Larry L. Howard, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Contact Information:

Email: larryhoward@fullerton.edu

       Cal State Fullerton

Office: 3351 SGMH

Fax: 657-278-3097

       Fullerton, CA 92834-6848

Mail: Department of Economics

       P.O. Box 6848

Curriculum Vitae

 

Class Websites:

• Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (ECON 310)
• Public Finance (ECON 417)
• Advanced Microeconomic Analysis (ECON 502)

 

Working Papers:

• Does Utility-Maximizing Behavior by States Explain Programmatic Design? A Longitudinal Analysis of Medicaid, 1977-2004

• Do Means-Tested School Lunch Subsidies Change Children's Weekly Consumption Patterns?                                                                       (with Nishith Prakash)

• Does Employment Quota Explain Occupational Choice Among Disadvantaged Groups? A Natural Experiment from India                      (with Nishith Prakash)

• Does Food Insecurity at Home Affect Noncognitive Performance at School? A Longitudinal Analysis of Elementary Student Classroom Behavior

 

Works in Progress:

• Medicaid Market Share and Physician Payment Generosity: Are States Sacrificing Quality for Quantity?

• Do Governments Love the Elderly More than Families? State Design of Medicaid with Distinct Recipient Groups                                           (with Steve Craig)

• Federal Oversight of State Medicaid Payment Policy:  Can Legislative Repeal Offset Judicial Influence?

• What do the Poor Really Consume? Evidence from India                     (with Nishith Prakash)

 

Publications:

• Bhargava, A., D. Jolliffe and L. L. Howard. Socioeconomic, Behavioural and Environmental Factors Predicted Body Weights and Household Food Insecurity Scores in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten. British Journal of Nutrition 2008; 100(2): 438-444.

 

 

Phone: 657-278-7171