Andrew Hussey, Ph.D.

Affiliate Faculty - Economics
ajhussey@memphis.edu

Bio

Dr. Hussey is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Fogelman College of Business at the University of Memphis. He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Economics (IZA). Dr. Hussey is a labor economist with additional expertise in health economics and the economics of education. His research has spanned multiple areas of empirical, applied microeconomics. Most notably, his interests include: the economic impacts of advanced of higher education and advanced degrees; predictors of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success; gender disparities in the labor force and academia; obesity and health behaviors; determinants and trends in income inequality; local and national impacts of COVID-19 on employee outcomes, organizational response, and mental health. 

Dr. Hussey teaches a variety of courses, including managerial economics and econometrics at the graduate level. He is proficient in a wide range of empirical methods, including causal estimation, descriptive analysis, program evaluation, and experimental design.

Education

Economics, PhD, 2006, Duke University 

Economics, MA, 2001, Duke University 

Economics & Chemistry, BA, 2000, St. Olaf College 

Awards/Honors

  • George Johnson Research Fellow Award 
  • George Johnson Professorship 

Selected Publications

  • Gender Penalties and Solidarity: Teaching Evaluation Differentials In and Out of STEM (with Jobu Babin), 2023, Economics Letters 226: 111083. 
  • Gender-based Disparities in Loneliness under Shelter in Place Orders (with Jobu Babin and Marine Foray), forthcoming, Applied Economics Letters. 
  • Gender, Coauthorship, and Scholarly Productivity in Economics (with Sheena Murray and Wendy Stock), 2022, Economic Inquiry 60(2): 465-484. 
  • Shelter-in-Place Orders, Loneliness, and Cooperative Behavior (with Jobu Babin and Marine Foray), 2021, Economics & Human Biology 43: 101056. 
  • Beauty premiums among academics (with Jobu Babin, Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, and David Taylor), 2020, Economics of Education Review 78: 102019. 
  • The Fundamental Determinants of Economic Inequality in Average Income Across Countries: The Declining Role of Political Institutions (with Michael Jetter and Dianne McWilliam), 2020, Review of Income and Wealth 61(1): 104-133. 
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