Justin Coger attended Morehouse College where he earned a B.A. in Economics cum laude. He is a Newark, Delaware native and alum of Newark High School, where he was a student in the pilot cohort of the Cambridge Program administered through Cambridge University. His research interests include the economics of segregated education, critical issues in economics education, public finance, assessment of learning outcomes, and intergroup inequality.
Dissertation
Essays on Estimation of Racial Wage Differentials Among College Graduates with a Model of College Choice and The Effects of High School Mathematics Skill Development on Economic Mobility
Abstract: The first essay in the dissertation is an estimation of unexplained racial wage differentials among college graduates in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort utilizing an empirical model of college choice and ability sorting. This work contributes to the literature on racial wage differentials and the economic returns to the business and economics majors. The second essay estimates the effects of high school mathematics skill development on the economic mobility of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort. This work contributes to the literature on the economic returns to mathematics skill development and economic mobility in the United States.
Education
- 2014-2019 (expected). PhD Student in Economic Education. University of Delaware.
- 2010-2014. B.A. in Economics cum laude. Morehouse College.
Professional Experience
- Graduate Assistant Research Analyst, University of Delaware (2016–Present)
- Statistical Teaching and Analytic Research Training Summer Workshop. Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (Summer, 2017)
- Graduate Scholar Fellow, University of Delaware (2014–2016)
- Faculty Supported Research, Morehouse College (2013-2014)
- Education Research Intern, Temple University (Summer 2013)
Honors and Awards
- 2nd Place Graduate Student Paper 2017 Steele Symposium
- University Graduate Scholar Fellowship 2014-2016
Publications
- Building a better life for black Delawareans: a living wage and thriving businesses. The News Journal. February 2015.
- Working Paper: Canonical Neoclassical Macroeconomic Growth Models with Carbon Emissions: A Ramsey Model
- Working Paper: Comparing Personal Welfare Index Measures of Minority and Majority Groups in Mexico and the USA
- Working Paper: A Logit/Probit Specification of Black and White Views on the Source of Black Americans Economic Condition: Evidence from the GSS
Presentations
- May 2018. Canonical Neoclassical Macroeconomic Growth Models with Carbon Emissions: A Ramsey Model. The Steele Symposium. University of Delaware.
- June 2017. Comparing Personal Welfare Index Measures of Minority and Majority Groups in Mexico and the USA. Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE).
- April 2017. Cyclical and Structural Impediments to Black American Children’s Education. The Steele Symposium. University of Delaware. 2nd Place Graduate Student Paper.