increase Employee Participation in a 401(k) Plan?
SOUTHERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 80(3), 677โ701.
2014 article
Defined benefit pension plan distribution decisions by public sector employees
Clark, R. L., Morrill, M. S., & Vanderweide, D. (2014, August). JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS, Vol. 116, pp. 73โ88.
2014 journal article
The effects of retiree health insurance plan characteristics on retireesโ choice and employersโ costs
Journal of Health Economics, 38, 119โ129.
2013 journal article
Business cycles and divorce: Evidence from microdata
ECONOMICS LETTERS, 118(1), 68โ70.
2013 journal article
Intergenerational links in female labor force participation
LABOUR ECONOMICS, 20, 38โ47.
2012 journal article
Effectiveness of Employer-Provided Financial Information: Hiring to Retiring
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 102(3), 314โ318.
2012 journal article
THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY IN DETERMINING RETIREMENT PLANS
ECONOMIC INQUIRY, 50(4), 851โ866.
2011 journal article
Booms, busts, and divorce
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 11(1).
2011 journal article
Dads and daughters the changing impact of fathers on women's occupational choices
Journal of Human Resources, 46(2), 333โ372.
2011 chapter
Pension Plan Distributions: The Importance of Financial Literacy
In Financial Literacy: Implications for Retirement Security and the Financial Marketplace (pp. 40โ58).
Contributors: R. Clark, & S. Allen*โ *โ
2011 journal article
The effects of maternal employment on the health of school-age children
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, 30(2), 240โ257.
2011 journal article
The funding status of retiree health plans in the public sector
JOURNAL OF PENSION ECONOMICS & FINANCE, 10(2), 291โ314.
2010 chapter
EmployerโProvided Retirement Planning Programs
In Reorienting Retirement Risk Management (pp. 36โ63).
Contributors: R. Clark, & S. Allen*โ *โ
2010 journal article
Measuring inappropriate medical diagnosis and treatment in survey data: The case of ADHD among school-age children
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, 29(5), 657โ673.
2010 monograph
Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector
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