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Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington College 2010 - present
Assistant Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University 2003 - 2010
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, 2003
Diplom Ökonom, Universität Augsburg, Germany, 1998
Research Interests
Labor
Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Social Networks, Information
Transmission, Macroeconomics
Publications
and Forthcoming Papers
“The structure of social networks and labor market success” forthcoming in Applied Economics Letters.
“Quantifying the Effects of Job Matching through Social Networks”, Journal of Applied Economics, 2011, Volume XIV, No. 1, pages 35-59.
“Do More Diverse Environments Increase the Diversity of Subsequent Interaction? Evidence from Random Dorm Assignment” (with Sara Baker and Steven Puller), Economics Letters, 2011, 110, pages 110–112.
“Intergenerational Relationships over the Lifecycle and the
Determination of Wages”, Applied Economics, 2010, Volume 42, Issue 22, pages
2817 – 2833.
“Online Social Networks in Economics” Decision Support Systems, 2009, Volume 47, Issue 3, pages 169-184.
“Education, Self-selection and Intergenerational Transmission of Abilities” Journal of Human Capital, 2008, Volume 2, No. 1, pages 106-128.
“The Old Boy (and Girl) Network: A Model of Social Network Formation on University Campuses” (With Steven Puller) Journal of Public Economics, 2008, Volume 92, pages 329-347.
Working
Papers
“A Simple Test of Private Information in Insurance Markets with Heterogeneous Insurance Demand”, with Li Gan and Feng Huang), NBER Working Paper 16738, February 2011.
“The effect of the Texas 10% rule on applications, admissions, enrollment and student outcomes – Regression Discontinuity Evidence” (with Jason Fletcher), July 2011.
“First Friends Then Co-Workers: An Empirical Investigation of Social Connections and the Initial Employment of College Graduates” , September 2011.
“Price and Wage Dispersion due to Heterogeneous Arrival of Trade Opportunities” (with Theodore Turocy, August 2011.
“Are Intergenerational Connections Wealth Related? Evidence from Lifecycle Data”, August 2006.
“The Old College Try: Estimating the Role of Uncertainty, Costs and Rewards in the Experiment called College”, October 2008.
Refereeing Experience
American Economic Journal: Applied
Economics, American Economic Review, Applied Economics, B.E.
Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, British Journal of Sociology, Industrial Relations, International Economic Review, Journal of
Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of
Economics and Business Statistics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Human Capital,
Journal of Human Resources, Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Teaching Interests
Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Econometrics, Macroeconomics
Teaching Experience at Washington College
“Principles of Macroeconomics” (ECN 111), Fall 2010 through Fall 2011
“Labor Economics” (ECN 219) Fall 2010
“Econometrics” (ECN 320), Spring 2011
“Economics of Imperfect Information” (ECN 394), Fall 2011
Teaching Experience at Texas A&M University
“Human Resource Economics” (Graduate Labor, ECON 609), Spring 2006, Spring 2007
“Introduction to Econometrics” (ECMT 463), Spring 2004 through Fall 2009
“Microeconomic Theory” (Intermediate Micro, ECON 323), Fall 2003 through Spring 2010
“Principles of Economics” (ECON 202 – Honors Section), Fall 2007
“Directed Study in Labor Economics” (Graduate Level Reading Course - ECON 685)
Fall 2005, Spring 2008
Teaching Award at Texas A&M University
SLATE - University Level Teaching Award, Texas A&M University, 2009
Teaching Experience at the University of Rochester
“Econometrics” (Undergraduate Econometrics), Summer 2001, Summer 2002
Economics, Social Networks, Intergenerational, Labor Markets