Elizabeth (Betsy) Caucutt
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Economics of Education
Teaching Fields
Public finance, Macroeconomics
Representative Publications
"Higher Education Subsidies and Heterogeneity - A Dynamic Analysis," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 27: 1459-1502 (2003), with K. B. Kumar.
"The Timing of Births: A Marriage Market Analysis," Review of Economic Dynamics, 5: 815-855 (2002), with N. Guner and J. Knowles.
"Educational Vouchers When there are Peer Group Effects - Size Matters," International Economic Review, 43: 195-222 (2002).
Selected Papers
Early and Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, and the Family (with Lance J. Lochner)
The Farm, the City, and the Emergence of Social Security (with Thomas F. Cooley and Nezih Guner)
Africa: Is Aid an Answer? (with Krishna B. Kumar)
Evaluating Explanations for Stagnation (with Krishna B. Kumar)
Education Policies to Revive a Stagnant Economy: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa (with Krishna B. Kumar)
The Timing of Births: A Marriage Market Analysis (with Nezih Guner and John Knowles)
Does the Progressivity of Taxes Matter for Economic Growth? (with Selahattin İmrohoroğlu and Krishna B. Kumar)
Growth and Welfare Analysis of Tax Progressivity in a Heterogeneous-Agent Model (with Selahattin İmrohoroğlu and Krishna B. Kumar)
Educational Vouchers When There are Peer Group Effects—Size Matters
The Evolution of the Income Distribution When There are Peer Group Effects
Higher Education Subsidies and Heterogeneity (with Krishna B. Kumar)
Also from this web page:
Courses
- 9732A/9832A - Macro Workshop
- 3396B - Special Topics in Economics III
Section - 001 - 9613B - Advanced Macroeconomics I
- 9733B/9833B - Macro Workshop


