Edlira Cocoli

PhD Candidate Edlira Cocoli Presents at the Southern Economic Association Meeting

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Edlira Cocli (PhD candidate) presenting her researchEdlira Cocoli (PhD candidate) presented  “Economic Shock and State Support for Higher Education: Evidence from the Northeastern U.S. Using Shift Share Identification” at the Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association in November.

She constructs a measure of Fiscal Stress and estimates the differential impacts of recent economic shocks on university finances.  A sample of Northeast public flagship universities are evaluated for fiscal stress risk, and policy recommendations made to reduce risk exposure.

Graduate Students in the Big Apple to Present New Work

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Graduate students Shiyi Chen, Edlira Cocoli, Treena Goswami, Xin Liang, and Patralekha Ukil presented papers at the Annual Conference of the Eastern Economics Association in New York, Feb. 28–Mar. 3. Paper titles are listed below. If you see them in the hallways, be sure to ask them about their research.

Shiyi Chen: Affirmative Action and Interracial Marriage

Edlira Cocoli: The Impact of Promise Programs on Student Enrollment: A Nationwide Analysis of Enrollment Impact by Gender, Race and Program Type

Treena Goswami: High Skilled Immigrant Inflows and More Managerial Natives?

Xin Liang: Early Retirement, Pension System and the High Saving Rate in China, University of Connecticut

Patralekha Ukil: Parental Economic Shocks and Infant Health

Have a look at a tweet about Patralekha’s presentation here, and you can see the full EEA program here.