Nolan Kopkin
- Associate Professor, African & African Diaspora Studies
Education
- PhD, Cornell University
Teaching Schedule
| Course Num | Title | Meets |
|---|---|---|
| AFRIC 125-001 | Economics of the Black Community | No Meeting Pattern |
| AFRIC 228-001 | Introduction to Black Political Economy | No Meeting Pattern |
Teaching Interests
- The economic problems of black business
- Demographic differences and discrimination in the labor market, statistics, econometrics, and program analysis
Research Interests
- Labor and education issues including discrimination in and out of the labor market
- Demographic differences in wages, education, self-employment, and access to credit markets
- The impact of political parties on labor outcomes
- Labor migration, and program evaluation using econometric techniques
Selected Publications
Kopkin, N. A., & Mitchell-Walthour, G. (2020) Color Discrimination, Occupational Prestige, and Skin Color in Brazil.Latin American & Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 15(1), 44-69.
Kopkin, N. A.(2019) Evidence of Own-Race Bias in Heisman Trophy Voting.Social Science Quarterly, 100(1), 176-197.
Kopkin, N. A.(2019) The Nature of Regional Bias in Heisman Voting.Journal of Sports Analytics, 5(2), 85-100.
Kopkin, N. A., & Winkler, E. N.(2019) Naming Black Studies: Results from a Faculty Opinion Survey.Journal of Black Studies, 50(4), 343-366.
Kopkin, N. A.(2019) Where and When Police Use Deadly Force: A County-Level Longitudinal Analysis of Fatalities Involving Interaction with Law Enforcement.Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2, 150-162.
Kopkin, N. A.(2018) The Conditional Spatial Correlations between Racial Prejudice and Racial Disparities in the Market for Home Loans.Urban Studies, 55(16), 3596-3614.
Kopkin, N. A.(2017) Substantive Black Political Representation: Evidence from Matching Estimates in the United States House of Representatives.Review of Black Political Economy, 44(3), 203-232.
Kopkin, N. A., Martin, M. L., & Hollar, D. (2017) Improvements in Standardised Test Scores from a Multi-Component Nutrition and Healthy Living Intervention in a US Elementary-School Setting.Health Education Journal, 77(5), 527-541.
Kopkin, N. A.(2016) Does Racial Prejudice affect Black Entrepreneurship?: Evidence Exploiting Spatial Differences in Prejudicial Attitudes.Applied Economics, 49(31), 3045-3066.
Kopkin, N. A.(2014) You’re Fired!: The Impact of Race on the Firing of Black Head Coaches in Major College Football.Review of Black Political Economy, 41(4), 373-392.
Kopkin, N. A.(2012) Tax Avoidance: How Income Tax Rates Affect the Labor Migration Decisions of NBA Free Agents.Journal of Sports Economics, 13(6), 571-602.