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Education:

B.A. (Economics), University of California, Berkeley, 1961; Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, Berkeley, 1967.

Courses Taught:

Regression Analysis (SW289C); Research methods for limited dependent variables (SW289D); Research Methods for Social Workers (SW 282AB)

Research Interests:

Integrating economic theory and quantitative methods to estimate the efficacy of social service and health delivery systems. Development, public finance, education, and econometrics.

Special Report: State Estimates of Total Medical Expenditures Attributable to Cigarette Smoking

Selected Publications:

Miller, L.S. & Pruger, R. (1991). Efficiency and The Social Services: Part A and Part B, Administration In Social Work, 15 (1&2):5-44.

Miller, L.S., Rice, S., Kelman, S. & Dunmeyer, S. (1990). The Economic Costs Of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Illness: 1985, Office of Financing and Coverage Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Miller, L.S. (with MSSP evaluation staff), (1984). The Comparative Evaluation Of The Multipurpose Senior Services Staff Project, University of California Extension, Berkeley.