Abhishek Maheshwari - Economics Projects

Thesis for MA Economics @CUNY: "Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality from 1963 to 2020 and its Causes" (July '22)

Generated Composition-adjusted wages and plots to test two key hypotheses (based on endogenous vs. exogenous assumption) for rising wage inequality in U.S.: Traditional view (Demand/Supply for skilled labor) vs. Revisionist view (Government's role in implementing minimum wages) .
The Project is leveraged off of research done by Autor, Katz, and Kearney (2008): “Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists”.

Final_Report.pdf

Thesis

Abhishek_M_ppt_Wage_Inequality.pdf

Presentation Slides

Presentation Video

COURSE PROJECTS:

Used 'Difference in Difference' & 'Instrument Variable estimation' methods to analyze the causal effect of China entering the World Trade Organization in 2001, on declining US manufacturing employment.
The Project is leveraged off of research done by Autor, Dorn, and Hanson (2013): “The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States”.

China Trade Impact on United States Manufacturing Employment_v1.docx

Report

China_Trade_ppt.pptx

Presentation Slides

Presentation Video

Used 'Difference in Difference' estimation to analyze the significance of 'identity' & 'median income' across all counties, in 2016 U.S. presidential election compared to 2012 election.

Final Project.docx

Project Report