John Ifcher teaches courses in microeconomics, behavioral economics, the economics of the public sector, and the economics of poverty and income inequality.
His recent research focuses on decision making on behalf of others, subjective well-being, social welfare programs, and the impact of economics instruction. One recent paper investigates the impact of relative income on subjective well-being; another investigates competitive preferences and decision making on behalf of others. He has published articles in the American Economic Review, the European Economic Review, Experimental Economics, the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, the Journal of Economic Psychology, the Journal of Happiness Studies, the Journal of Health Economics, and Management Science.
John Ifcher received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He also received a M.P.A. degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and a B.S. in computer science and psychology from the University of Michigan.
- John Ifcher, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Economics
European Economic Review (2023)
- John Ifcher, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Economics
Management Science (Forthcoming)
- John Ifcher, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Economics
Contemporary Economic Policy (2023)
- John Ifcher, Sandra Goff and Homa Zarghamee
In “Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics” (Dr Klaus F. Zimmermann, ed.), Springer December 2021, pp 1-27
- John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Dan Houser, and Lina Diaz
Experimental Economics 23, pp 1205–1234, March 2020
- John Ifcher and Homa Zarghamee
The Journal of Economic Psychology 77, Article 102180, March 2020
- Christine Bachen, Pedro Hernández-Ramos, Chad Raphael, John Ifcher, and Michael Broghammer
Cyberpsychology 13(3), Article 1, 2019
- John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, and Carol Graham
The Journal of Economic Inequality 17, pp 415–434, Sept. 2019
- John Ifcher and Homa Zarghamee
The Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 75, pp 55-65, August 2018
- John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, and Carol Graham
The Journal of Health Economic 49 (3), pp 272–302, April 2018
- John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Amanda Cabacungan
In “Markets, Governance, and Institutions in the Process of Economic Development” (Dr Ajit Mishra and Dr Tridip Ray, eds.), Oxford University Press.
- John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee
In Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy: Volume I: Concepts and Analysis (Joseph E. Stiglitz and Kaushik Basu, eds.), Palgrave: New York, NY (2016) (formerly entitled, “Subjective-Well-Being Inequality and Per Capita Income: Evidence from the World Values Surveys”).
- John Ifcher, Chris Herbst
Review of Economics of the Household 14(3), pp. 529-551, September 2016 formerly entitled, “A Bundle of Joy: Does Parenting Really Make Us Miserable?”
- John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee
Experimental Economics 19 (3), pp. 642–662, September 2016
- John Ifcher, Cassey Boyd-Swan, Chris Herbst, and Homa Zarghamee
The Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 126 (part A),pp. 18-38, June 2016
- John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee
Economic Inquiry 54(4): 1918-1930, April 2016