David J. Bjerk

Research Fellow

Claremont McKenna College

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David Bjerk is the Russell Bock Professor of Public Economics at Claremont McKenna College. He earned his BA from Carleton College and his PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to his appointment at Claremont McKenna, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at McMaster University in Ontario Canada and a Research Fellow in Population Studies at the RAND Corporation. Professor Bjerk’s research focuses on discrimination and inequality in labor markets, and crime and the criminal justice system.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in May 2009.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11837
What Can DNA Exonerations Tell Us about Racial Differences in Wrongful Conviction Rates?
David J. Bjerk, Eric Helland
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2020, 63 (2), 341 - 366
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10631
Using a Ratio Test to Estimate Racial Differences in Wrongful Conviction Rates
David J. Bjerk, Eric Helland
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10544
Mandatory Minimums and the Sentencing of Federal Drug Crimes
David J. Bjerk
published in: the Journal of Legal Studies, 2017, 46 (1), 93-128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10259
In Front of and Behind the Veil of Ignorance: An Analysis of Motivations for Redistribution
David J. Bjerk
published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2016, 47 (4), 791-824.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10237
Mandatory Minimum Policy Reform and the Sentencing of Crack Cocaine Defendants: An Analysis of the Fair Sentencing Act
David J. Bjerk
published in: Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2017, 14 (2), 370-396
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8224
The Market for Mules: Risk and Compensation of Cross-Border Drug Couriers
David J. Bjerk, Caleb Mason
published in: International Review of Law and Economics, 2014, 39, 58-72.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5995
Re-examining the Impact of Dropping Out on Criminal and Labor Outcomes in Early Adulthood
David J. Bjerk
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31 (1), 110-122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4470
Thieves, Thugs, and Neighborhood Poverty
David J. Bjerk
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 68 (3), 231 - 246
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4387
How Much Can We Trust Causal Interpretations of Fixed-Effects Estimators in the Context of Criminality?
David J. Bjerk
published in: Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2009, 25 (4), 391-417
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