Inclusion at Dartmouth
The Department of Economics at Dartmouth is committed to providing an academic space that is diverse and inclusive. Below you will find links to Department resources that promote these values.
Lectures on Inequality, Discrimination, and Opportunity
Twice a year, the Department of Economics sponsors this lecture series as a way to deepen Dartmouth students' understanding of the role of inequality, discrimination, and opportunity in society and to highlight how economics can increase our understanding of these phenomena and inform policy responses.
Past lectures:
Desmond Ang - The Causes and Consequences of Discrimination: Lessons from (and for) Economics
- Public lecture occured on May 6, 2025 (video recording, lecture slides)
Felipe Valencia Caicedo - Origins of Latin American Inequality
- Public lecture occured on October, 28, 2024 (video recording, lecture slides)
- Public lecture occured on April 15, 2024 (video recording, lecture slides)
William M. Rodgers III - Cases for Economic Equity
- Public lecture occured on October 17, 2023 (video recording, lecture slides)
NOTE: This Presentation is for informational purposes only and represents the views of the individual speaker. Nothing in the Presentation is binding on any Federal Reserve Bank or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Raj Chetty - Creating Equality of Opportunity in America: New Insights from Big Data
- Public lecture occurred on May 8, 2023 (video recording, lecture slides)
William E. Spriggs - Why Economists Model Race and Discrimination Incorrectly
- Public lecture occurred on October 18, 2022 (video recording, lecture slides)
Trevon D. Logan - The Sins of Economic History
- Public lecture occurred on May 18, 2022 (video recording)
Nina Banks - Sadie Alexander: Race, Historical Memory and Black Liberation
- Public lecture occurred on October 14, 2021 (video recording)
Rucker C. Johnson - Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works
- Public Webinar occurred on May 20, 2021
Faculty Research on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
"Families, Labor Markets and Policy," Professor Claudia Olivetti with Stefania Albanesi and Barbara Petrongolo, Chapter in Handbook of Economics of the Family, eds. Shelly Lundberg and Alessandra Voena, 2023.
"Does Universal Preschool Hit the Target? Program Access and Preschool Impacts," Professor Elizabeth Cascio, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Human Resources 58(1), 1-42, January 2023. Revised version (August 2020).
"Social Exclusion and Social Preferences: Evidence from Colombia's Leper Colony," Professor Diego Ramos-Toro, American Economic Review 2023, 113 (5): 1294-1333.
"Women's Employment and Empowerment: Descriptive Evidence," Professor Madeline McKelway, AEA Papers and Proceedings, 112: 541-545. May 2022.
"The Impact of Trade on Inequality in Developing Countries," Professor Nina Pavcnik, Proceedings of Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, Fostering a Dynamic Global Economy, pp. 61-114 (2017) (also NBER Working paper 23878).
"A Few Bad Apples? Racial Bias in Policing," Professor Steve Mello with Felipe Goncalves, American Economic Review 111(5): 1406-41, May 2021.
Statement on Racial Justice
The members of the Economics Department at Dartmouth are heartbroken and outraged over the Minneapolis Police's brutal killing of George Floyd. We recognize that this is just the latest in a long history of violence and aggression, by the police and by others, against the Black community. We stand in support of those who suffer from this violence on an ongoing basis, and we stand with those who are combatting the systemic racial injustices of our society.
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