John V. Winters

Research Fellow

Iowa State University

winters1@iastate.edu

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John Winters is Professor of Economics at Iowa State University. John earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia State University and a B.A. in Economics from Mississippi State University. Recent work has examined individual migration decisions, geographic differences in labor market outcomes, effects of state merit scholarship programs, self-employment outcomes, and regional economic growth. His migration research has focused on the migration decisions of college educated persons and students pursuing higher education and he has done work examining the external effects of high human capital workers on local labor markets. His research has been published in journals including Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Economic Geography, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Business Venturing, Small Business Economics, and Economics of Education Review.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in May 2012.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9371

The Effects of State Merit Aid Programs on Attendance at Elite Colleges

David L. Sjoquist, John V. Winters

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2016, 83 (2), 527-549

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8984

Adjusted State Teacher Salaries and the Decision to Teach

Dan S. Rickman, Hongbo Wang, John V. Winters

revised portion published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2017, 35 (3), 542-550

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8966

Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties

John V. Winters, Yu Li

published in: Urban Studies, 2017, 54 (8), 1956-1973

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8875

The Effect of Georgia's HOPE Scholarship on College Major: A Focus on STEM

David L. Sjoquist, John V. Winters

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4:15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8730

The Production and Stock of College Graduates for U.S. States

John V. Winters

revised version published as 'Do higher college graduation rates increase local education levels?' in: Papers in Regional Science, 2018, 97 (3), 617 - 638

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8616

Estimating the Returns to Schooling Using Cohort-Level Maternal Education as an Instrument

John V. Winters

published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 126 (1), 25-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8575

Foreign and Native-Born STEM Graduates and Innovation Intensity in the United States

John V. Winters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7830

STEM Graduates, Human Capital Externalities, and Wages in the U.S.

John V. Winters

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2014, 48, 190-198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7584