A woman works in a factory. Photo by Mikhail Nilov

Globalization and the Gender Gap

Jan 19, 2023
Hâle Utar, the Sidney Meyer Professor in International Economics, is exploring how import competition from China and the “biological clock” affect the gender gap in earnings.
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Econometrics

Oct 31, 2022
Econometrics (ECN 286) is a challenging, higher-level course that will help you understand applied economic research, carry out your own research projects, and to establish relationships within the field

Grinnell College Associate Professor Eric Ohrn and Colleagues Win International Tax Policy Forum Grant

Aug 18, 2022
The research project examines the impact of changes in the United States’ international tax system on the employment and earnings of U.S.-based workers. The goal of the project is to better understand how policymakers can design international tax systems to help domestic workers.  
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What’s Behind the Data?

Jul 12, 2022
In Economic Development (ECN 230), you will learn to think like an economist by studying global poverty and efforts to alleviate it, says Professor Tammy McGavock.
Professor Hale Utar in economics class

Hands-on Research Offers New Perspectives

Jul 12, 2022
In Seminar in International Trade (ECN 374), you will have the opportunity to study the theories of international trade, as well as to discuss and analyze trade policy issues and current research on international trade. Most important, you’ll conduct your own independent research under the guidance of Professor Utar and present your results
Logan Lee Teaching

Associate Professor Logan Lee Receives Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society

Apr 11, 2022
This year, Logan Lee, Grinnell College associate professor of economics was awarded a $6,000 Franklin Research Grant.
Students studying in Burling Library

When Research Interests Overlap and Intersect

Aug 29, 2018
As an economics and political science double-major, Lucy Bales ’18 is “especially interested in the potential policy applications of economic theory.”
Iowa landscape at CERA

Getting to the Meat of the Matter

Jan 10, 2019
If you drive to Grinnell on Interstate 80, you might be inclined to think Iowa’s economy is heavily agriculture-based. Your eyes might deceive you, says Jack Mutti, professor emeritus of economics.

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