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, International Trade, Economics of Gender, Public Policy, Applied Microeconomics
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PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

"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). 
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
"The Effects of a Trade Shock on Gender-Specific Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil" (Revisions Requested at Labour Economics)
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WORKING PAPERS

"Labor Market Consequences of Export Competition with China: The Case of Brazil" (with Peter Brummund)
"Understanding the Gender Wage Gap Among American City Managers" (with Jennifer Connolly)
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WORKS IN PROGRESS
"Is There a Glass Cliff in City Management? Exploring the Hiring Decisions of Municipal Councils Searching for a New City Manager" (with Jennifer Connolly and Kate Yang)
"How Disasters Affect Venture Capital Firms" (with Alice Sheehan and Roozbeh Ghasemi)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (INSTRUCTOR)
Economic Decision Analysis -- Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019
Labor/Human Resource Economics -- Spring 2019
Intermediate Microeconomics -- Fall 2015, Spring 2016, and Spring 2018 
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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
Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (Scheduled February 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
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: Review of Regional Studies, Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, and Contemporary Economic Policy
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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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