Swarup Joshi

Assistant Professor of Economics

  • Los Angeles CA UNITED STATES
  • University Hall 4218
  • Economics

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Biography

Swarup Joshi is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Loyola Marymount University. He is an applied micro-economist. He uses data in a state-of-the art econometric design to test economic theories and impact of public policies, interventions and disasters on socio-economic outcomes. His research lies broadly across three areas of labor economics: economics of education, economics of crime, and health economics.

Education

Louisiana State University

Ph.D.

Economics

2019

Louisiana State University

M.S.

Economics

2015

Southeastern Louisiana University

B.S.

Finance

2013

(Minor in Mathematics and Accounting) Magna Cum Laude

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Areas of Expertise

Crime
Public Policy
Education Economics
Labor Economics
Health Economics

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Languages

  • English
  • Nepali
  • Hindi

Event Appearances

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA  2019

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA  2019

AEFP

Portland, OR  2018

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Courses

Introductory Economics

ECON 1050

Introductory Statistics

ECON2300

Urban Economics

ECON 3560

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Articles

Impact of a Low Cost Post-Secondary Enrollment Intervention: Evidence from Louisiana

Education Finance and Policy

with Stephen Barnes

It is well understood that postsecondary education increases lifetime earnings, yet the complexity of the college application process creates a barrier to postsecondary enrollment. This paper investigates a whole-school external application assistance program run by a nonprofit student support services organization, Career Compass of Louisiana. We use panel data of Louisiana high schools in a difference-in-differences framework and find that exposure to Career Compass increases postsecondary enrollment by 3.9 percentage points. Moreover, the effect of exposure is larger in school districts with a majority of black students as well as districts with a majority of low-income students. By providing services to all schools within a district, the program is able to achieve low costs relative to similar programs and effects that are in line with many more expensive programs, suggesting that scaling this model to new areas could provide a cost-effective approach to increasing postsecondary enrollment among high school graduates.

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