Laura E. Connolly

Contact

leconn@mtu.edu
906-487-2809
Academic Office Building 125

Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business

PhD, Economics, University of Alabama
BA, Mathematics/Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Biography

Laura Connolly is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Michigan Technological University. She earned her PhD in Economics from the University of Alabama in 2018, and completed her undergraduate degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Connolly's broader research interests include labor economics, economics of gender, public policy, and applied microeconomics. Her current work examines the role of gender in the labor market, and how public policies or economic shocks impact labor market outcomes across different populations. She also serves as the campus advisor to the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading, boating, and watching college football and basketball games.

Teaching Interests

Labor Economics
Economic Decision Analysis
Microeconomic Theory

Research Interests

Labor Economics
Economics of Gender
Public Policy
Applied Microeconomics

Recent Publications

Connolly, L. E., Connolly, J., & Yang, K. (working paper). Is There a Glass Cliff in Municipal Management? Examining the Hiring and Departure of Female City Managers.
Brummund, P., & Connolly, L. E. (working paper). Labor Market Dynamics and Trade with China: The Case of Brazil.
Brummund, P., & Connolly, L. E. (2019). Who Creates Stable Jobs? Evidence from Brazil. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 81(3), 540–563. https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12273
Connolly, L. E., & Sheehan, A. (2018). Evaluating the Impact of the Labor Market Conditions Index on Labor Market Forecasts. Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 22(1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1515/snde-2016-0102