By Nicole Gorton and Sylvia Klosin. University of Chicago.
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Do female immigrants earn as much as their native counterparts, and if not, why not? We establish the existence of a wage gap between female U.S. born and female immigrant workers, then try to explain what factors drive this gap. Continue reading Explaining the Immigrant-Native Wage Gap
By Thomas Gebhart. University of Minnesota.
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We build a model of competition among privately issued cryptocurrencies. We use a well-known monetary economics environment, the Lagos-Wright model, and include founders who can issue their own currencies in order to maximize their utility. Founders are endowed with productive capital that allows them to invest in projects that span multiple periods. Continue reading Cryptocurrency Competition and Dynamics
By Charles Weber. Harvard University.
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Does increasing student access to charter schools lead to more equitable outcomes for all? More specifically, does increasing the number of students who attend charters in a district lead to a narrowing achievement gap… Continue reading The Impact of Increasing Charter School Enrollment on the Achievement Gap: Evidence from Michigan
By Shreyas K. Shrikanth. University of Texas-Austin.
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In an analysis of the current state of mobile money, I observe that despite the additional economic cost of using mobile money services instead of cash, there is still a demand for mobile money services in Kenya and Tanzania. Continue reading Beyond Cash: Mobile Money in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Robert Fluegge. Harvard University.
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This paper attempts to understand the impact that improved access to microfinance ser- vices has on health decisions for low-income communities in developing countries. Continue reading Evaluating the Impact of Microfinance on Health Decisions
By Nicholas Cornell. Rice University.
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This paper expands on the body of literature relating spiritual or religious beliefs to eco- nomic outcomes. It focuses on a hypothetical mechanism whereby cultural values are produced by religious… Continue reading Afterlife Beliefs, Work Ethic, and Economic Outcomes
By Benjamin Nickerson. University of Chicago.
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Innovations and inventions are often cited as sources of economic growth. Continue reading Creativity of Fashion Design: An Economic Creative Lifecycle Analysis of Three 20th Century Fashion Designers
By Seth M. Morokoff. Princeton University.
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Two separate theoretical frameworks suggest that employment may have a negative di- rectional effect on the probability of condom usage in the developing world. Continue reading Contraception Employed: Using Economic Models to Predict the Effect of Employment on Condom Usage in Brazil
By Felix Carreon III. University of Michigan.
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Both the online dating and labor markets are matching markets in which firms and agents must agree they’re a good fit for one another. Continue reading Romantic Unemployment: Neoclassical Economic Theory in Online Dating and Labor Markets
