Rebecca Lessem

Associate Professor of Economics

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Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison - Ph D (Economics) - 2011
• University of Wisconsin-Madison - MA (Economics) - 2009
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - BS (Economics and Political Science) - 2005

Research

Labor economics, applied microeconomics

Publications

• Local Economic Growth from Primary Election Spending

  (author(s): Rebecca Lessem, Carly Urban)

• The Political Orientation of Newspaper Endorsements in U.S. Elections

  (author(s): Rebecca Lessem, James Snyder, Stephen Ansolabehere)
  Quarterly Journal of Political Science 1(4), 2006; 393-404

Working Papers

• Immigrant Wages and Recessions: Evidence from Undocumented Mexicans

  (author(s): Rebecca Lessem, Kayuna Nakajima)

• Mexico-U.S. Immigration: Effects of Wages and Border Enforcement
• Decomposing the Native Immigrant Wage Gap in the United States

  (author(s): Rebecca Lessem, Carl Sanders)

Awards and Honors

• University of Wisconsin-Madison - Christensen Award in Empirical Economics (2010)

University Service

• Undergraduate Economics Curriculum Committee, Committee Member (2012 - )
• Economics Recruiting, Committee Member (2014 - 2015)
• Economics Recruiting, Committee Member (2013 - 2014)
• Economics Recruiting, Committee Member (2012 - 2013)
• Economics Recruiting, Committee Member (2011 - 2012)