Manu Raghav

About

I am an applied microeconomist with research interests in the economics of education, higher education finance, campus policy, labor markets, and law and economics. My empirical work draws on modern econometric methods — including difference-in-differences, panel data, and fixed-effects designs — to answer policy-relevant questions about how institutions shape student outcomes.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Indiana University Bloomington in 2007. I have previously taught at DePauw University and Washington and Lee University. I am a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO).

Publications

1. Raghav, M. & Diette, T.M. (2022). Greek Myth or Fact? The Role of Greek Houses in Alcohol and Drug Violations on American Campuses. Applied Economics, 54(55), 6406–6417.
2. Toutkoushian, R. & Raghav, M. (2021). Estimated Profit: A Look at the Excess Revenues of Private Four-Year Nonprofit Postsecondary Institutions. Education Finance and Policy, 16(1), 125–145.
3. Diette, T.M. & Raghav, M. (2018). Do GPAs Differ Between Longer Classes and More Frequent Classes at Liberal Arts Colleges? Research in Higher Education, 59(4), 519–527.
4. Barreto, H. & Raghav, M. (2017). An Introduction to Understanding and Teaching Within-Cluster Correlation in Complex Surveys. Eastern Economic Journal, 43(4), 727–728.
5. Diette, T.M. & Raghav, M. (2017). Does the Early Bird Get the Worm or a Lower GPA? Evidence from a Liberal Arts College. Applied Economics, 49(33), 3341–3350.
6. Diette, T.M. & Raghav, M. (2016). A Student's Dilemma: Is There a Trade-Off Between a Higher Salary or Higher GPA? Education Economics, 24(6), 612–621.
7. Diette, T.M. & Raghav, M. (2015). Class Size Matters: Heterogeneous Effects of Larger Classes on College Student Learning. Eastern Economic Journal, 41(2), 273–283.
8. Barreto, H. & Raghav, M. (2013). Understanding and Teaching Unequal Probability of Selection. Journal of Econometric Methods, 2(1), 101–112.
9. Rasmusen, E., Raghav, M. & Ramseyer, M. (2009). Convictions versus Conviction Rates: The Prosecutor's Choice. American Law and Economics Review, 11(1), 47–78.

Selected Working Papers

• Patterns in State Funding of Public Higher Education Institutions: Trends, Ideology, and Age Submitted
  with Gerhard Glomm
• Partisan Governance and Public Higher Education Funding
  with Gerhard Glomm
• Impact of Legalization of Recreational Marijuana on Liquor and Drug Law Violations: Evidence from US Colleges and Universities Submitted
  with Angela Dills
• How Affluence Is Distributed in American Academia: An Analysis of Endowments
  with Robert Toutkoushian

Teaching

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