Nachum Sicherman
Carson Family Professor of Business; Chair of Economics Division
Economics
BA, Hebrew University, 1980; MA, 1982; MPhil, Columbia, 1985; PhD, 1987
Joined CBS in 1991
Office:
997
Kravis
Phone:
212-854-4464
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax:
212-316-9219
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
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.
Teaching
Columbia Caseworks cases
Relevant Costs for Making Production Decisions: Was General Motors Making the Correct Choice in Producing High Volumes of Autos?
(2012)
Coauthor(s): Trevor Harris, Jonah Rockoff, Nachum Sicherman, Catherine Thomas
NICE Systems Ltd.
(2009)
Coauthor(s): Nachum Sicherman
Research
Journal articles
Information Avoidance and Information Seeking Among Parents of Children with ASD
In American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(2021)
Coauthor(s): Kiely Law, Paul Lipkin, George Loewenstein, Alison Marvin, Nachum Sicherman
Grandma Knows Best: Family Structure and Age of Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
In Autism
(2018)
Coauthor(s): Nachum Sicherman, George Loewenstein, Teresa Tavassoli, Joseph Buxbaum
Financial Attention
In The Review of Financial Studies
(2016)
Coauthor(s): Nachum Sicherman, George Loewenstein, Duane Seppi, Stephen Utkus
Technological Change and the Make-or-Buy Decision
In The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
(2014)
Coauthor(s): Ann Bartel, Saul Lach, Nachum Sicherman
Why Do Dancers Smoke? Smoking, Time Preference, and Wage Dynamics
In Eastern Economic Journal
(2006)
Coauthor(s): Nachum Sicherman
Technological Change and Wages: An Interindustry Analysis
In Journal of Political Economy
(1999)
Coauthor(s): Ann Bartel, Nachum Sicherman
Technological Change and the Skill Acquisition of Young Workers
In Journal of Labor Economics
(1998)
Coauthor(s): Ann Bartel, Nachum Sicherman
Technological Change and the Retirement Decisions of Older Workers
In Journal of Labor Economics
(1993)
Coauthor(s): Ann Bartel, Nachum Sicherman
Over-Education in the Labor Market
In Journal of Labor Economics
(1991)
Coauthor(s): Nachum Sicherman
Do Workers Prefer Increasing Wage Profiles?
In Journal of Labor Economics
(1991)
Coauthor(s): George Loewenstein, Nachum Sicherman
Chapters
Labor Economics
In The Economics of Human Systems Integration
(2010)
Coauthor(s): Nachum Sicherman
Working papers
Clinical Signs Associated with Earlier Diagnosis of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2019)
Coauthor(s): Nachum Sicherman, Jimmy Charite, Gil Eyal, Magdalena Janecka, George Loewenstein, Kiely Law, Paul Lipkin, Alison Marvin, Joseph Buxbaum
In The Media
Stock Market Volatility Is Back, and It Is Leaving Older Investors Anxious About Their Retirement Plans
How Grandparents Can Be Integral in Spotting Autism
More Restaurants Are Forbidding Tipping. But Should They?
Can Grandma Help Spot Autism Earlier?
Grandparents Aid in Early Diagnosis of Autism