Brian Kovak
Ph.D. Candidate,
    University of Michigan
    Department of Economics

Curriculum Vitae

Email: bkovak@umich.edu

      Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro

Contact Information

   Email:
   Phone:
   Address:

   

bkovak@umich.edu
(610) 772-0877
National Poverty Center
University of Michigan
735 S. State St, Suite 5100
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091

   

Job Market Links

   Curriculum Vitae
   Dissertation Abstract
   Job Market Paper
   References

Fields

   International Trade, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics

Dissertation

    Title: Essays in Trade and Labor Demand (abstract)

    Regional Labor Market Effects of Trade Policy: Evidence from Brazilian Liberalization
        (Draft: November 3, 2009) Job Market Paper

    Overestimating the Effect of Complementarity on Skill Demand
        (Draft: September 21, 2009) Under Review

    Global Production Sharing and Input Price Measurement in the Semiconductor Industry
    (with David Byrne and Ryan Michaels)
        (Draft: October 30, 2009)

Publications

    The Growing Problem of Disconnected Single Mothers (with Rebecca Blank)
    in Carolyn J. Heinrich and John Karl Scholz eds., Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work
    Better: Forward-Looking Policies to Help Low-Income Families. Russell Sage Foundation, 2009.
        National Poverty Center Working Paper #07-28, January 2008
        Selected results published in
           National Poverty Center Policy Brief #10 , April 2008
           Brookings Center on Children and Families Brief #38 , May 2008
           Institute for Research on Poverty, Focus, Vol.25:2 , Fall-Winter 2007-2008

References

   

John DiNardo (co-chair)
Department of Economics and
Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
(734) 647-7843
jdinardo@umich.edu

      

David Lam (co-chair)
Department of Economics and
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan
(734) 763-3009
davidl@umich.edu

   

Alan Deardorff
Department of Economics and
Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
(734) 764-6817
alandear@umich.edu

      

Rebecca Blank
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
Department of Commerce
(202) 482-3727
RBlank@doc.gov

   

Juan Carlos Hallak
Department of Economics
Universidad de San Andres
(5411) 4725-7081
jchallak@udesa.edu.ar

      

Paula Malone (teaching reference)
Department of Economics
University of Michigan
(734) 647-5607
pmalone@umich.edu

Teaching and Research Materials

    Econ 101 Spring 2007 Teaching Materials

    STATA Programs