This fall Dr. Hannah Hennighausen joins the Department of Economics at the College of Business and Public Policy as Assistant Professor of Economics. Hennighausen came to Alaska in 2020 as a post-doctoral researcher in the same department.
Read: Meet Dr. Hannah Hennighausen
Join us for a webinar Tuesday, April 26 from 5 to 6:30 pm as a new generation of ISER researchers discuss the questions that fascinate them and the challenges of conducting social science and policy research in Alaska.
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The Institute of Social and Economic Research and the UAA Department of Public Policy and Administration are co-hosting a seminar with Dr. Chad Briggs on Thursday, March 24, from 12-1 pm.
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All of the US is seeing significant demographic changes that will shape the workforce over the next 20 years, but these changes are especially significant in Alaska. Moreover, Alaska’s population is strongly influenced by migration to and from Alaska.
Read: Webinar: The Economic Implications of Changing…
Does oil corrupt? Alex James and Nathaly Rivera test this theory in a new paper on oil, politics and corruption published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Read: Oil Wealth, Politics, and Corruption