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Jamin D. Speer
Assoc Professor, Economics
Email: jspeer@memphis.edu
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Areas of research: Labor economics, economics of education, development economics, applied microeconomics

Areas of teaching: Labor economics, public economics, mathematical economics, microeconomics, macroeconomics


Publications:
  • "Labor Market Returns to College Major Specificity" (with Margaret Leighton), European Economic Review, 128, September 2020
  • "Where the Girls Are: Examining and Explaining the Gender Gap in the Nursing Major", Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 67(3), p. 322-343, July 2020
  • "Are Changes of Major Major Changes? The Roles of Gender, Grades, and Preferences in College Major Switching" (with Carmen Astorne-Figari), Economics of Education Review, 70, p.75-93, June 2019
  • "Drop Out, Switch Majors, or Persist? The Contrasting Gender Gaps" (with Carmen Astorne-Figari), Economics Letters, 164, p.82-85, March 2018
  • "The Gender Gap in College Major: Revisiting the Role of Pre-College Factors", Labour Economics, 44, p. 69-88, January 2017
  • "Pre-Market Skills, Occupational Choice, and Career Progression", Journal of Human Resources, 52(1), p.187-246, Winter 2017
  • "How Bad is Occupational Coding Error? A Task-Based Approach", Economics Letters, 141, p. 166-168, April 2016
  • "Cashier or Consultant? Entry Labor Market Conditions, Field of Study, and Career Success" (with Joseph G. Altonji and Lisa B. Kahn), Journal of Labor Economics, 34(S1), p. S361-S401, January 2016
  • "Wages, Hours, and the School-to-Work Transition: The Consequences of Leaving School in a Recession for Less-Educated Men", The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 16(1), p. 97-124, January 2016
  • "Trends in Earnings Differentials Across College Majors and the Changing Task Composition of Jobs" (with Joseph G. Altonji and Lisa B. Kahn), American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 104(5), p. 387-393,  May 2014




Education
  • B.A. Economics - Vanderbilt University - 2007
  • M.A. Economics - Yale University - 2009
  • M.Phil. Economics - Yale University - 2011
  • Ph.D. Economics - Yale University - 2014

Teaching Experience
  • Quantitative Economic Analysis (Grad/Undergrad mix) - University of Memphis
  • Labor Economics (Undergraduate) - University of Memphis
  • Labor Economics (Graduate) - University of Memphis
  • Labor and Public Economics (Graduate) - University of Memphis
  • Public Economics (Undergraduate) - University of Memphis
  • Priniciples of Macroeconomics (Undergraduate) - University of Memphis
  • Economics of Poverty and Discrimination (Undergraduate) - University of Memphis