BRIAN J. CUSHING

Associate Professor

Education:

Ph.D. University of Maryland, Economics, 1981
M.A. University of Maryland, Economics, 1979
B.A. University of Notre Dame, Economics, 1975

Current Positions:

Associate Professor of Economics
Faculty Research Associate, Regional Reserch Institute

Selected Previous Positions:

Acting Director, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, 1991.
Visiting Scholar, Institute for Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1989-90, 1996-97.
Assistant Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, 1981-87.

Research Interests:

Poverty; Internal Population Migration; Urban Problems.

Selected Recent Publications and Papers, 1990-Present:

Cushing, Brian. 2003. State minimum wage laws and the migration of the poor. Regional Research Paper 2003-3.

Cushing, Brian. 2002. The role of welfare and space in the migration of the poor. Regional Research Paper 2002-16.

Zheng, Buhong and Brian Cushing. 2001. Statistical inference for testing inequality indices with dependent samples. Journal of Econometrics, 101, 315-335.

Cushing, Brian, and Buhong Zheng. 2000. Reevaluating differences in poverty among central city, suburban, and nonmetropolitan areas of the U. S., Applied Economics 32, 653-660.

Lego, Brian, Tesfa Gebremedhin, and Brian Cushing. 2000. A dynamic time-series analysis long-run regional economic growth. Agricultural and Resource Economis Review, 29, 192-197.

Cushing, Brian J. 1999. Migration and persistent poverty in rural America. In Migration and Restructuring in the U.S.: A Geographic Perspective (Kavita Pandit and Suzanne Davies Withers, eds.), Rowman & Littlefield, 15-36.

Cushing, Brian J. and Buhong Zheng. 1999. Locational differences in the underlying characteristics of poverty. Regional Research Paper 9903.

Cushing, Brian J. 1997. Will interstate differences in restrictions on receipt of public assistance affect migration of the poor? Some evidence from the past. Regional Research Paper 9722.

Cushing Brian J. 1997. Migration and persistent poverty in rural America: A case study from central Appalachia. Regional Research Paper 9716.

Zheng, Buhong and Brian J. Cushing. 1997. Distribution-free statistical inferences for testing marginal changes in inequality indices. Regional Research Paper 9704.

Cushing, Brian J. 1997. Racial differences in the migration response to social welfare benefits: revisited. Regional Research Paper 9703.

Cushing, Brian J. and Cynthia Rogers. 1996. Income and poverty in Appalachia, Socio-Economic Review of Appalachia (papers commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission), Regional Research Institute.

Cushing, Brian J. 1996. The influence of race relations on destination choices of black-American migrants in the United States, 1955-1980. Regional Research Paper 9629.

Cushing, Brian. 1996. Model specification and the robustness of empirical results from migration models. Regional Research Paper 9605.

Zheng, Buhong, Brian Cushing, and Victor Chow. 1995. Statistical tests of changes in U.S. poverty, 1975 to 1990, Southern Economic Journal 62, 334-347.

Cushing, Brian. 1995. Poverty in Central Appalachia: people or place? Regional Research Paper 9527.

Levernier, William, and Brian Cushing. 1994. A new look at the determinants of the intrametropolitan distribution of population and employment. Urban Studies, 31, 1391-1405.

Cushing, Brian J. 1994. Overview of the West Virginia economy, 1939-2000. In West Virginia in the 1990s: Opportunities for economic progress, eds. R. Dilger and T. Witt. West Virginia University Press.

Cushing, Brian J. 1993. The effect of the social welfare system on metropolitan migration in the U.S. by income group, gender, and family structure. Urban Studies 30, 2: 325-338.

Selected Scholarly Service and Honors:

Co-Principal Investigator, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU): Undergraduate Research in Regional Science, National Science Foundation Grant, 1993-present.
Executive Council, Southern Regional Science Association, 1992-95.
Faculty Advisor, West Virginia University Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, 1990-present
Program Coordinator, 30th Southern Regional Science Association Meeting, Miami, 1991.
Referee:

Journal of Regional Science
International Regional Science Review
Review of Regional Studies
Papers in Regional Science
Journal of Population Economics
Annals of Regional Science
Southern Economic Journal
Urban Studies

Program Committee, Southern Regional Science Association Meetings, 1993-96, 2002, 2003.
Program Committee, North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, 1995, 1996.
Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Geography and Regional Science Program, 1993.
Proposal Reviewer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NRICGP Program, 1994, 1998.
Book Reviewer, Journal of Regional Science, 1994.