We're happy to report that our new Department Chair,
@orgul_ozturk
, survived her first day (officially) on the job!
Orgül is the first female in this position
@UoSC_Econ
and we are confident we're in capable hands with her.
We are delighted to introduce the U of SC Econ faculty recruiting class of 2024, a new cohort of Assistant Professors joining our department and the
@MooreSchool
! 🎉
Rising 2nd year PhD student
@Mohamma28632726
has just had his first paper published at the Review of Development Economics -- Congratulations Mohammad!
We're hiring! 🎉
We are looking to fill two positions this year:
1. TT position, interested in a microeconomist working in development or international.
2. Clinical position
We are very happy to have these amazing young economists joining our faculty! 🤙
And thankful they were willing to play along with their acceptance announcements 😊
The best fall semesters are those where we get to welcome a new cohort of PhD students.
Thrilled to have Debbie, Ashley, Roxana, Narender, Dylan, and Kara as a part of
@UofSC_Econ
!
PhD student Eren Bilen and faculty member Alexander Matros' paper, "Online Cheating Amid COVID-19", was just accepted at the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Recently accepted into the Economics of Education Review, a study by our
@orgul_ozturk
,
@gordanier
, Crystal Zhan, and 2019 PhD graduate
@BreyonWilliams
shows that free lunch programs improve student test scores in SC.
We're hiring!
Looking for a candidate at the asst/assoc level w/ interests in empirical micro in the areas of public, IO, labor - ideally with structural econometric and/or machine learning tools.
More info on JOE - please apply and share!
Deniz Sanin joins us after completing her PhD at
@Georgetown
. She studies development, labor, and gender economics.
She'll be teaching econometrics and development economics this fall.
Ashley Rojas, a junior economics major at
@UofSC
, was accepted into this year's American Economic Association summer program --
@AEASPmsu
.
Not only that, Ashley was the valedictorian of the program!
Please RT and spread the word. If you are looking for a PhD program where you will be happy, apply to us. PhD program covers tuition, fees, books, computer, software and offers a generous stipend and conference/data etc. More information here: (1/3)
Wow - Economics swept this year's Alfred G. Smith, Jr. Awards for Excellence in Teaching in the
@MooreSchool
!
The excellent classroom instruction from Danna Thomas (tenure track), Sarah Carroll (professional track), and
@AShouldersEcon
(PhD student) is well deserving!🎉👩🏫
Two of our 3rd year PhD students did a great job presenting at the 3rd Annual SEEDS Conference
@GATechEcon
today!
@mjakaria_econ
presented on the labor market impacts of bank branch expansion, and
@idris_kambala
on governance and long run development. Well done both of you!
Kaleigh Strohl completed her degree in economics and management at Penn State this spring. She'll finally be able to see some real football in the SEC as she pursues her PhD in economics 😆
U of SC Econ has three terrific PhD job market candidates this year.
First, check them out at:
Second, interview them!
Profiles of each coming here soon...
Very proud that for the 2nd year in a row our faculty have swept the
@MooreSchool
teaching awards! 👩🏫🎉
* Milton Straw, Outstanding Grad Student Teaching
* Beth Watson, Alfred G. Smith, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Professional Track
*
@jasondebacker
AGS Award, TT
Faculty members
@orgul_ozturk
and
@gordanier
have a new paper out in Food Policy (joint with
@Chad_Cotti
), “Does Distributing SNAP Benefits Later in the Month Smooth Expenditures?”
Many thanks go out to Kin Blackburn who lead the department for the last 5 years! Kin oversaw many new hires, managed us through the pandemic, and the dept is stronger as a result of his efforts.
Good to be back on a university campus! Joining
@AU_SPA
as a lecturer this fall. Super excited to blend economics + policy + stats & to pull from the fun and interesting work I’m doing at
@MathematicaNow
to inspire the next wave of thinkers!
PhD student
@idris_kambala
recently had his paper, "Colonial Origins of Comparative Development in Ghana," published in the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 from
@tandfonline
.
Well done Idris!
Congratulations to
@mjakaria_econ
for winning the Melayne McInnes Memorial Award for best 3rd year paper!
(Mohammad is pictured below with his supervisor,
@JHB_econ
, and Don and Elise McInnes)
Job Market Candidate Matthew Harvey (
@Matthew00117310
) has research interests in institutions, crime, and economic history.
His job market paper is "The Impact of Fatal Encounters with Police on Institutional Trust".
Job Market Candidate Eren Bilen (
@Ernbilen
) has research interests in applied microeconomics, tournaments, and health economics.
His job market paper is "The Superstar Effect: Evidence from Chess".
Lois is an applied microeconomist and her current research focuses on higher education, with an emphasis on how government and school policies affect inequality and social mobility.
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Anyone who’s looked for a day care will tell you: it’s a mess out there.
Long waitlists, high prices, underpaid caretakers. And most places operate on the thinnest margins.
On today's ep, why the US day care market isn’t working for anyone.
Alicia Plemmons (
@Alicia_Plemmons
) is an Assistant Professor of Economics
@SIUE
, where she conducts research on entrepreneurship and occupational licensing and teaches public sector economics, among other topics.
#UofSCEcon
#AlumniProfiles
Looking forward to our first PhD Presentation Symposium today! It'll be a new annual tradition in our department.
Our young scholars have put together a very nice mini conference, open to all.
Iddrisu (Idris) Kambala Mohammed, a native of Ghana, joins us following his studies in Turkey. He has interests in development, health, and experimental economics.
A reminder -- we are hiring!!
Deadline for our tenure-track opening is Nov 17. We are seeking a microeconomist with research interests in development or international economics. More info on JOE:
@luisfelipesaenz
's paper, "Time-varying capital intensities and the hump-shaped evolution of economic activity in manufacturing" has just been released online at 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴
We're hiring! 🚀
Our department is looking for a macroeconomist to join us in a tenure track position. Areas of particular interest: international, monetary, growth, development.
More details on JOE:
Our first cohort of Econ Scholars presented their research this afternoon. Three great projects, where students collaborated with
@forestservice
and
@colamayor
. Amazing work by our students! Applied research that will help benefit Columbia and SC.
New from me tonight: Fresh estimates from IRS and academic researchers say that tax avoidance/evasion at the top of the income scale is significantly larger than previous IRS approaches suggested.
Sarah’s research is in IO, with a focus on digitization and politics. She uses structural estimation methods and causal inference tools to answer questions in industrial organization and political economy.
PhD student
@SaharnazBabaei
was just awarded a SPARC grant from
@UofSC
's Office of the VP of Research to support her work on student loans and post-grad employment.
Congratulations Saharnaz!
Brian Feld is coming from
@EAFIT
after earning his PhD at
@UofIllinois
. His research lies in the areas of development and labor economics and he'll be teaching principles of microeconomics this fall.
Congratulations to all of our BA, BS, MA, and PhD graduates!
We know your
@UofSC_Econ
classes were not easy, but we're proud of what you've done and know there's much more you will accomplish!
#ForeverToThee
🤙
Do you want to pursue a PhD in Economics or a related field, but don't yet feel prepared for the rigor of PhD coursework?
Consider our pipeline MA Econ program. This 9-12 month program will get you up to speed for PhD coursework at USC or elsewhere.
Congratulations to
@FTzachrista
on being named the W. Pierce Liles Outstanding Doctoral Student in 2020!
And to
@Matthew00117310
for his nomination for the Promising Researcher award!
Child care slots still far below pre-Covid levels, according to a new report by
@ChildCareAware
.
Number of centers still down 35%. Many could permanently close.
Read the full report (including comments from yours truly) here:
#PickingUpThePieces
Today is the last of day a classes at USC -- and Alexander Matros gave the 1st year PhD students some applied game theory before they have to buckle down for finals and their qualifying exams 😄
N.B.: not real money!
Now out in Social Science and Medicine:
@Chad_Cotti
,
@gordanier
, and
@orgul_ozturk
on "The Relationship of Opioid Prescriptions and the Educational Performance of Children"
Great to see our economics undergraduate research at the Discover U of SC event today!
3 Magellan Scholars, 2 of whom are completing their Honor's Thesis with their research.
Not being able to go into the office means not getting to see Asst. Prof. Phil Brookin's collection of carnivorous plants. Fortunately, he's got some pictures to share and they are thriving at home.
Faculty member Robert Gonzalez' (
@rmgonzalez046
) paper, "Cell Phone Access and Election Fraud: Evidence from a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design in Afghanistan", now out in the 𝘈𝘌𝘑: 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 (
@AEAjournals
)
Faculty from
@UofSC_Econ
and
@USCArnoldSchool
came together to help fund this affiliation with the ARDC, helping open up access to this resource for all researchers
@UofSC
!
We are excited to announce that
@UofSC
is now an affiliate member of the Atlanta Research Data Center, a partnership between the
@uscensusbureau
& a consortium of universities. A great research resource to access restricted U.S. Census data.
Carlos is a political economist whose research explores several of the most salient political events in recent decades, including the rise of polarization, nationalist views and dissatisfaction with the democratic systems.
Faculty members
@jasondebacker
and Phil Brookins' paper "Playing games with GPT: What can we learn about a large language model from canonical strategic games?" was recently accepted in 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝐵𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛.
Faculty member Danna Thomas has a new paper out in 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 (joint with Lin Tian), "Hits from the Bong: The impact of recreational marijuana dispensaries on property value"
We are excited to share another PhD job market development:
@ValenciaZehra
will be joining
@HealthCostInst
this summer as a Senior Researcher!
Congratulations Zehra!
Recently published paper in the
@JPubEcon
:
"Community Monitoring and Crime: Evidence from Chicago's Safe Passage Program"
Vol 191 (Nov 2020)
by Robert Gonzalez (
@rmgonzalez046
) and Sarah Komisarow (
@KomisarowSarah
)