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Jeffrey J. Rous

Chair

University of North Texas

Department of Economics

Email: jrous@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996
    Major: Economics
  • BA, Knox College, 1989
    Major: Economics

Professional Positions

  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. University of North Texas, Denton, TX. (2002 - Present).
  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. University of North Texas, Denton, TX. (1996 - 2002).
  • Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. (1992 - 1996).

    • Professional

  • Chair of the Department of Economics, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2024 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • American Economic Association. (Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ECON 1100 - Principles of Microeconomics, 8 courses.
  • ECON 3000 - Current Economic Issues, 2 courses.
  • ECON 3550 - Intermediate Micro Theory, 32 courses.
  • ECON 4180 - The Economics of Health Care, 6 courses.
  • ECON 4650 - Economics of Cities, 26 courses.
  • ECON 4900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • ECON 5030 - Microeconomic Analysis, 5 courses.
  • ECON 5180 - Economics of Health Care, 6 courses.
  • ECON 5340 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory, 12 courses.
  • ECON 5750 - Urban Economics, 25 courses.
  • ECON 5900 - Special Problems, 3 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Public Market Trade Areas: Local Goods, Farmers, and Community in the U.S. Southwest Region, 1996-2016," Geography and the Environment. (September 1, 2016 - May 1, 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "The Challenges of Micro Enterprises for Obtaining Agglomeration Benefits- A Case Study of Toluca, Mexico," Hospitality, Event and Tourism Management. (September 1, 2010 - May 1, 2011).

Awards and Honors

  • President's Council Service Award 2022, University of North Texas. (January 5, 2022).
  • Best Paper, 2018, International Review of Economics Education. (April 5, 2019).
  • Nominated for President's Council Service Award, UNT. (November 1, 2020).
  • Recognized as an Outstanding Instructor, Kappa Kappa Gamma. (1999).
  • Certificate of Appreciation as an Example of an Outstanding Instructor, Discovery Program at UNT. (1997).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Cobb, S.L., McPherson, M.A., Molina, D.J., Quintanilla, J.A., Rasmussen, E., Rous, J.J. (2018). Teaching Economics to the Masses: The Effects of Student Help Centers on Academic Outcomes. International Review of Economics Education. 27 (January 2018) 16-23.
  • Martinez, J., McPherson, M.A., Molina, D.J., Rous, J.J. (2013). The Economic Geography of Microenterprises: Clustering, Networking, and Knowledge Spillovers. Enterprise Development & Microfinance. 24 (4) 346-361. Practical Action Publishing. http://practicalaction.org/enterprise-development-microfinance
  • Kim, Y.S., Rous, J.J. (2012). House Price Convergence: Evidence from U.S. State and Metropolitan Area Panels. Journal of Housing Economics. 21 (12) 169-186.
  • McPherson, M.A., Rous, J.J. (2010). Access to Finance and Small Enterprise Growth: Evidence from East Java. Journal of Developing Areas. 43 (2) 159-172.
  • Jewell, R., Rous, J.J. (2009). Measuring the Benefit of Prenatal Care in a Less-Developed Country: Semi-Parametric Estimates from Uruguay. Journal of Developing Areas. 42 (2) 57-75.
  • Aggarwal, R.M., Rous, J.J. (2006). Awareness and Quality of Knowledge Regarding HIV/AIDS among Women in India. Journal of Development Studies. 42 (3) 371-401.
  • Hotchkiss, D.R., Rous, J.J., Seiber, E.E., Berruti, A.A. (2005). Is Maternal and Child Health Service Use a Causal Gateway to Subsequent Contraceptive Use?: A Multi-Country Study. Population Research and Policy Review. 24 (6) 543-571.
  • Seiber, E., Hotchkiss, D., Rous, J.J., Berruti, A. (2005). The Effects of MCH Service Utilization on Subsequent Contraceptive Use in Bolivia and Guatemala. Social Science & Medicine. 61 (2) 279-291.
  • Rous, J.J., Jewell, R., Brown, R. (2004). Estimating the Impact of Prenatal Care Visits on Birth Weight: A Full-Information Maximum Likelihood Estimation. Health Economics. 13 (3) 251-264.
  • Rous, J.J., Hotchkiss, D. (2003). An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Household Health Care Expenditures in Nepal with Controls for Endogenous Illness and Provider Choice: A Full-Information Maximum Likelihood Estimation. Health Economics. 12 (6) 431-451.
  • Rous, J.J. (2001). Is Breast-feeding a Substitute for Contraception in Family Planning?. Demography. 38 (4) 497-512.
  • Brown, R., Jewell, R., Rous, J.J. (2000). Provider Availability, Race and Abortion Demand. Southern Economic Journal. 67 (3) 656-671.
  • Brown, R., Jewell, R., Rous, J.J. (1999). Abortion Decisions Among Hispanic Women Along the Texas-Mexico Border. Social Science Quarterly. 81 (1) 237-252.
  • Hotchkiss, D., Magnani, R., Rous, J.J., Azelmat, M., Mroz, T., Heikel, J. (1999). The Effects of Maternal-Child Health Service on Subsequent Contraceptive Use in Morocco. Journal of Biosocial Science. 31 (2) 145-165.
  • Hotchkiss, D., Rous, J.J. (1998). Household Health Expenditure in Nepal: Implications for Health Care Financing Reform. Health Policy and Planning. 13 (4) 371-383.
  • Akin, J., Rous, J.J. (1997). The Effect of Provider Characteristics on Contraceptive Provider Choice: A Two-equation Full Information Maximum Likelihood Estimation. Demography. 34 (4) 513-523.

    • Research Report

  • Hotchkis, D.R., Rous, J.J., Seiber, E.E., Berruti, A.A. (2003). The Influence of Maternal & Child Health Service Utilization & Access to Private Sector Family Planning Services on Subsequent Contraceptive Use: A Multicountry Study. Other. Washington, DC., Commercial Market Strategies Project, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
  • Hotchkiss, D.R., Rous, J.J., Berruti, A., Magnani, R.J. (2000). The Effects of MCH Service Utilization on Subsequent Contraceptive Use in Tanzania. Washington, DC., USAID's Commercial Market Strategies Project, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

Presentations Given

    Design Work

  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Fry, M.J. (Author), Kim, M. (Author), Oppenheim, V. (Author), Tiwari, C. (Author), Southern Economic Association, The Impact of Shale Gas Well Proximity on Housing Values, Tampa Bay, FL, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

    • Lecture

  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Brown, R.W. (Author), Jewell, R.T. (Author), 1999 Bohan Lecture at Knox College, Provider Availability, Race, and Abortion Demand, Galesburg, Illinois, United States of America. (1999).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Kim, M. (Author & Presenter), Rous, J. (Author & Presenter), UNT ERG Workshop, Migration data description, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Kim, M. (Author & Presenter), Rous, J.J. (Author), Kwon, J. (Author), McPherson, M.A. (Author), Western Economic Association International, Differential Urban Growth and Filtering in Urban and Suburban Neighborhoods, Honolulu, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).

    • Paper

  • Cobb, S.L. (Author), McPherson, M.A. (Author & Presenter), Molina, D.J. (Author), Rous, J.J. (Author), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Annual Professors' Conference, Teaching Economics to the Masses: The Effects of Student Help Centers on Academic Outcomes, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America. (2014).
  • Cobb, S.L. (Author), Molina, D.J. (Author), McPherson, M.A. (Author & Presenter), Rous, J.J. (Author), AEA Conference on Teaching Economics and Research in Economic Education, Teaching Economics to the Masses: The Effects of Student Help Centers on Academic Outcomes, American Economic Association, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2014).
  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Kim, M. (Author), Kwon, J. (Author), McPherson, M.A. (Author), Spaces and Flows, Neighborhood Change in the Face of Urban Growth, Netherlands. (2013).
  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Aggarwal, R.M. (Author), American Social Science Association, Awareness and Quality of Knowledge about AIDS among women in India, United States of America. (2004).
  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Jewell, R.T. (Author), Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, The Effect of Prenatal Care on Birth Weight in Texas Border Counties: A Full-Information Maximum Likelihood Approach, Tampa Bay, FL, United States of America. (2001).
  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Brown, R.W. (Author), Jewell, R.T. (Author), Missouri Valley Economic Association Annual Meeting, Estimating the Impact of Prenatal Care Visits on Birth Weight: A Full-Information Maximum Likelihood Estimation, United States of America. (2001).
  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Hotchkiss, D.R. (Author), International Health Economics Association Annual Meeting, An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Household Health Care Expenditures in Nepal with Controls for Endogenous Illness and Provider Choice: A Full-Information Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands. (1999).
  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Hotchkiss, D.R. (Author), Southwestern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Health Care Financing in Nepal: The Role of Household Expenditure. At the Southwestern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (1997).
  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Breastfeeding and Contraception as Substitute Family Planning Strategies, Washington DC, United States of America. (1996).
  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Breastfeeding and Contraception as Substitute Family Planning Strategies. At the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (1996).
  • Rous, J.J. (Author & Presenter), Akin, J.S. (Author), Population Association of America Annual Meeting, The Role of Provider Characteristics in the Choice of Family Planning Provider, Miami, FL, United States of America. (1994).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Zhou, Y. (Principal), Carroll, M.C., Jiang, H., Kim, M., Rous, J.J., Yang, X., "Team Mentoring Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Jewell, R. (Co-Principal), Lyons, D. (Co-Principal), McPherson, M.A. (Co-Principal), Molina, D.J. (Co-Principal), Rice, M.D. (Co-Principal), Rous, J.J. (Co-Principal), "An Exploratory Survey of the Micro Enterprises in Central Mexico with a Focus on Agglomeration Externalities and Benefits of Return Migration," sponsored by Charn Uswachoke Fund (UNT), University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (2008 - 2009).

Service

University Service

  • Faculty Advisor, Economics Students Organization. (August 2018 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Department of Economics Personnel Affairs Committee. (2010 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Graduate microeconomics exit exam committee. (1996 - Present).
  • Other (Assistant Chair), Department of Economics. (November 1, 2023 - August 1, 2024).
  • Chairperson, Personnel Affairs Committee. (August 1, 2015 - October 1, 2023).
  • Committee Member, R1 Our Way Task Force, 2021. (November 1, 2021 - May 15, 2023).
  • Chairperson, Inclusion and Diversity Task Force. (September 15, 2021 - May 12, 2022).
  • Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Charter Revision Committee. (September 15, 2021 - February 7, 2022).
  • Committee Member, CLASS Strategic Planning Steering Committee. (October 16, 2020 - May 15, 2021).
  • Other (Author of departmental evaluation and workload document), Personnel Affairs Committee. (April 1, 2019 - September 6, 2020).
  • Committee Member, R1 Our Way Task Force, 2018. (August 20, 2019 - June 1, 2020).
  • Chairperson, Faculty Search Committee. (September 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020).
  • Chairperson, Faculty Search Committee. (August 2018 - April 2019).
  • Chairperson, Faculty Search Committee. (March 2018 - July 2018).
  • Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (September 2006 - September 2017).
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. (August 2016 - March 2017).
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. (August 2015 - March 2016).
  • Other (Member), UNT Sustainability Council. (2008 - 2015).
  • Chairperson, Grievance Committee. (February 2015 - May 2015).
  • Chairperson, Sustainability Council Evaluation and Assessment Committee. (September 2011 - May 2015).
  • Committee Member, UNT Tree Advisory Committee. (2009 - 2014).
  • Committee Chair, Journal Ranking Committee. (2011 - 2013).
  • Member, Grievance Committee. (February 2013 - April 2013).
  • Committee Chair, Personnel Affairs Committee. (2010 - 2012).
  • Other (Chair), UNT Sustainability Council Subcommittee on Financing the Office of Sustainability. (2010 - 2011).
  • Other (Chair), UNT Sustainability Council Subcommittee to Write Council Mission Statement. (2009 - 2010).
  • Other (Advisor), Undergraduate Advisor. (2004 - 2010).
  • Other (Mentor), Undergraduate mentor. (1998 - 2010).
  • Other (Member), UNT Sustainability Council Subcommittee to conduct UNT Greenhouse Gas Inventory. (2008 - 2009).
  • Other (Member), UNT Sustainability Council Subcommittee to Write Tree Policy. (2008 - 2009).
  • Committee Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (2005 - 2006).
  • Other (Chair), General Studies Faculty Advisory Council. (2004 - 2006).
  • Other (Member/Chair (2006)), University Review Committee. (September 2003 - August 2006).
  • Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (2002 - 2005).
  • Committee Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (2002 - 2005).
  • Faculty Advisor, Economics Club. (1998 - 2005).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (2002 - 2004).
  • Committee Member, Graduate econometrics exit exam committee. (1996 - 2004).
  • Committee Chair, Faculty Search Committee. (2001 - 2002).
  • Other (Coordinator), Coordinator of departmental microeconomics program. (1998 - 2001).
  • Committee Member, Journal Ranking Committee. (1999 - 2000).
  • Other (Mentor), Mentoring program committee. (1998 - 1998).
  • Other (Co-Coordinator), Co-coordinator of departmental undergraduate recruiting. (1996 - 1998).

Public Service

  • Board Member, Denton Community Market. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2015 - January 8, 2020).
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past, RL Turner Baseball Booster Club. Carrollton, Texas. (May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2018).
  • Officer, Vice President, RL Turner Baseball Booster Club. Carrollton, Texas. (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2017).
  • Officer, Treasurer, RL Turner Baseball Booster Club. Carrollton, Texas. (May 1, 2015 - April 30, 2016).
  • Other (Lecture), Lectured on U.S. Economic Growth from 1865-1918 for TAKS Institute (a continuing education program for public school teachers). Dallas, TX. (2003 - 2003).
  • Other (Lecture), Lectured on U.S. Economic Growth from 1865-1918 for TAKS Institute. Austin, TX. (2002 - 2002).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Economic Development Quarterly. (2019 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Annals of Regional Science. (2018 - 2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Studies in Family Planning. (2015 - 2015).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Population Research and Policy Review. (2014 - 2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Demography. (June 2012 - June 2012).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Applied Econometrics. (2011 - 2011).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Health Policy. (2005 - 2005).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Social Science and Medicine. (2005 - 2005).
  • Other, Southwestern Social Science Association Editorial Policies Committee. (2000 - 2003).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Health Policy and Planning. (2001 - 2001).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Southern Economic Journal. (2000 - 2000).