Department of Economics

Empirical Economics with Lucia Dunn

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Lucia Dunn, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics, studies a wide range of topics in the realm of empirical economics. She talks about her vast body of research, which covers topics from baseball cards and credit cards to wages in the U.S. Army. Dunn discusses her research emphasis on labor market economics, where she’s employed many unconventional methodologies like in-person interviews to provide more comprehensive data and conclusions. She also talks about the value of survey data generated by the OSU Center for Human Resource Research, which allowed herself and her fellow researchers unique access to valuable, more specific data.

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Joyce Chen: A Humanistic View of Economics

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Dr. Joyce Chen, Professor of Economics in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University, discusses her research and teaching at the intersection of economics and societal contexts. She highlights how she integrates a feminist and humanistic approach to economics, developing courses such as “Data Feminism”, which teaches students to apply new ways of thinking to data analysis. The conversation also touches on Dr. Chen’s research on climate-induced migration in Bangladesh, as well as her focus on aiding communities and non-profits through research insights.

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Trevon Logan and Benton Wishart: How Involved Were White Women in the Slave Trade?

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 Trevon Logan, the ENGIE-Axium Endowed Professor of Economics, and Benton Wishart, a recent Ohio State economics alumnus and Dr. Logan’s research assistant, discuss their research into white women’s involvement in the slave trade during the antebellum era. Their work, titled Her Property Transactions: White Women and the Frequency of Female Ownership in the Antebellum Era, shows that white women were involved in 30% of slave transactions as buyers and sellers. Logan and Wishart analyzed data by assigning gender to 30,000 names, revealing the impact of laws that granted women property rights exclusive to enslaved people. This groundbreaking research challenges past misconceptions about women’s roles and highlights the importance of data in historical research.

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Bruce Weinberg, Professor of Economics, Studies the Economics of Innovation and Creativity

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Bruce Weinberg, Professor of Economics, studies the economics of innovation and creativity. In this area, potentially small numbers of individuals can have a large impact on how our understanding and knowledge evolves, which is rare among economic activities.

Reconstruction, Green Books, and Representation: Prof. Trevon Logan on African American History

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Trevon Logan, Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, researches economic history, economic demography, and applied micro economics. He joins David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence to discuss the economic history of African Americans.

What Should You Do During a Bank Run? Professor Peck Gives Advice

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Professor Jim Peck, interim chair of the Department of Economics, describes what causes bank runs, whether Federal Deposit Insurance works to prevent them, and what financial crises qualify as bank runs. 

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