labor economics – Faculty

Pubali Chakraborty

Pubali Chakraborty — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:17:22 +0000

Pubali Chakraborty is a macroeconomist with interests in labor markets, economic development, and inequality. Using quantitative modeling and empirical analysis, she investigates the interlinkage between gender disparities and aggregate outcomes, as well as the impact of public policies on productivity, welfare, and resource allocation within households.

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Ohio State University
M.S. in Quantitative Economics, Indian Statistical Institute
B.Sc. in Economics, Presidency College, University of Calcutta

Austin C. Smith

Austin C. Smith — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:06:22 +0000

Professor Smith is an empirical microeconomist working on policy questions in the health, education, and labor-market sphere. His current research projects examine the impact of compensation structure on employee output, occupational licensing, and factors affecting the academic performance and early career outcomes of college students. He enjoys teaching courses in Econometrics, Labor Economics, and Research Methods. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, kayaking, and exploring the outdoors with family.

Recent Publications

with Brian Cadena. Accepted at Journal of Public Economics.

with William E. Even. Forthcoming at Journal of Human Resources

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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(2), pp. 65-91, April 2016.

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with John R. Bowblis. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 74, pp.199-223, 2021.

Michael P. Murray

mmurray — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:25:06 +0000

Murray’s primary research interest is in poverty, both in the U.S. and abroad. He has written extensively on in-kind transfer programs in the United States and on industrial location policies in less developed economies. He has also published articles on economic theory and on econometrics. Currently he is studying the effect of the mass incarceration of African-American men on the earnings of low-skill members of other groups.

Before coming to �ֲ��ý, Murray had appointments at the RAND Corporation and the World Bank. Earlier, he had academic appointments at UCSD, Duke, the University of Virginia and Claremont Graduate University. He has also held visiting professorships at UC Berkeley, Harvard university, and LUISS Guido Carli University.

Murray has taught urban economics, public economics, development economics, behavioral economics, microeconomic theory, and econometrics.

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Iowa State University
M.S. in Economics, Iowa State University
B.A. in Social Science, Santa Clara University

Fields of Interest
Urban, Public, Development, Labor, Behavioral, and Econometrics

Selected Publications

“The Demand for Space in China,” with Guoqing Sun, Journal of Urban Economics, March 2017, 214-222.

“Avoiding Invalid Instruments and Coping with Weak Instruments,” Journal of Economic
Perspectives, 20, 4, Fall 2006, 111-132.

“When is the Standard Analysis of Common Property Extraction under Free Access Correct?–
A Game-Theoretic Justification for Non Game-Theoretic Analyses.” (with others), Journal of
Political Economy, August, 1999, 843-858.

“The Distribution of Direct Tenant Benefits from Public Housing,” The Economics of Housing, John Quigley, ed., Edward Elgar Publishers, 1997. (Reprinted from Econometrica, July 1975, 771-788.)

“Subsidized and Unsubsidized Housing Starts, 1961-1977,” Review of Economics and Statistics, LXV, 4, November 1983, 590-597.