James E. Ciecka
Academic Degrees
Ph.D. Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, Economics, 1970
M.S. Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, Economics, 1969
B.S. DePaul University, Chicago, IL, Economics, 1966
Academic Experience
Full Professor (most recent), DePaul University (1970 - Now).
Professional Interests
Research: My main research interests deal with the quantification of random variables measuring labor-force related activity and inactivity. This includes capturing entire probability distributions of time spent in the labor force (the mean of which is worklife expTeaching: statistics, mathematical economics, and micro economics
Selected Publications
Article
Skoog, G., Ciecka, J. (2003). Probability Mass Functions for Addition Years of Labor Markey Activity Induced by the Markov (Increment-Decrement) Model . Economics Letters, 77 (), 425-431.
Skoog, G., Ciecka, J. (2003). The Markov (Increment-Decrement) Model of Labor Force Activity: Extended Tables of Cenrtal Tendency, Variation, and Probability Intervals. Journal of Legal Economics, 11 (1), 23-87.
Ciecka, J., Skoog, G. (2005). Reconsidering and Extending the Conventional/Demographic and LPE Models: The LPd and LPi Restricted Markov Models. Journal of Forensic Economics, 17 (1), 47-94.
Skoog, G., Ciecka, J. (2004). Probability Mass Functions for Years to Final Separation from the Labor Force Induced by the Markov Model. Journal of Forensic Economics, 16 (1), 51-86.
Ciecka, J., Skoog, G., Krueger, K. (2006). Worklife in a Markov Model with Full-Time and Part-Time Activity. Journal of Forensic Economics, 19 (1), 61-82.
Ciecka, J., Skoog, G. (2004). Parameter Uncertainty in the Estimation of the Markov Model of Labor Force Activity: Known Error Rates Satisfying Daubert. Litigation Economics Review, 6 (2), 1-27.
Ciecka, J., Skoog, G. (1999). Work Life Expectancies of Railroad Workers. Journal of Forensic Economics, 11 (3), 237-252.
Ciecka, J., Skoog, G. (2007). Worklife Expectancy Via Competing Risks/Multiple Decrement Theory with an Application to Railroad workers. Journal of Forensic Economics, 19 (3), 243-260.
Skoog, G. (2003). The Markov (Increment-Decrement) Model of Labor Market Activity: New Results Beyond Worklife Expectancies. Journal of Legal Economics.
Hadley, L., Ciecka, J., Krautmann, A. (2005). Competitive Balance in the Aftermath of the 1994 Players' Strike. Journal of Sports Economics, 6 (4), 379-389.
Ciecka, J., Donley , T. (2000). A Markov Process Model of Work Life Expectancies Based on Labor Market Activity in 1997-98. Journal of Legal Economics, 9 (3), pp. 33-68.
Ciecka, J., Donley, T., Goldman, J. (2001). A Markov Process Model of Worklife Expectancies by Educational Attainment Based on Labor Markrt Activity in 1997-98. Journal of Legal Economics, 10 (3), 1-21.
Non-Academic Experience
Expert Witness, Jim Ciecka (1985 - 2005).
Selected Consulting
2005-2009: Occasional consulting, Attorneys
Selected Professional and Community Service
Academic Conference: Chair of Track or Program
2006: National Association of Forensic Economists (NAFE), Program chair and organizer of NAFE's four sessions held as part of the Allied Social Science Association's annual meeting held in Chicago in January, 2007.
Reviewer: Ad Hoc Review of Article or Manuscript
2005-2006: Journal of Forensic Economics
2004-2005: Journal of Legal Economics