Why Economics?

All majors and minors conduct independent research projects, supervised by Economics faculty members, as part of our culminating experience courses. These research projects often address important social issues and topics students intend to pursue further in their careers. Recent examples include theses on:

• tracking the spread of COVID - 19 in real time,
• how companies are impacted by the choice to go public
• what interventions are most effective at reducing the burden of malaria in developing countries
• the role of legislation in reducing insider trading by members of the US Congress

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The American Economics Association website has extensive resources for students: https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/students.

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The National Economics Association is "particularly interested in producing and distributing knowledge of economic issues that are of exceptional interest to promoting economic growth among native and immigrant African Americans, Latinos, and other people of color."

In addition to their work with students, Dartmouth Economics faculty are deeply engaged with current public policy debates. A few recent examples are:

• Professor Eric Chyn's work, The Long-Run Effects of School Racial Diversity on Political Identity.
• Professor Nina Pavcnik's paper The Impact of Trade on Inequality in Developing Countries.
• Professor Na'ama Shenhav's research on undocumented immigrants and education.
• Professor Chris Snyder's research on accelerated vaccine development.
• Professor Steve Mello' paper, A Few Bad Apples? Racial Bias in Policing.

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Diversifying Economic Quality is a wiki that's purpose is to promote inclusive, innovative, and evidence-based teaching practices in economics.  It has an extensive library of videos on economists and their research.

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The Sadie Collective is addressing the pipeline and pathway problem for Black women in economics and related fields.