Perry Singleton

• 2025 Spring
  • ECN 496 Distinction Thesis Seminar in Economics II
  • ECN 732 Taxation
• 2024 Fall
  • ECN 422 Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics
• 2024 Spring
  • ECN 732 Taxation
  • ECN 410 Topics in Economic Applications - Topics in Health Economics
• 2023 Fall
  • ECN 422 Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics
• 2023 Spring
  • ECN 732 Taxation
  • ECN 410 Topics in Economic Applications - Topics in Health Economics

Perry Singleton is an associate professor of economics and a senior research associate in the Center for Policy Research. His work specializes in public, labor and health economics.

His research focuses on the effects of health on labor market outcomes, the economics of the family in relation to health, and the role of social insurance programs in the economy, including Social Security's old-age and disability insurance and the Department of Veterans Affair's Disability Compensation program.

He is also interested in occupational safety and health in relation to labor market outcomes, firm productivity, technological development and regulatory oversight. He has numerous published papers in journals including the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Journal of Law and Economics.

He received a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

"Understanding Food-Related Hardship among Older Americans", Sponsored by Department of Agriculture.

"Intergovernmental Personnel Act Agreement", Sponsored by Social Security Administration.

"Center for Aging and Policy Studies", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.

"Retirement Research Consortium Syracuse", Sponsored by Social Security Administration.

"Disability and Marital Dissolution", Sponsored by Social Security Administration.

• Journal Articles
  • Singleton, P., "Health information and the timing of social security benefit entitlements." Labour Economics, 2024.
  • Singleton, P., "The Effect of Social Security Benefits on Food Insecurity at the Earliest Entitlement Age." Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2023.
  • Li, L., Rohlin , S. and Singleton, P., "Labor Unions and Occupational Safety." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2022.
  • Li, L., Rohlin, S. and Singleton, P., "Labor Unions and Workplace Safety." ILR Review, 2022.
  • Li, L., Singleton, P., "The Effect of Workplace Inspections on Worker Safety." ILR Review, 2019.
  • Singleton, P., "The Dynamic Relationship between Disability, Earnings, and Disability Insurance Application and Receipt." Economics Letters, 2014.
  • Singleton, P., "Earnings of Rejected Applicants to the Social Security Disability Insurance Program." Economics Letters, 2012.