Prof. Richard J. Butler

Brigham Young University, USA

Professor of economics

Email: richard_butler@byu.edu, richardjbutler50@gmail.com

Qualifications

1979 Ph.D., University of Chicago, USA

1973 B.S., University of Utah, USA

Publications (Selected)

1. Butler, R. J., Lai, G., & Merrill, C. (2024). Insurers’ and banks’ market connectedness: generalized event study estimates from random forest residuals regression. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and Practice, 49(4), 682-718.
2. Butler, R. J., & Lai, G. (2023). Insurance wage-offer disparities by gender: random forest regression and quantile regression evidence from the 2010–2018 American Community Surveys. The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 48(2), 192-229.
3. Li, C. S., Lai, G. C., Tsendsuren, S., Butler, R. J., & Liu, C. C. (2023). Cognitive abilities and life insurance holdings: evidence from 16 European countries. The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 48(1), 110-166.
4. Butler, R. J., Butler, M. J., & Wilson, B. L. (2023). Regression Discontinuity—A Sort of Instrumental Variable Technique. World Scientific Book Chapters, 161-174.
5. Butler, R. J., Butler, M. J., & Wilson, B. L. (2023). Matching and Propensity Score Matching—“As if Randomized”. World Scientific Book Chapters, 131-146.
6. Butler, R. J., Butler, M. J., & Wilson, B. L. (2023). Statistical Merging—Difference-in-Difference and Split-Sample Instrumental Variables. World Scientific Book Chapters, 175-190.
7. Butler, R. J. (2021). Information access and homeowners insurance purchases. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and Practice, 46(4), 649-663.
8. Butler, R. J., Lai, G., & Wilson, B. L. (2021). Nurses' wages and hours of work in the COVID-19 era. Nursing Economics, 39(3), 132-138.
9. Kelly, L. A., Gee, P. M., & Butler, R. J. (2021). Impact of nurse burnout on organizational and position turnover. Nursing outlook, 69(1), 96-102.
10. Wilson, B. L., & Butler, R. J. (2021). Identifying optimal labor and delivery nurse staffing: The case of cesarean births and nursing hours. Nursing outlook, 69(1), 84-95.
11. Butler, R. J., & Johnson, W. G. (2020). The determinants of nursing turnover: A multi-year analysis. Medical Research Archives, 8(6).
12. Wilson, B. L., Butler, M. J., Butler, R. J., & Johnson, W. G. (2018). Nursing gender pay differentials in the new millennium. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 50(1), 102-108.
13. Wilson, B. L., Butler, R. J., & Butler, M. J. (2016). Employment and wage disparities for nurses with activity limitations. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(6), 608-615.
14. Butler, R. J., & Johnson, W. G. (2016). Rating the digital help: electronic medical records, software providers, and physicians. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 16(3), 269-283.
15. Johnson, W. G., Butler, R., Harootunian, G., Wilson, B., & Linan, M. (2016). Registered nurses: the curious case of a persistent shortage. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(4), 387-396.
16. Butler, R. J. (2016). The simple geometry of correlated regressors and iv corrections. International Journal, 5(3), 183.
17. Butler, R. J., Kleinman, N., & Gardner, H. H. (2014). I don't like Mondays: explaining Monday work injury claims. ILR Review, 67(3_suppl), 762-783.
18. Butler, R. J., Gardner, H. H., & Kleinman, N. L. (2013). Workers’ compensation: occupational injury insurance’s influence on the workplace. In Handbook of insurance (pp. 449-469). New York, NY: Springer New York.

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