Charles Baum

Department Chair, Associate Professor, Economics, hired 1999
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1999
B.A., Wake Forest University, 1995

Primary Field: Labor Economics, Health Economics

Office BAS N329
Phone 615.898.2527
Fax 615.898.5596

email: cbaum@mtsu.edu
website: www.mtsu.edu/~cbaum

Selected Publications

• Baum, Charles L. (2008). "The Effects of Cigarette Taxes on Obesity." Health Economics, forthcoming.
• Baum, Charles L. (2007). "The Effects of Race, Ethnicity, and Age on Obesity." Journal of Population Economics, 20(3): 687-705.
• Baum, Charles L., William F. Ford, and Jeffery D. Hopper. (2006). "The Obese Smoker's Wage Penalty." Social Science Quarterly, 87(4): 863-881.
• Baum, Charles L. (2006). "The Effects of Government-Mandated Family Leave on Employer Family Leave Policies." Contemporary Economic Policy, 24(3): 432-445.
• Baum, Charles L. (2005). "The Effects of Employment while Pregnant on Health at Birth." Economic Inquiry, 43(2): 283-302.
• Baum, Charles L., and William F. Ford. (2004). "The Wage Effects of Obesity: A Longitudinal Study." Health Economics, 13(9): 885-899.
• Baum, Charles L. (2003). "The Effects of Maternity Leave Legislation on Mothers' Labor Supply Patterns after Childbirth." Southern Economic Journal 69(4): 772-799.
• Baum, Charles L. (2003). "Does Early Maternal Employment Harm Child Development? An Analysis of the Potential Benefits of Leave-Taking." Journal of Labor Economics 21(2): 409-448.