John Gardner

Contact information

johngardner at cmu dot edu

3005 Hamburg Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

About me

Curriculum vitae

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. My primary fields of interest are applied microeconomics, labor economics and applied econometrics.

Research

Dissertation

The Great Migration and Labor Market Outcomes: Three Essays

• Chapter 1. "The Great Migration and Wages in the Northern United States" (abstract)
• Chapter 2. "Racial Disparities in the Impact of South-North Migration on Wages." (abstract)
• Chapter 3. "Intergenerational Altruism and the Great Migration." (in progress)

Selected working papers

"Alliterative Names and Election Outcomes: Behavioral Biases and Voter Rationality." (abstract)

"Deterrence Externalities and Racial Bias in Law Enforcement." (abstract)

"Race, Trust and Social Capital." (abstract)