Laura E. Connolly
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Laura E. Connolly

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 2018 - present
          Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business
EDUCATION
University of Alabama,  Tuscaloosa, AL, 2018
          Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies
          Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2013
          Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics
​          Bachelor of Arts in Economics
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Labor Economics, Economics of Gender, Public Policy, Applied Microeconomics
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PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

"Is There a Glass Cliff in Local Government Management? Examining the Hiring and Departure of Women" (with Lang Kate Yang and Jennifer Connolly), Public Administration Review, 82(3), 570-584.
​"The Effects of a Trade Shock on Gender-Specific Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil,"  Labour Economics (2022), Vol. 74.
"Who Creates Stable Jobs? Evidence from Brazil" (with Peter Brummund), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2019), Vol. 81 (3), pp. 540 - 563.
"Evaluating the Impact of the Labor Market Conditions Index on Labor Market Forecasts" (with Alice Sheehan), Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics (2018), Vol. 22(1). 
TECHNICAL REPORTS
"Eagle Mine Economic Impact Report" (with Emanuel Oliviera, Jenny Apriesnig, Mari Buche, Gary Campbell, Roger McElrath, and Marianna Riquelme). Prepared for Business for Social Responsibility and Lundin Mining, 2022.
"Economic Impact of Changes in Passenger Air Service at Houghton County Memorial Airport" (with Jenny Apreisnig and Emanuel Oliviera). Prepared for MTU's Vice President of University Relations and Enrollment, 2022.
"Regional Economic Impact of Michigan Tech's Externally Sponsored Research Expenditures, Fiscal Years 2007-2021" (with Jenny Apresinig and Emanuel Oliveira). Prepared for MTU's Vice President for Research Office, 2022. 
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
"Equal Pay for Equal Work? Understanding the Gender Wage Gap Among City Managers" (with Jennifer Connolly), Revisions Requested.
​"Labor Mobility and the Affordable Care Act: Heterogeneous Impacts of the Preexisting Conditions Provision" (with Matt Hampton and Otto Lenhart), Conditionally Accepted. 
"Revisiting the Effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Migration" (with Matt Hampton and Otto Lenhart), Under Review.

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WORKING PAPERS & WORKS IN PROGRESS

"Labor Market Dynamics and Trade with China: The Case of Brazil" (with Peter Brummund)
"What's in a Job Ad? An Experimental Design to Explore Gender Differences in Preferred Job Attributes (with Cali Curley and Jennifer Connolly)
"Cohort Differences in the Added Worker Effect in Response to Spousal Job Loss" (with Nicholas Jolly). 

"Does CEO Gender Matter? Implications for Establishment Performance"
"Think Crisis, Think Female? Evidence of the Glass Cliff Phenomenon in the State of Michigan"
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RESEARCH GRANTS AND FUNDING
Co-PI, “Refined Battery Materials for the United States Electric Vehicle Battery Supply Chain by Synergizing Lithium-ion Battery Recycling with Mine Waste Reclamation” (with L. Pan, T. Eisele, J. Apriesnig, and E. Oliveira), 2023 - 2025. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy; Award Pending.
Co-PI, "Renewal of the Existing Environmental Finance Center for EPA Region 5" (with T. Colling, M. Auer, G. Campbell, R. Handler, D. Lafreniere, D. Minakata, E. Oliveira, and G. Pearson), 2023 - 2027. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Award Pending; $3,249,995 (over 5 years). 
PI, “Economic Impact of Houghton’s Airport Service (CMX)” (with Jenny Apriesnig and Emanuel Oliveira), 2022. Funded by Michigan Tech’s University Relations and Enrollment Office; Total Project Value: $23,741
Co-PI; “Regional Economic Impact of Michigan Tech’s Research Expenditures” (with Jenny Apriesnig and Emanuel Oliveira), 2022.  Funded by Michigan Tech’s Vice President for Research Office; Total Project Value: $20,032
Co-PI, “Eagle Mine Economic Impact Study” (with Emanuel Oliveira, Jenny Apriesnig, Mari Buche, and Gary Campbell), 2021. Funded by Business for Social Responsibility and Lundin Mining; Total Project Value: $84,659
PI, “Does CEO Gender Matter? Implications for Establishment Performance and the Glass Cliff  Phenomenon in the State of Michigan”, 2020. Funded by Michigan Tech’s Research Excellence Fund Scholarly 
and Creativity Grant; Total Project Value: $6,491
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (INSTRUCTOR)
Economic Decision Analysis (14 sections)
Labor/Human Resource Economics (2 sections)
Intermediate Microeconomics (4 sections)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (ASSISTANT)
Labor Economics, Economic Growth and Development, Political Economy of Terrorism, Intermediate Microeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics (Distance Learning)
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ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
AEA Summer Fellow, U.S. International Trade Commission, Summer 2016
Research Assistant, University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy, 2013
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PRESENTATIONS
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Virtual, 2020
Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2020
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2019
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2019

Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2018 
Southern International/Development Economics Workshop, Atlanta, GA, 2018 
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, 2017
Wake Forest University, Department of Economics, Winston-Salem, NC, 2017
Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 2017
American Economic Association Annual Meeting (Poster Session), Chicago, IL, 2017
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2016
US International Trade Commission, Office of Economics, Washington, DC, 2016
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2015
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AWARDS & GRANTS
Eagle Mine Economic Impact Study Grant, Ongoing 
​Top 10% Teaching Evaluation, Michigan Technological University -- Fall 2020, '21, and Spring 2019, '21, and '22 
Dean's Teaching Showcase, College of Business, Michigan Technological University, Spring 2020
Outstanding Dissertation Award, Culverhouse College of Business, University of Alabama, 2019
​Summer Excellence in Research Grant, University of Alabama, 2017
Summer Excellence in Research Grant, University of Alabama, 2015
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Referee for: Applied Economics, Economics and Human Biology, Review of Regional Studies, Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Contemporary Economic Policy, Public Administration Review, and SN Business & Economics
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REFERENCES
Dr. Peter Brummund
Associate Professor
Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies
University of Alabama, 253 Alston Hall,  Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: (205) 348-5604; email: pbrummund@cba.ua.edu

Dr. Walter Enders
Professor Emeritus (Bidgood Chair of Economics and Finance)
Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies
University of Alabama, 200 Alston Hall,  Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: (205) 348-6094; email: wenders@cba.ua.edu

Dr. Paul Pecorino
James Patrick and Elizabeth B. Hayes Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies

University of Alabama, 268 Alston Hall,  Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: (205) 348-0379; email: ppecorin@cba.ua.edu

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