Mark Berger 4150836 220740900 2008-06-21T10:29:13Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] {{for|the judoka with the same name|Mark Berger (judoka)}} '''Professor Mark C. Berger''' ([[July 24]],[[1955]] – [[April 30]], [[2003]]), was the director of The Center for Business and Economic Research at the [[University of Kentucky]] until his death at age 47. He was also a Fullbright Scholar at [[University College Dublin]]. In the 1970s, Berger was a member of the Professional Putters of America (an organization founded by [[Putt-Putt]]). Originally hailing from [[Sylvania, Ohio]], Berger earned his BA from the [[University of Toledo]] and his MA and PhD from [[The Ohio State University]]. ==Career== *[[University of Kentucky]] [[1981]] to [[2003]] **Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research **William B. Sturgill Professor of Economics **Associate Professor *[[University College Dublin]] [[2002]] to [[2003]] **Fullbright Scholar *[[University of Chicago]] [[1987]] to [[1988]] **Visiting Professor *University of Vienna in Austria [[1996]] **Visiting Professor ==Death== Berger died of a seizure, after returning to Kentucky from Ireland to receive treatment for recently diagnosed cancer. During the chemotherapy Berger was given a different seizure medication which did not prevent the fatal seizure. ==Articles Mentioning Berger== *[http://gatton.uky.edu/Academic/Economics/Newsletters/summernewsletter070103.pdf Kentucky Economics] (Page 2) ==Known Works of Mark Berger== *Do Workers Pay for On-the-Job Training? Barron, John M., Mark C. Berger, and Dan A. Black. 1999. [[Journal of Human Resources]] 34(2):235-252. *Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities by Mark C. Berger, Glenn C. Blomquist, Klara Sabirianova Peter (October 2003) *Worker Training in a Restructuring Economy: Evidence from the Russian Transition by Mark C. Berger, John S. Earle, Klara Sabirianova Peter (September 2001) *Berger, Mark C.; Hirsch, Barry T., "The Effects of Cohort Size on the Earnings Growth of Young Males." Mimeograph. Department of Economics, University of Kentucky, n.d.. *Berger, Mark C.; Black, Dan A.; Scott, Frank A.; Chandra, Amitabh, "Health insurance coverage of the unemployed: COBRA and the potential effects of Kassebaum-Kennedy." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Sum 1999, 18, (3), 430 - 448. *Berger, Mark C.; Black, Dan A.; Scott, Frank A., "How well do we measure employer-provided health insurance coverage." Contemporary Economic Policy. Jul 1998, 16, (3), 356 - 367. *Barron, John M.; Berger, Mark C.; Black, Dan A., "How Well Do We Measure Training?." Journal of Labor Economics. 1997, 15, (3, part 1), 507 - 528. *Scott, Frank A.; Berger, Mark C.; Garen, John E., "Do health insurance and pension costs reduce the job opportunities of older workers?." Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Jul 1995, 48, (4), 775. *Berger, Mark C., "Demographic Cycles, Cohort Size, and Earnings." Demography. May 1989, 26, (2), 311. *Berger, Mark C.; Leigh, J. Paul, "Schooling, self-selection, and health." Journal of Human Resources. Sum 1989, 24, (3), 433 - 455. *Scott, Frank A.; Berger, Mark C.; Black, Dan A., "Effects of the Tax Treatment of Fringe Benefits on Labor Market Segmentation." [[Industrial and Labor Relations Review]]. Jan 1989, 42, (2), 216 - 229. *Berger, Mark C., "Predicted Future Earnings and Choice of College Major." Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Apr 1988, 41, (3), 418 - 429. *Berger, Mark C.; Blomquist, Glenn C.; Waldner, Werner, "A Revealed-Preference Ranking of Quality of Life for Metropolitan Areas." [[Social Science Quarterly]]. Dec 1987, 68, (4), 761 - 778. *Berger, Mark C.; Hirsch, Barry T., "Veteran Status as a Screening Device During the Vietnam Era." [[Social Science Quarterly]]. Mar 1985, 66, (1), 79 - 89. *Berger, Mark C., "Cohort Size and the Earnings Growth of Young Workers." [[Industrial and Labor Relations Review]]. Jul 1984, 37, (4), 582 - 591. *Berger, Mark C., "Changes in labor force composition and male earnings: A production approach." [[Journal of Human Resources]]. Spr 1983, 18, (2), 177 - 196. *Berger, Mark C.; Hirsch, Barry T., "The civilian earnings experience of Vietnam-Era veterans." [[Journal of Human Resources]]. Aut 1983, 18, (4), 455 - 479. *Mark Berger, Dan Black, and Frank Scott, “Is There Job Lock?” [[Southern Economic Journal]] 70, April 2004, 953-976. *Eric Thompson, Frank Scott, and Mark Berger, “Deregulation in the Electric Utility Industry: Excess Capacity and the Transition to a Long Run Competitive Market,” [[Growth and Change]] 35, Winter 2004, 1-21. *Mark Berger, Dan Black, Amitabh Chandra, and Frank Scott, “Children, Nondiscriminatory Provision of Fringe Benefits, and Household Labor Market Decisions,” [[Research in Labor Economics]] vol. 22 (Worker Well-being and Public Policy, S. W. Polachek, ed.) 2003, 309-349. *Mark Berger, Dan Black, Jodi Messer, and Frank Scott, “COBRA, Spouse Coverage, and Health Insurance Decisions of Older Households,” [[Journal of Forensic Economics]] 15, Spring/Summer 2002, 147-164. *Dan Black, Mark Berger, and Frank Scott, “Bounding Parameter Estimates with Non-Classical Measurement Error,” [[Journal of the American Statistical Association]] 95, September 2000, 739-748. *Mark C. Berger, Dan A. Black, Frank A. Scott, and Amitabh Chandra, “Health Insurance Coverage of the Unemployed: [[COBRA]] and the Potential Effects of [[Kassebaum-Kennedy]],” [[Journal of Policy Analysis and Management]] 18, Summer 1999, 430-448. *Mark C. Berger, Dan A. Black, and Frank A. Scott, “How Well Do We Measure Employer-Provided Health Insurance?” [[Contemporary Economic Policy]] 16, July 1998, 356-367. *John Garen, Mark Berger, and Frank Scott, “Pensions, Non-Discrimination Policies, and the Employment of Older Workers,” [[The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance]] 36, Winter 1996, 417-429. *Frank A. Scott, Mark C. Berger, and John E. Garen, “Do Health Insurance Costs and Non-Discrimination Policies Reduce the Job Opportunities of Older Workers?” [[Industrial and Labor Relations Review]] 48, July 1995, 775-791. ==External links== *[http://www.iza.org/index_html?lang=en&mainframe=http%3A//www.iza.org/iza/en/webcontent/personnel/photos/index_html%3Fkey%3D57&topSelect=personnel&subSelect=fellows IZA] [[Category:Education in Lexington, Kentucky]]