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Nachum Sicherman

Nachum Sicherman
Carson Family Professor of Business; Chair of Economics Division
Economics Division
Areas of Expertise
Healthcare Labor Markets Microeconomics
Contact
Office: 997 Kravis
Phone: (212) 8544464
E-mail: [email protected]
Links
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae

Professor Sicherman analyzes the roles of education, job training, occupational and job mobility, moonlighting and retirement in the formation of careers. He currently studies the various effects of technological change on the U.S. labor market. In addition, Sicherman works with different medical groups on using cost-benefit analysis in medical decision making. A faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, he is the recipient of research grants from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Citicorp Behavioral Science Research Council. Sicherman teaches the core course Managerial Economics and the elective Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Education
BA, Hebrew University, 1980; MA, 1982; MPhil, Columbia, 1985; PhD, 1987
Joined CBS
1991

All Activities

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Awards and Honors
  • Press
  • Journal articles
  • Working papers
  • Articles
  • Books
  • Chapters
Type
Journal Article
Dew, Ryan, Eva Ascarza, Oded Netzer, and Nachum Sicherman
. “Detecting Routines: Applications to Ridesharing CRM.”
Journal of Marketing Research
(Forthcoming).
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Type
Journal Article
Law, Kiely, Paul Lipkin, George Loewenstein, Alison Marvin, and Nachum Sicherman
. “Information Avoidance and Information Seeking Among Parents of Children with ASD.”
American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
vol.
126
, (May 01, 2021):
249
-
259
.
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Type
Journal Article
Sicherman, Nachum, George Loewenstein, Teresa Tavassoli, and Joseph Buxbaum
. “Grandma Knows Best: Family Structure and Age of Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.”
Autism
vol.
22
, (January 01, 2018):
368
-
376
.
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Type
Journal Article
Sicherman, Nachum, George Loewenstein, Duane Seppi, and Stephen Utkus
. “Financial Attention.”
The Review of Financial Studies
vol.
29
, (January 01, 2016):
863
-
897
.
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Type
Journal Article
Bartel, Ann, Saul Lach, and Nachum Sicherman
. “Technological Change and the Make-or-Buy Decision.”
The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
vol.
30
, (May 01, 2014):
165
-
192
.
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Type
Journal Article
Munasinghe, Lalith and Nachum Sicherman
. “Why Do Dancers Smoke? Smoking, Time Preference, and Wage Dynamics.”
Eastern Economic Journal
vol.
32
, (January 01, 2006):
595
-
616
.
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Type
Journal Article
Bartel, Ann and Nachum Sicherman
. “Technological Change and Wages: An Interindustry Analysis.”
Journal of Political Economy
vol.
107
, (April 01, 1999):
285
-
325
.
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Type
Journal Article
Bartel, Ann and Nachum Sicherman
. “Technological Change and Wages: An Interindustry Analysis.”
Journal of Political Economy
vol.
107
, (January 01, 1999):
285
-
325
.
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Type
Journal Article
Bartel, Ann and Nachum Sicherman
. “Technological Change and the Skill Acquisition of Young Workers.”
Journal of Labor Economics
vol.
16
, (January 01, 1998):
718
-
55
.
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Type
Journal Article
Bartel, Ann and Nachum Sicherman
. “Technological Change and the Retirement Decisions of Older Workers.”
Journal of Labor Economics
vol.
11
, (January 01, 1993):
162
-
83
.
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Type
Journal Article
Sicherman, Nachum
. “Over-Education in the Labor Market.”
Journal of Labor Economics
vol.
9
, (April 01, 1991):
101
-
122
.
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Type
Journal Article
Loewenstein, George and Nachum Sicherman
. “Do Workers Prefer Increasing Wage Profiles?”
Journal of Labor Economics
vol.
9
, (January 01, 1991):
67
-
84
.
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Type
Working Paper
Sicherman, Nachum, Jimmy Charite, Gil Eyal, Magdalena Janecka, George Loewenstein, Kiely Law, Paul Lipkin, Alison Marvin, and Joseph Buxbaum
. Clinical Signs Associated with Earlier Diagnosis of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. May 30, 2019.
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Type
Chapter
Sicherman, Nachum
. “Labor Economics.” In
The Economics of Human Systems Integration
, edited by
William B. Rouse
,
69
-
78
.
Hoboken, New Jersey
:
Wiley
, 2010.
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  • Courses
  • Case Studies
Type
Course
B6200: Managerial Economics
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Type
Case Study
Rockoff, Jonah and Nachum Sicherman
. Relevant Costs for Making Production Decisions. 
New York
:
Columbia Business School
, 2011.
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Type
Case Study
Harris, Trevor, Jonah Rockoff, Nachum Sicherman, and Catherine Harris
. Relevant Costs for Making Production Decisions: Was General Motors Making the Correct Choice in Producing High Volumes of Autos? 
Columbia University
:
CaseWorks
, 2011.
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Type
Case Study
Rockoff, Jonah, Trevor Harris, and Nachum Sicherman
. Relevant costs for making production decisions: Was General Motors making the correct choice in producing high volumes of autos? 
New York
:
Columbia Business School
, 2010.
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