Education
Ph D, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2006
BA, , Grinnell College, 2002
Seth R Gitter
Professor, Department of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Economic Development
MigrationLatin AmericaSelected Publications and Presentations
- Grade Disparities in Principles of Microeconomics Before and During COVID-19,
Publisher: Baltimore Business Journal, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2023 - Generational Norms of Reporting Violence in Nyarugusu Refugees Camp,
Publisher: The European Journal of Development Research, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2021 - Violence and Female Labor Force Participation in Afghanistan,
Publisher: Oxford Development Studies, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2020 - "Foods and fads: The welfare impacts of rising quinoa prices in Peru,
Publisher: World Development, December, 2018 - Reporting Violence Against Children: Social Norms in the Nyarugusu Refugees Camp,
Publisher: , July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2018 - The H1N1 Virus and Mexican Baseball Attendance,
Publisher: Athens Journal of Sports, December, 2017 - Migration and the Pursuit of Education in Southern Mexico”,
Publisher: Comparative Education Review, February, 2017 - What is a Blue Chip Recruit Worth? Estimating the Marginal Revenue Product of College Football Quarterbacks,
Publisher: Journal of Sports Economics, August, 2015 - Does Educational Attainment Reduce Agricultural Day Laborer Injuries in Mexico?*,
Publisher: Ensayos Revista de Economía, November, 2014 - Stadium Construction and Minor League Baseball Attendance,
Publisher: Contemporary Economic Policy, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2014 - Early-Childhood Nutrition and Educational Conditional-Cash Transfer Programs,
Publisher: Journal of Development Studies, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2013 - How Effective are Cash Transfer Programs at Improving Nutritional Status?,
Publisher: World Development, August, 2013 - How effective are cash transfer programmes at improving nutritional status? A rapid evidence assessment of programmes' effects on anthropometric outcomes.,
Publisher: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2012 - Fairtrade-Organic Coffee Cooperatives, Migration, and Secondary Schooling in Southern Mexico,
Publisher: Journal of Development Studies, March, 2012 - Top Prospects and Minor League Baseball Attendance,
Publisher: Journal of Sports Economics, June, 2011 - Fair Trade/Organic Coffee, Rural Livelihoods, and the ‘Agrarian Question’: Southern Mexican Coffee Families in Transition,
Publisher: World Development, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2011 - Determinants of Minor League Baseball Attendance in minor league baseball,
Publisher: Journal of Sports Economics, December, 2010 - Women's Power, Conditional Cash Transfers, and Schooling in Nicaragua ,
Publisher: World Bank Economic Review, May, 2008 - Impact of Return Migration to Mexico,
Publisher: Estudios Economicos, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2008 - Wealth, Credit Access, Crop Choice, Natural Diasters, and Secondary School Attainment in Rural Honduras,
Publisher: World Development, March, 2007
Grants & Contracts
- Positive Peer Mentoring Impact on Grades, Participation, and Diversity in Economics
Sponsor: OSPR, 2022 - Diversity Interventions and Performance in Economic Principles Courses
Sponsor: , 2020 - How effective are conditional cash transfer programs on nutritional status (height for age)? A Meta-Analysis
Sponsor: UK Department for International Development, 2012 - The Coffee Crisis, Early Childhood Development, and Conditional Cash Transfers
Sponsor: Inter-American Development Bank, 2010