{"id":18,"date":"2019-07-03T22:13:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T22:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpressmu-1266771-5793343.cloudwaysapps.com\/academics\/economics\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2022-04-07T18:24:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T18:24:16","slug":"research-internship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpressmu-1266771-5793343.cloudwaysapps.com\/academics\/economics\/student-experiences\/research-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research<\/h2>\n<p>At Furman, meaningful undergraduate research experiences in economics are characterized by independent inquiry, integration of disciplinary knowledge, collection and management of data, development of econometric skills, and presentation to a wide audience.\u00a0 We provide multiple ways for students to gain experience with research.<\/p>\n<h2>ECN 331: Empirical Methods in Economics<\/h2>\n<p>Every student in ECN 331 will complete a semester-long independent research project.\u00a0 This involves students choosing their own research question, collecting data, performing a literature review, conducting econometric analysis, and presenting results in both visual (poster) and written form (paper).\u00a0 The project involves feedback through meetings with the professor, interaction via a poster session, and a written peer review.\u00a0 As ECN 331 is a required course for both the Economics and Mathematics-Economics major, we are thus able to guarantee that every major in our department has experience conducting an independent research project.<\/p>\n<h2>Hollingsworth Undergraduate Research Program<\/h2>\n<p>This summer research program is designed to encourage collaborative research between faculty and students. All Furman students are eligible, but priority is given to economics or mathematics-economics majors.<\/p>\n<p>Each research team consists of one or two faculty members and one to three students. Projects are conceived by the students in consultation with faculty, or they may originate with the faculty member. Participating students are given a stipend to work full-time over the summer on their research project.\u00a0 The ability to dedicate an entire summer to a research question allows students to connect deeply with an area of interest, invest in quality data collection, and learn advanced econometric techniques.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the summer, student participants draft a paper to present the results of their research at one or more seminars on the Furman campus during the subsequent academic year. Students also submit their results for presentation at an appropriate conference and\/or for publication in an appropriate journal.<\/p>\n<p>Past Hollingsworth Undergraduate Research projects include:<\/p>\n<p><em>Summer 2016 <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyle Courtney, Matthew Deininger, Samikshya Pandey: \u201cThe IMF\u2019s Rate of Response: How does the international organization affect the length of crises?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Julia Copperwheat, Johanna Swab, Emma Winiski: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/ipe\/files\/2021\/02\/v26-2-Copperwheat-2017.pdf\">The Effect of Socioeconomic and Racial Diversity on Elementary Student Test Performance<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Summer 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sophia Amoo-Gottfried and Ben Hartman: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/ipe\/files\/2021\/02\/v27-2-Hartman-Amoo-2018.pdf\">\u201cGender Differences in the Pecuniary Returns to Cumulative Job Mobility\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Summer 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nino Kodua, Miaomiao Xu, and Paul Yoon: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/ipe\/files\/2021\/02\/v28-1-Kodua-2019.pdf\">&#8220;The Effect of Terrorism on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: A Cross-country Analysis over Time&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Summer 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicole Greenfield, Emma Sanning, and Riley Burr: \u201cImpact of Paid Parental Leave on Breastfeeding Rates in the United States\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Will Greisner, Karl Nichols, and Jackson Robinson: \u201cThe Effects of Gap Years: Analyzing the Effect of Delayed Master&#8217;s Enrollment on Future Earnings\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Summer 2020<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kenneth Giraldo and Yuhan You: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/ipe\/files\/2021\/07\/Giraldo-2021.pdf\">\u201cConvergence and economic growth: does income inequality matter?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Claire Conzelmann, Dunbar Myrick, and Anna Ford Pittard: \u201cThe Impact of High Tide Flooding on Income Inequality in East and Gulf Coast Counties of the United States\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Quinn Funke, Emma Kuntz, and Meng Zhou: \u201cEnvironmental Justice: Spatial Distribution of Air Pollution, Income and Race\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Summer 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cabot Fowler and Lindsey Diehl: \u201cThe marital wage premium in the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century labor market\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Mac Roberts, Kendall Estep, and Ben El Wardany: \u201cThe effects of COVID19 on the economy\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Research Opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>Faculty in the department sometimes seek out a paid research assistant to help on a specific project.\u00a0 Since faculty\u2019s academic research sometimes takes years to complete, students may be hired to work on different stages of the process from literature review to data collection to data cleaning to analysis.\u00a0 As opportunities become available, emails are sent out to all majors to solicit interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research At Furman, meaningful undergraduate research experiences in economics are characterized by independent inquiry, integration of disciplinary knowledge, collection and management of data, development of econometric skills, and presentation to a wide audience.\u00a0 We provide multiple ways for students to gain experience with research. 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