Alan Seals
Research Interests
Labor Market for College Students/Graduates
Field Experiments
Economics of the Family
Economics of Crime
Current Research Projects and Recently Published Papers
"Local Labor Market Effects of Nuclear Power Plants" (with Duha Altindag, Reem El Cheikh Taha, Jennifer Jones)
"The Price of COVID-19 Risk in a Public University" Economics of Education Review (2023): 102410. ) with Duha Altindag and Samuel Cole. Working paper on Arxiv (March 2022); "Another Previous Draft" (Oct. 2021); Previous Preliminary Draft (Feb. 2021). Press Coverage: Chronicle of Higher Education; Marginal Revolution
"The Distribution of Occupational Tasks in the United States: Implications for a Diverse and Aging Population" (with Sammy Cole, Zachary Cowell, and John Nunley)
"Unbundling the Effects of College on First-Job Search: Returns to Majors, Minors, Internships, Study Abroad, and Computer Skills " (with Jaime Arellano-Bover, Carolina Bussotti, and John Nunley)
"Task-Based Discrimination in the Labor Market for New College Graduates" (with Jonathan Bushnell, Zach Cowell, David Dowling, Sam Goldstein, Andrew Johnson, George Miller, John Nunley and Mingzhou Wang)
"The Effects of Automation Technologies on SSDI Applications and Awards" (with Christopher Cruz, John Nunley, and Reem El Cheikh Taha)
"Automation and Entrepreneurial Intent" (with Nabamita Dutta, John Nunley, and Adam Stivers)
"The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results" with (David A. Jaeger, Jaime Arellano-Bover, Krzysztof Karbownik, Marta Mart´ınez-Matute, John Nunley, Miguel Almunia, Mackenzie Alston, Sascha O. Becker, Pilar Beneito, Rene Boheim, Jessica H. Brown, Simon Chang, Deborah Cobb-Clark, Shooshan Danagoulian, Sandra Donnally, Marissa Eckrote-Nordland, Lidia Farre, Javier Ferri, Margherita Fort, Jane Cooley Fruewirth, Rebecca Gelding, Allen C. Goodman, Melanie Guldi, Simone Hackl, Janet Hankin, Scott Imberman, Joanna Lahey, Joan Llull, Hani Mansour, Isaac McFarlin, Jaakko Merilainen, Tove Mortlund, Martin Nybom, Stephen D. O’Connell, Rupert Sausgruber, Amy Ellen Schwarz, Jan Stuhler, Petra Thiemann, Roel van Valdhuizen, Marianne Wannamaker, Maria Zhu)
Published Resume Audit Papers
“The Demand for Interns” (with David Jaeger, John Nunley, Carrie Shandra, and Eric Wilbrandt) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol:209: 372-390 . NBER Working Paper
Press Coverage: Time Magazine; FAZ; BBC WORKLIFE
“Unemployment, Underemployment, and Employment Opportunities: Results from a Correspondence Audit of the Labor Market for College Graduates” (with John Nunley, Adam Pugh, and Nicholas Romero) Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 60: 642-669.
“College Major, Internship Experience, and Employment Opportunities: Estimates from a Résumé Audit” (with John Nunley, Adam Pugh, and Nicholas Romero) Labour Economics, Vol. 38: 37-46.
Press coverage: WallStreet Journal; Chicago Policy Review; Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics; Economics 21; Marginal Revolution; One Wire; Market Watch
Listen to Nunley on Wisconsin Public Radio
“Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market for Recent College Graduates: Estimates from a Field Experiment” (with John Nunley, Adam Pugh, and Nicholas Romero) The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Contributions), Vol. 15: 1093–1125.
Press coverage: Fortune Magazine
Listen to Nunley on National Public Radio
Other Items of Interest
Evolution of Auburn U Salaries since 2012