Theodore Joyce

Theodore Joyce is a Professor of Economics at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, appointed in the Bert Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance in the Zicklin School of Business. He also serves as a Research Associate in the Health Economics program at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

His research focuses on economic demography and reproductive health policy, including work on abortion policy, teen fertility, state reproductive laws, prenatal care, infant health outcomes, welfare reform, and program evaluation methods. Some of his recent work, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, examines state laws affecting teen fertility, and he has also studied the effectiveness of online learning.

His scholarship has appeared in leading outlets such as the Journal of Political Economy, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Public Economics, Population Research and Policy Review, and the Peabody Journal of Education.

At Baruch, Professor Joyce chairs the Zicklin Executive Committee, directs Zicklin’s Online Learning and Evaluation program, serves on the College Academic Review Committee, and coordinates the introductory macroeconomics course (ECO 1002).