Ted Joyce

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Ted Joyce
Theodore Jay Joyce
Education University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1976), CUNY Graduate Center (Ph.D., 1985)
Known forResearch on abortion in the United States
Scientific career
Fields Health economics
Institutions Baruch College
Thesis Birth outcome production functions in the U.S.: a structural model  (1985)

Theodore Jay Joyce is a professor of economics and finance at Baruch College and also at CUNY Graduate Center He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Education

Joyce received his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in education in 1976 and his Ph.D. in economics from the CUNY Graduate Center in 1985. [1]

Research

Joyce conducts research in the fields of health economics and health policy. [1] For example, he has published multiple studies on the effects of abortion laws. These include a 2011 perspective piece comparing the effectiveness of supply-side and demand-side laws in reducing rates of abortions performed after 16 weeks which found that the former were much more effective than the latter. [2] He has also published research showing that parental involvement laws were not associated with significant changes in the overall abortion rate, but that they had small effects on some subgroups of minors. [3] In a 2006 study, he and his colleagues found that Texas' parental notification law was associated with a significant decline in the abortion rate among Texas teenagers. [4]

Awards

In 2005, Joyce became the first recipient of the Sidney Lirtzman Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching & Service. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Theodore J. Joyce". Baruch College. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. Semuels, Alana (10 October 2014). "The Safer, More Affordable Abortion Only Available in Two States". The Atlantic. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. Lehren, Andres (6 March 2006). "Scant Drop Seen in Abortion Rate if Parents Are Told". New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  4. "Drop in Abortions, Notification Law Linked". Washington Post. Associated Press. 8 March 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2016.