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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
By Ryan DeLoughry. Wesleyan University.
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This paper was inspired by Raymond J. Keating’s article “Economic Woes of Pro Sports… Continue reading BLOG: A Capital Punishment, How the Public Funding of Nationals Park is a Bad Deal
