I am a second year PhD student so am just developing my research ideas, but I am broadly interested in labor econ (especially work related to social safety net programs). Currently I am working on a my second year paper (using the ASEC) that considers the impact of expanded age restrictions for the EITC on older adults decisions to work. This spring I took PA 8331, where I worked on a literature review/am in the early stages of research ideas considering how drivers license restrictions/DHS enforcement impacts job choice for undocumented workers. I've connected with a few other people working in this area about methods about using the ACS for this area of research.
Casey is a second-year PhD student in the Applied Economics department. She is broadly interested in labor economics, with a focus on social safety net programs. Currently, she is a research assistant for the Department of Applied Economics, working on topics related to the SNAP program. Formerly, she worked as a teaching assistant for the Department of Applied Economics, as well as a research assistant for the Statewide Cooperative Partnership for Local and Regional Markets, which was a three-year collaboration between 40+ organizations focused on establishing baseline data about Minnesota’s local and regional agricultural markets.