Welcome
I am an Assistant Professor of Business at Northwestern College in Iowa. The main themes of my research concern the formation and the consequences of people’s beliefs and preferences. Empirical and experimental methods are my primary tools. I am particularly interested in how social structures and institutions shape individuals’ beliefs and ideologies through mechanisms such as social group dynamics, education, media content, and religion. From this point of view, I focus on applications in Labor Economics, Public Economics, and Political Economy. I received my Ph.D. degree in economics from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in October 2017.
I am an Assistant Professor of Business at Northwestern College in Iowa. The main themes of my research concern the formation and the consequences of people’s beliefs and preferences. Empirical and experimental methods are my primary tools. I am particularly interested in how social structures and institutions shape individuals’ beliefs and ideologies through mechanisms such as social group dynamics, education, media content, and religion. From this point of view, I focus on applications in Labor Economics, Public Economics, and Political Economy. I received my Ph.D. degree in economics from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in October 2017.
Research
• Research Statement
Fields of Interest • Experimental Economics • Behavioral Economics • Labor Economics • Public Economics • Empirical Microeconomics • Applied Econometrics |
Working Papers• “Together We Stand? Internal Dynamics
of Group Decision Making” • “Estimating the Relationship among Education, Cognitive Ability, and Religion: Evidence from NLSY” • “Curriculum, Civic Participation, and National Identity: Evidence from Taiwan” • “Media Bias and Ideological Polarization” |
Teaching• Teaching Statement
• Teaching Evaluations • Sample Syllabus (Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis, Fall 2016) |
Contact
E-mail: hanyen.kao@nwciowa.edu
Mailing Address:
107 7th St. SW
Orange City, IA 51041
USA
E-mail: hanyen.kao@nwciowa.edu
Mailing Address:
107 7th St. SW
Orange City, IA 51041
USA
