Stories about economics

Muzhe Yang Examines the Unintended Consequences of External Factors on Mothers and Babies

Yang’s work explores how the circumstances of maternal employment and other environmental factors impact maternal health, fetal health and infant health.

Confirmatory Bias in Health Decisions: The MMR Vaccine and Autism Controversy

Shin-Yi Chou and Ernest Lai investigate how conflicting information figures into health decisions.

Ahmed Rahman Examines How Technology & Lower-Skilled Immigrant Workers Impact Wage Distributions

Study observes how the interactions between technological growth and specialization patterns between native and immigrant workers affect wages earned by native workers.

Pregnant Women with Long Commutes to Work at Increased Risk for Adverse Birth Outcomes

Lehigh researcher Muzhe Yang co-authored the first study of the infant health impacts of maternal stress caused by long-distance commuting.

The Impact of Demonstrated Interest on College Admissions

A study by a team of economists including James Dearden, Chad Meyerhoefer and Muzhe Yang finds that selective universities can give significant preference to applicants who demonstrate interest.

Three Lehigh Students Win Energy Economics Competition

Students receive second place in the U.S. Association for Energy Economics case competition.

Signaling Behavior in College Admissions

A team of Lehigh economists finds on-site contacts can increase probability of admission.

Low Birth Weights Tied to Coal Power Plant Emissions

Lehigh economists examine impact of a single polluter on downwind residents.

Drew University economist named ACE Fellow here

Marc Tomljanovich will spend the 2016-17 academic year at Lehigh.

'Freakonomics' authors regale alumni with stories of odd research

'Think Like a Freak' keynote was part of Lehigh’s Alumni Weekend and Sesquicentennial Close Celebration.