Kegan O’Connor

PhD Candidate University of Kansas

I am a PhD Candidate in Economics at University of Kansas. I will be on the job market in the Fall of 2020, and plan to graduate in May 2021. My research interests are in labor, family economics, poverty, and social safety net programs

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Projects

"Household Food Insecurity: Effects of State Grocery Tax Variation"

Abstract: Food insecurity is being recognized as major health crisis in the United States. Households that experience food insecurity are either unable or uncertain that they can acquire enough food to meet their nutritional needs. On average an esti...

“Third-Party Policing: Nuisance Laws and their Impact on Legal and Extralegal Evictions”

Abstract: Third-party policing laws are policies where police attempt to persuade or force third parties, such as landlords, to take some level of responsibility in preventing criminal activities. The most prevalent of these are nuisance property ordin...

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Courses

ECON104: Introductory Economics

(Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2020)

ECON 520: Intermediate Microeconomics

(Summer 2019, Fall 2019)

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