David L Wetzell, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, June, 2002
Fields of Research: Labor Economics and Applied Econometrics
M.A., Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, June 1999
Fields of Research: Labor Economics, Econometrics, History of Economic Thought
M. A. in Theological Studies, Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, MN, July 2007
Area of Specialization: Church History
B.A., Bethel University, St Paul, MN, May 1997
Majors: Mathematics/Economics, Minor: History
Professional Experience
2007 - current, Professor of Economics and Finance, Northwest Nazarene University
2002 – 2004, Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, Associate Professor
1998 – 1999, Dr. David Neumark, E. Lansing, MI, Research Assistant
1997 – 2001, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, Distinguished Fellow, Teaching Assistant
Professional Memberships
Association of Christian Economists
Christian Business Faculty Association
Presentations
"A New Kind of Index Fund Designed to Grow the Social Security Trust Fund" USBIG February 2007
"Managing Measurement Error, How Might Trimming Reduce Its Impact: Application to Male Marriage Earnings Differential Measurement." Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, October 2003, Midwest Economic Association March 2004, SouthWest Economic Association March 2004, Society of Labor Economists April 2004
"On Some Unappreciated Implications of Becker’s Time Allocation Model of Labor Supply." USBIG February 2004, Western Economic Association June 2001
"On the Welfare Effects of a Wage Floor in a Two-Sector Labor Market with Impoverished Workers" USBIG February 2004
"The Strengths and Weakness of Neoclassical Economics: A Neo-Knightian Critique" Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship November 2002, Association of Christian Economists session, January 2002
Other Research
"A Bethel Seminarian Explores the Value of Swedish Baptist Pietism" Baptist Pietist Clarion, June 2007
“Three Papers in Labor Economics” Ph.D. Dissertation University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning, 2002
"Why Does Job Have Friends: Is there a Riddle Here?" Seminary paper to published with coauthor
Books and Related Publications
"On Some Unappreciated Implications of Becker’s Time Allocation Model of Labor Supply." Economic Letters April 2002 and The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 2003 Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Grants and Awards
1997 Distinguished Fellowship Award by Michigan State University
1994 National Merit Scholar Finalist
Courses
Labor Relations and Labor Market Policies
Principles of Microeconomics
History of Economics
Institutional (Law and) Economics and Methodology
Intermediate Microeconomics
Econometrics II
Economics of Regulation (Antitrust Law and Economics)
Industrial Organization
Principles of Macroeconomics
Managerial Economics