Emily Beam is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Vermont. She previously worked as a visiting assistant professor at the National University of Singapore. She received her Ph.D in economics and public policy from the University of Michigan in 2013 and her B.S. in economics, mathematics, and Spanish from the University of Michigan in 2006.
Emily's research interests are in labor and development economics, with a particular focus on employment and education policy, migration, fertility and marriage, and the role of incomplete information and behavioral biases on individual decision-making.
Associate Professor of Economics
Publications
- “The Effectiveness of Summer Employment for Low-Income Youth: Evidence from the Philippines,” with Stella Quimbo, Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
- “Leveraging Outside Readings and Low-Stakes Writing Assignments to Promote Student Engagement in an Economic Development Course,” Journal of Economics Education, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2021, 274–285.
- “The Influence of Hidden Researcher Decisions in Applied Microeconomics” with Nick Huntington-Klein, Andreu Arenas, Marco Bertoni, Jeffrey R. Bloem, Pralhad Burli, Naibin Chen, Paul Greico, Godwin Ekpe, Todd Pugatch, Martin Saavedra, Yaniv Stopnitzky, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 59, No. 3, July 2021, p944–960. Recipient of the 2021 Best Article Award.
- “Does Younger Age at Marriage Affect Divorce? Evidence from Johnson's Executive Order 11241,” with Martha J. Bailey and Anna Wentz, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 59, No. 3, July 2021, p1328–1345.
- “Search Costs and the Determinants of Job Search,” Labour Economics, Vol. 69, April 2021.
- “Inter-ethnic Fertility Spillovers and the Role of Forward-looking Behavior: Evidence from Peninsular Malaysia,” with Slesh A. Shrestha, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 69, No. 1, September 2020, p453–483
- “The Relative Returns to Education, Experience, and Attractiveness for Young Workers,” with Joshua Hyman and Caroline Theoharides, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 68, No. 2, January 2020, p391– 428
- “Do Job Fairs Matter? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Job-Fair Attendance.” Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 120, May 2016, p 32–40.
- “Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines,” with David McKenzie and Dean Yang, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 64, No. 2, January 2016, p323– 368.
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Labor economics, development economics, statistics and population economics
Education
- Ph.D., Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan, 2013
Contact
Email:
Phone:
- 802-656-5735
Office Location:
Old Mill Room 339
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