
Kevin Thom
- Associate Professor, Economics
Education
- PhD, Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2009
- MA, Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2006
- BS, Applied Mathematical Economics, Marquette University, 2003
Research Interests
- Labor Economics
- Demographic Economics
- Microeconomics
Current Projects
- Smoking, Genes, and Health: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study" (with Daniel Benjamin, Andrew Caplin, David Cesarini, Patrick Turley)
- "Genetic Endowments, Health Behaviors, and Beliefs about Mortality" (with Daniel Barth, Nicholas Papageorge, Prerna Rakheja)
- “Childhood socio-economic status moderates genetic predispositions for peak smoking” (with Laura Bierut, Pietro Biroli, and Titus Galama.)
Selected Publications
Thom, K. , & Papageorge, N. () Genes, Education, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of the European Economic Association .
Thom, K. , Barth, D. , & Papageorge, N. () Genetic Endowments and Wealth Inequality. Journal of Political Economy .
Thom, K. , Dube, O. , & Garcia-Ponce, O. (2016) From Maize to Haze: Agricultural Shocks and the Growth of the Mexican Drug Sector. The Journal of the European Economic Association , 14(5), 1181-1224.
Reinhold, S. , & Thom, K. (2013) Migration Experience and Earnings in the Mexican Labor Market. The Journal of Human Resources , 48(3), 768-820.