Announcements

The 2016-2017 Journal is out!

On behalf of the Comparative Advantage Editorial Board, I am honored to present the fifth volume of the Stanford Undergraduate Economics Journal. The journal has grown tremendously this year in its efforts to create an accessible platform for readers to engage with our authors’ work. Our new website is designed to mirror the layout of professional academic journals, with individual articles available on separate pages … Continue reading The 2016-2017 Journal is out!

15pattabiaJuly 24, 2017July 24, 2017

Labor, Macroeconomics, Technology

How Does Technology Affect Skill Demand? Technical Changes and Capital-Skill Complementarity in the 21st Century

By Yifan (Eva) Gong. Macalester College.
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This paper attempts to examine technology’s impact on the labor market through the lens of skilled labor. Technical changes in the late 20th century are skill-biased… Continue reading How Does Technology Affect Skill Demand? Technical Changes and Capital-Skill Complementarity in the 21st Century

15pattabiaJuly 21, 2017March 12, 2018

International, Microeconomics

The Influence of Collectivism on Microfinance in Senegal

By Cole Scanlon (Harvard University), Keaton Scanlon (Warren Wilson College), and Teague Scanlon (Pomona College).
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Microfinance, despite its mixed results in economic literature, continues to proliferate in many developing countries (Rooyen et al., 2012). This research project investigates the relationship between collectivism and microfinance. Continue reading The Influence of Collectivism on Microfinance in Senegal

15pattabiaJuly 18, 2017

International, Microeconomics

Has Indonesia’s Growth Between 2007-2014 Been Pro-Poor? Evidence from the Indonesia Family Life Survey

By Ariza Gusti. University of Minnesota.
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A country’s economic growth is said to help the poor and eradicate poverty if it is “pro-poor”, in that its impacts are broad-based, and benefit the poor in absolute terms. This research seeks to explore whether Indonesia’s sustained growth… Continue reading Has Indonesia’s Growth Between 2007-2014 Been Pro-Poor? Evidence from the Indonesia Family Life Survey

15pattabiaJuly 16, 2017July 5, 2018

Finance, Technology

Vocabulary as an indicator of creditworthiness: An analysis of public loan data

By Justin Wagers. University of Puget Sound.
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The purpose of this research is to determine the usefulness of a borrower’s vocabulary in determining his/her creditworthiness. The analysis takes a word-frequency approach to 36,055 loans… Continue reading Vocabulary as an indicator of creditworthiness: An analysis of public loan data

15pattabiaJuly 15, 2017July 16, 2017

Finance, Technology

Place and its Role in Venture Capital Funding

By Luke Heine. Harvard College.
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How are city demographics correlated with the amount of venture capital they receive? The paper uses a unique dataset of ~58,000 venture deals from 2000 – 2014 from the CrunchBase dataset and census data from the same period. Continue reading Place and its Role in Venture Capital Funding

15pattabiaJuly 15, 2017July 20, 2017

Microeconomics

Temporary Assistance with Lasting Effects: A Report on Policies of Self-Determination in Native America

By Ryan A. Mather. University of Minnesota.
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Native American reservations are marked by poverty rates that remain persistently above national averages through generations, but a recent… Continue reading Temporary Assistance with Lasting Effects: A Report on Policies of Self-Determination in Native America

15pattabiaJuly 13, 2017July 18, 2017

International

Does Intercropping Improve the Outcomes of Export Assistance Among Kenyan Smallholders?

By Noah Nieting. Macalester College.
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Commodity export markets provide opportunities for gains from trade in developing economies, but smallholding farmers remain least likely to access these markets due to… Continue reading Does Intercropping Improve the Outcomes of Export Assistance Among Kenyan Smallholders?

15pattabiaJuly 12, 2017July 6, 2018

Blog, Education

BLOG: The Impact of Single-Sex Education on Educational and Personal Outcomes

By Caitlin McCarey. Wellesley College.
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This review assesses the impact of single-sex education programs on educational and personal outcomes of lower, middle, and high school aged students… Continue reading BLOG: The Impact of Single-Sex Education on Educational and Personal Outcomes

15pattabiaJune 28, 2017November 30, 2019

Comparative Advantage

Stanford University's Undergraduate Economics Journal

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