John A. Knowles

PhD, Rochester(1999)

School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Position: Professor of Economics
Telephone: (023) 8059 2530
Email: j.a.knowles-at-soton.ac.uk
Personal home page

Research interests

Macroeconomics, Family Decision-Making, Fertility, Marriage, Savings, Labor-Supply.

Work in progress

• Impact of contraception technology and abortion laws on women's wages, labor supply and occupational choice. • Impact of trends in women’s relative wages on marriage, divorce, fertility and bargaining within the household. • Inter-generational transmission of savings and other economic behaviour. • Impact of redistribution on parental investment in children and fertility

Selected publications

Articles in journals
 N. Guner and J. Knowles 2008 Why is the Rate of Single Parenthood Lower in Canada than in the U.S.? A Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis of Welfare Policies. Canadian Journal of Economics, Forthcoming  On-line abstract  On-line article
 S. Dessy and J. Knowles 2008 Why is Child Labor Illegal? European Economic Review., Forthcoming  On-line abstract
 J. Dominitz and J. Knowles 2006 Crime Minimization and Racial Bias: What Can We Learn From Police Search Data?, . Economic Journal, F368-84.  On-line abstract  On-line article
 R. Fernández,N. Guner and J. Knowles 2005 Love and Money: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Sorting and Inequality. Quarterly Journal of Economics , 120(1), 273 - 344 .  On-line abstract  On-line article
 R. Hernandez and J. Knowles 2004 Racial Profiling or Racist Policing? Testing in Aggregated Data. International Economic Review, 45(3), 959-989.
 J. Greenwood, N. Guner and J. Knowles 2003 More on Marriage, Fertility and the Distribution of Income. International Economic Review, 44(3), 827-862.
 E. Caucutt, N. Guner and J. Knowles 2002 Why do Women Wait? Matching, Wage Inequality and Incentives for Fertility Delay. Review of Economic Dynamics, 5(4), 815-55.
 J. Knowles, N. Persico and P. Todd 2001 Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence. Journal of Political Economy, February
 J. Greenwood, N. Guner and J. Knowles 2000 Women on Welfare: A Macroeconomic Analysis. American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings
Working papers
 J. Knowles 2005 Why are Married Men Working So Much?  On-line abstract  On-line article