Swarup Joshi

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 (3)

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

Social

Areas of Expertise (5)

Crime

Public Policy

Education Economics

Labor Economics

Health Economics

Links (1)

• Website

Languages (3)

• English
• Nepali
• Hindi

Event Appearances (10)

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA  2019

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA  2019

AEFP

Portland, OR  2018

Correctional Education Association International Summer Conference

New Orleans, LA  2018

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA  2018

APPAM Fall Conference

Washington D.C.  2018

Southern Economic Conference

Tampa, FL  2017

APPAM Fall Conference

Chicago, IL  2017

AEFP

Washington D.C.  2017

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA  2016

Courses (4)

Introductory Economics

ECON 1050

Introductory Statistics

ECON2300

Urban Economics

ECON 3560

Intermediate Microeconomics

ECON 3100

Articles (2)

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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