Featured Researcher: Ted Joyce
Ted Joyce is an NBER Research Associate in the Programs on Health Economics and Children and a Professor of Economics at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is also the Academic Director of the Baruch/Mount Sinai MBA Program in Health Care Administration, in which he teaches health economics and statistics. He received his B.A. in bilingual education from the University of Massachusetts in 1976 and his Ph.D. in economics from the City University of New York in 1985.
Professor Joyce's research interests are in infant and reproductive health policy. His published work traverses economic, policy, and clinical journals. He is best known for his work on abortion policies and their impact on fertility and infant health.
Professor Joyce lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Judy Sackoff, an epidemiologist. They have two daughters, Nina (20) and Maya (14). A formally addicted golfer, a fading jogger, a nascent cyclist, a spin-class enthusiast, and a reluctant ellipticalist, he will do almost any type of exercise that allows his deteriorating systems to stay active. Born in Boston and raised in Massachusetts, his baseball allegiance remains fervent despite 24 years in very hostile territory. "October, he says, "can be a difficult month."
