Research Interests

• Social Experimentation
• Social Program Evaluation.

Selected Publications

• Friedlander, D. and Philip K. Robins, 1997, "Evaluating Government Employment Training Programs for the Economically Disadvantaged," Journal of Economic Literature, 35(4), 1,809-1,855.
• Michalopoulos, Charles and Philip K. Robins, "Employment and Child Care Choices in Canada and the United States," The Canadian Journal of Economics, 33 (2), May 2000, 435-470.
• Michalopoulos, Charles, Philip K. Robins, and Elsie Pan, "Financial Incentives and Welfare Reform," The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 20 (2), Winter 2001, 129-149.
• Greenberg, D., P. Fronstin, and Philip K. Robins, 2001, "Parental Disruption and the Labor Market Performance of Children When They Reach Adulthood," Journal of Population Economics, 14 (1), 137-172.
• Robins, Philip K. and Robert G. Spiegelman, eds., Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments, Kalamazoo MI: Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2001.
• Greenberg, David H., Charles Michalopoulos, and Philip K. Robins, 2003, "A Meta-Analysis of Government-Sponsored Training Programs," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 57 (1), 31-53.
• Greenberg, David H., Charles Michalopoulos, and Philip K. Robins, 2004, "What Happens to the Effects of Government-Funded Training Programs Over Time?" The Journal of Human Resources, 39 (1), 277-293.
• Card, David, Charles Michalopoulos, and Philip K. Robins, 2005, "Making Work Pay for Itself:  Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment for Welfare Recipients," The Journal of Public Economics, 89 (1), 5-29.
• Card, David and Philip K. Robins, 2005, "How Important are 'Entry Effects' in Financial Incentive Programs for Welfare Recipients? Experimental Evidence from the Self-Sufficiency Project," Journal of Econometrics, 125 (1-2), 113-139.
• Fronstin, Paul, David H. Greenberg, and Philip K. Robins, "The Labor Market Consequences of Childhood Maladjustment," Social Science Quarterly, forthcoming.

Teaching & Professional Experience

• Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, Research Affiliate
• Past Chair, Department of Economics, University of Miami
• Senior Economist, SRI International
• Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Consultant to several agencies and organizations

Degrees

• B.S. Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966
• M.S. Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970
• Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1972

Specialties

• Labor economics
• Economic Analysis of Social Programs