DACA led to improved educational outcomes, lower teenage birthrate for young immigrant community
DACA led to improved educational outcomes, lower teenage birthrate for young immigrant community
Inside Higher Ed: Study Finds Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Increased Educational Attainment
Journalist Elizabeth Redden with the website Inside Higher Ed covered the research of SMU government policy expert Elira Kuka.
Market Watch: Why ‘Dreamers’ are less likely to drop out of high school
Market Watch covered the research of SMU government policy expert economist Elira Kuka.
Vox: DACA boosted immigrants’ education, labor force participation, productivity
The website Vox covered the research of SMU government policy expert economist Elira Kuka.
Female students exposed briefly to charismatic career women are inspired to pursue male-dominated field
Easy, inexpensive experiment briefly sent inspiring female role models into intro to econ classes and sharply increased college female interest in the male-dominated, well-paying field of economics.
SMU economist wins $50,000 “budding genius” prize with highly cited corruption research
SMU economist wins recognition for extensive landmark research on corruption.
Commerce Department selects scientific team to conduct independent abundance estimate of red snapper in Gulf of Mexico
An expert team of university and government scientists will determine the abundance of red snapper in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico, as availability of the fish is vital to the region's economy.
Elira Kuka, SMU economics professor, appointed to prestigious national research organization
The National Bureau of Economic Research, the nation's leading nonprofit economic research organization, has appointed SMU Assistant Professor Elira Kuka a faculty research fellow.
Dallas Fed, SMU and consortium to establish new Federal Statistical Research Data Center
Dallas Fed, SMU and consortium to establish new Federal Statistical Research Data Center.