Student Paper Contest Winners

Economic Communication:

• Feel the Burn: Sexual Transmitted Infections and Birth Control Choices in U.S. Young Adults – Lauren Lenzen and Victoria Kalina
• A Proposal to Increase Funding for Programs Combating the U.S. Opioid Crisis – Laura Herman and Ashley Chavez
• A Policy Approach to Transphobia – Kapono Asuncion

Senior Thesis:

• What is the Impact of a Medicaid expansion on the bankruptcy rate? Evidence from the ACA – Noah Zwiefel
• Whose “War on Coal”? – Dasom Isabella Ham
• The Effects of Lan Inheritance Laws on Agricultural Investment in Polygynous Households: Evidence from Uganda – Khadidja Ngom

Term Papers:

• Intertemporal Decision Making: ‘Smokers’ vs ‘Vapers’ -Isaac Liu and Jacob Trout
• Evaluating Minnesota Minimum Wage Increases Using Synthetic Control Methods – Matthew Yang
• The Efficacy of State-Level PrEP Access Programs: A Tal of Two States – Noah Zwiefel

Economic Communication:

• State Characteristics and Carbon Emissions – Briana Berninghaus, Lindsey Hawk and Devon Stuhlsatz
• MLB Team Success: Offense vs. Defense – Andrew Argeros, Ryan Brauer, Jake Dujmovic
• The One Child Policy and Reproductive Justice: Son Preference, Sex Selection, Violence and Demography – Isabel Pastoor

Senior Thesis:

• The Political Economy of State-Level Social Cost of Carbon Policy – Will Macheel
• Do Biometric Smartcards Help the Neediest Most? Evidence From a Large-Scale Field Study in Andhra Pradesh – Noam Benkler
• The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Social-Safety-Net Dependence Over Time – Camille Baker

Term Paper:

• The Effects of Access to Clean Water and Sanitation on Households in Healthcare Expenditure: Evidence from the Philippines – Tianrui Liu
• The Effect of Unemployment on the Decision to Enter the Illegal Ivory Trade – Elizabeth Kula
• Natural Disasters and FDI: Evidence from India – Aidan Toner-Rodgers

Economic Communication:

• The Economic Case For Paid Family Leave – Cindy Guo
• Mothers in the Workforce – Samantha Mark
• Incarceration Rates by Race within U.S. Counties – Bailee Davis, Seif El-Fatairy, Karina Lara Isiordia and Drew Jackson

Senior Thesis:

• The Effect of Racial Covenants on Modern Day Foreclosures: Evidence from Hennepin County – Hannah Whipple
• The Intersection of Gender Norms and Intra-Household Bargaining Power: Evidence from Garment Workers in Bangladesh – Sarah Hussain
• How Do Chinese Students Choose Which US College to Enroll? – Siguo(Coco) Li

Economic Communication:

• Understanding Evidence Pre-Pandemic – Nayomi Her, Isabel Honzay, and Savita Oberdorfer
• Income and Access to Abortion Services in Minnesota – Cassie Miller and Dani Miller
• The Impact of Access to Nutritious Food Sources on Health Outcomes – J. Dombroski, Qeng Xiong

Senior Thesis:

• Prolonged Pollution Days in China: How Does Air Pollution Duration Affect Subjective Well-Being (SWB)? – Gengyi (Rebecca) Chen
• The Urban and Rural Divide: Co-residence and Female Labor Supply in Brazil – Leah Johnson
• Environmental Justice Disparities? – Jared Jageler

Term Paper:

• The Impact of Floods on Early Childhood Development: Evidence from Senegal – Cheikh Fall
• Employee Engagement in Sustainability Programs: A 2×2 Experiment with Enabling and Coercive Treatments – Justin White and Jared Jageler
• How do State-Varying Child Care Subsidy Income Eligibility Limits Affect Parental Employment Outcomes? – Emma Curchin

Economic Communication:

• Following Female Adolescent Activities Participation to Career Success – Carol Wood
• Minnesota Not Reaping Full Economic Benefits of New Edibles Law – Erin Hopkins
• Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 – Mya Hillerud, Leah Keil, Amber Krahn, Mya Lear

Senior Thesis:

• Desert Locust Invasions and Farmers’ Adaptation – Cheikh Fall
• Benefit-Cost Analysis of Municipal Rural and Industrial System on Crow Reservation Montana – Tasha Reichhardt
• How do Highways Contribute to Racial Disparities in Air Quality? – Valeska Kohan

Term Paper:

• Intangible Capital in Collateral Constraints – Paige Stevenson
• Not All Asians are ‘Crazy Rich’: Differences in the Returns to Education of Asian-Americans – Nayomi Her
• Legal Origins or Institutional Structure? Explaining the Nordic Paradox – Bergen A E Senf

Economic Communication 

• The Port of Duluth: Past, Present, and Future – Avery Wendinger 
• Exploring LGBTQ+ Economics: Pinkwashing & Pink Spending – Margaret Allen 

Senior Thesis  

• What is the Impact of an Anti-Poverty Program on Resilience to Negative Shocks? Evidence from Bangladesh – Mahmoud Majdi 
• Partisan Perspectives on Inflation: Exploring Bias in Economic Expectations – Anna Durall 
• Supply and Demand in My Backyard: How new affordable housing affects nearby rental prices – Zak Yudhishthu 

 Honorable Mention: 

• From Selfies to Resumes: The Impact of Online Privacy Concerns on Unemployment Duration – Emma Roskopf 

Term Paper  

• MNC Activity and Female Labor Force Participation: Global Evidence from a Heckman Selection Model – Bergen Senf & Joshua Sansom  
• The Effect of Socioeconomic Characteristics on Perceived Risk Tolerance: Evidence from the 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances – Finnegan Dolezal 
• Evaluating the Efficacy of the Paycheck Fairness Act of the 118th Congress in Eliminating the Sex Wage Gap – Ed Dowling 

Honorable Mention: 

• Asset Test Elimination in Medicaid: Exploring the Financial Implications for Enrollees – Eleanor Petrin