Daniel Kuehn
Biographic Data
| ID | 3768466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Kuehn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuehn |
| SIGNATURE | KUEHN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Urban Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2455-4126 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
W.H. Hutt, economic liberalism, and “iron-clad” white rule before the rise of South African apartheid
This paper reviews W.H. Hutt’s work on the economics of race during his first two decades at the University of Cape Town and draws two major conclusions. First, the analytical details of Hutt’s opposition to apartheid were well developed before the National Party victory of 1948. Second, Hutt’s weighted franchise proposal to restrict non-white vote power was also developed earlier than previously understood, in the aftermath of the election of 19…
Before Nber: Warren Nutter’s Soviet Research at the Cia
Warren Nutter’s work as director of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s (NBER) Soviet growth project is his best-known contribution to economics and public affairs. Many histories of Sovietology note the oddity of Nutter’s selection as project director, given his apparent lack of prior experience studying the Soviet Union. This paper provides new context for Nutter’s selection to lead the NBER effort. From 1951 to 1952 Nutter was the actin…
Retrospectives: W. E. B. Du Bois, Harvard Economics, and Marginalist Wage Theory
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) is best known as a sociologist, historian, and civil rights leader, but he is also increasingly appreciated as an economist. Du Bois's work in economics was primarily empirical, drawing heavily on the German Historical School of Economics and later on Karl Marx. However, during his early economic studies at Harvard University, Du Bois was interested in marginalism as a theoretical solution to the problem of wage deter…
Dred Scott and Gettysburg in Tullock’s constitutional mythology and Civil War memory
"Marco Polo Economics" and Narrative in the NBER Soviet Growth Study
In his 1962 NBER volume, The Growth of Industrial Production in the Soviet Union, Warren Nutter writes about how the study of the Soviet economy was hamstrung by official secrecy and data limitations. Western economists were forced to rely on what Nutter called "Marco Polo economics" or "travelers' tales" to replace or interpret quantitative data. Nutter's book is littered with these tales of Soviet economic activity from Soviet émigrés, foreign …
James Buchanan, Gordon Tullock, and the “Radically Irresponsible” One Person, One Vote Decisions
James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock took a keen interest in the United States Supreme Court’s reapportionment decisions of the 1960s, which established a “one person, one vote” standard for state legislative apportionment. This paper traces the long arc of Buchanan and Tullock’s opposition to the “one person, one vote” standard. The Calculus of Consent offers a highly qualified efficiency argument against “one person, one vote,” but over time Bucha…
Contents for Volume 36
Diversity, Ability, and Democracy: A Note on Thompson’s Challenge to Hong and Page
The Hong-Page theorem holds that a group of low-ability, cognitively diverse problem solvers can outperform a more uniform group of high-ability problem solvers. Abigail Thompson's recent mathematical criticisms of the theorem are incorrect, misleading, or irrelevant to the validity of the theorem. A common thread running through Thompson's objections is a lack of appreciation for how mathematics is used in social science. One element of her crit…
Piketty and Political Epistemology
Although Thomas Piketty is largely known for his recent empirical contributions to the study of inequality, his work on epistemology has been substantial. It remains relatively unreferenced in the political epistemology literature both because it has been overshadowed by his work on inequality and because it was written for an audience of economists rather than political scientists. Piketty’s work on these themes can be divided into analyses of p…
Can We Upgrade Low-Skill, Low-Wage Occupations? The Case of Apprenticeships in the Long-Term Care Occupations
The best prospect for improving job quality and compensation in low-wage jobs is by increasing worker productivity. This study investigates the prospects of registered apprenticeship training for raising productivity in the long-term care (LTC) industry, a high-demand, low-wage field that principally employs female caretakers. Case studies of five LTC registered apprenticeship programs and analysis of administrative data suggest that apprenticesh…
Keynes, Newton and the Royal Society: The events of 1942 and 1943
Most discussions of John Maynard Keynes's activities in connection with Newton are restricted to the sale in 1936 at Sotheby's of Newton's Portsmouth Papers and to Keynes's 1946 essay ‘Newton, the Man’. This paper provides a history of Keynes's Newton-related work in the interim, highlighting especially the events of 1942 and 1943, which were particularly relevant to the Royal Society's role in the domestic and international promotion of Newton's…
Book/Media Reviews
Beyond Stock Stories and Folktales: African Americans' Paths to STEM Fields, edited by Henry T. Frierson and William F. Tate. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group, 2011, 332 pp. $134.95, hardcover.The research collected in Beyond Stock Stories and Folktales: African Americans ' Paths to STEM Fields seeks to add new rigor to investigations of why African American students earn science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees, and work in STE…
Hayek's Business-Cycle Theory: Half Right
The Great Recession has brought with it a renewed interest in Hayek's business-cycle theory, which holds that loose monetary policy generates an unsustainable boom characterized by a lengthening of the capital structure. Hayek's theory has received robust criticism for decades, although the criticisms have varied in quality. Various empirical disconfirmations pose the most serious challenge. The small empirical literature on the subject generally…
What Does a High School Diploma Get You? Employment, Race, and the Transition to Adulthood
We compare the employment of African American and white youth as they transition to adulthood from age 18 to 22, focusing on high school graduates and high school dropouts who did not attend college. Using OLS and hazard models, we analyze the relative employment rates, and employment consistency, stability, and timing, controlling for a number of factors including family income, academic aptitude, prior work experience, and neighborhood poverty.…
Diversity, Ability, and Democracy: A Note on Thompson’s Challenge to Hong and Page
The Hong-Page theorem holds that a group of low-ability, cognitively diverse problem solvers can outperform a more uniform group of high-ability problem solvers. Abigail Thompson's recent mathematical criticisms of the theorem are incorrect, misleading, or irrelevant to the validity of the theorem. A common thread running through Thompson's objections is a lack of appreciation for how mathematics is used in social science. One element of her crit…
Can We Upgrade Low-Skill, Low-Wage Occupations? The Case of Apprenticeships in the Long-Term Care Occupations
The best prospect for improving job quality and compensation in low-wage jobs is by increasing worker productivity. This study investigates the prospects of registered apprenticeship training for raising productivity in the long-term care (LTC) industry, a high-demand, low-wage field that principally employs female caretakers. Case studies of five LTC registered apprenticeship programs and analysis of administrative data suggest that apprenticesh…
What Does a High School Diploma Get You? Employment, Race, and the Transition to Adulthood
We compare the employment of African American and white youth as they transition to adulthood from age 18 to 22, focusing on high school graduates and high school dropouts who did not attend college. Using OLS and hazard models, we analyze the relative employment rates, and employment consistency, stability, and timing, controlling for a number of factors including family income, academic aptitude, prior work experience, and neighborhood poverty.…
"Marco Polo Economics" and Narrative in the NBER Soviet Growth Study
In his 1962 NBER volume, The Growth of Industrial Production in the Soviet Union, Warren Nutter writes about how the study of the Soviet economy was hamstrung by official secrecy and data limitations. Western economists were forced to rely on what Nutter called "Marco Polo economics" or "travelers' tales" to replace or interpret quantitative data. Nutter's book is littered with these tales of Soviet economic activity from Soviet émigrés, foreign …
Hayek's Business-Cycle Theory: Half Right
The Great Recession has brought with it a renewed interest in Hayek's business-cycle theory, which holds that loose monetary policy generates an unsustainable boom characterized by a lengthening of the capital structure. Hayek's theory has received robust criticism for decades, although the criticisms have varied in quality. Various empirical disconfirmations pose the most serious challenge. The small empirical literature on the subject generally…
What Does a High School Diploma Get You? Employment, Race, and the Transition to Adulthood
We compare the employment of African American and white youth as they transition to adulthood from age 18 to 22, focusing on high school graduates and high school dropouts who did not attend college. Using OLS and hazard models, we analyze the relative employment rates, and employment consistency, stability, and timing, controlling for a number of factors including family income, academic aptitude, prior work experience, and neighborhood poverty.…
Keynes, Newton and the Royal Society: The events of 1942 and 1943
Most discussions of John Maynard Keynes's activities in connection with Newton are restricted to the sale in 1936 at Sotheby's of Newton's Portsmouth Papers and to Keynes's 1946 essay ‘Newton, the Man’. This paper provides a history of Keynes's Newton-related work in the interim, highlighting especially the events of 1942 and 1943, which were particularly relevant to the Royal Society's role in the domestic and international promotion of Newton's…
Book/Media Reviews
Beyond Stock Stories and Folktales: African Americans' Paths to STEM Fields, edited by Henry T. Frierson and William F. Tate. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group, 2011, 332 pp. $134.95, hardcover.The research collected in Beyond Stock Stories and Folktales: African Americans ' Paths to STEM Fields seeks to add new rigor to investigations of why African American students earn science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees, and work in STE…
Hayek's Business-Cycle Theory: Half Right
The Great Recession has brought with it a renewed interest in Hayek's business-cycle theory, which holds that loose monetary policy generates an unsustainable boom characterized by a lengthening of the capital structure. Hayek's theory has received robust criticism for decades, although the criticisms have varied in quality. Various empirical disconfirmations pose the most serious challenge. The small empirical literature on the subject generally…
Can We Upgrade Low-Skill, Low-Wage Occupations? The Case of Apprenticeships in the Long-Term Care Occupations
The best prospect for improving job quality and compensation in low-wage jobs is by increasing worker productivity. This study investigates the prospects of registered apprenticeship training for raising productivity in the long-term care (LTC) industry, a high-demand, low-wage field that principally employs female caretakers. Case studies of five LTC registered apprenticeship programs and analysis of administrative data suggest that apprenticesh…
Piketty and Political Epistemology
Although Thomas Piketty is largely known for his recent empirical contributions to the study of inequality, his work on epistemology has been substantial. It remains relatively unreferenced in the political epistemology literature both because it has been overshadowed by his work on inequality and because it was written for an audience of economists rather than political scientists. Piketty’s work on these themes can be divided into analyses of p…
Contents for Volume 36
Diversity, Ability, and Democracy: A Note on Thompson’s Challenge to Hong and Page
The Hong-Page theorem holds that a group of low-ability, cognitively diverse problem solvers can outperform a more uniform group of high-ability problem solvers. Abigail Thompson's recent mathematical criticisms of the theorem are incorrect, misleading, or irrelevant to the validity of the theorem. A common thread running through Thompson's objections is a lack of appreciation for how mathematics is used in social science. One element of her crit…
James Buchanan, Gordon Tullock, and the “Radically Irresponsible” One Person, One Vote Decisions
James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock took a keen interest in the United States Supreme Court’s reapportionment decisions of the 1960s, which established a “one person, one vote” standard for state legislative apportionment. This paper traces the long arc of Buchanan and Tullock’s opposition to the “one person, one vote” standard. The Calculus of Consent offers a highly qualified efficiency argument against “one person, one vote,” but over time Bucha…
"Marco Polo Economics" and Narrative in the NBER Soviet Growth Study
In his 1962 NBER volume, The Growth of Industrial Production in the Soviet Union, Warren Nutter writes about how the study of the Soviet economy was hamstrung by official secrecy and data limitations. Western economists were forced to rely on what Nutter called "Marco Polo economics" or "travelers' tales" to replace or interpret quantitative data. Nutter's book is littered with these tales of Soviet economic activity from Soviet émigrés, foreign …
Dred Scott and Gettysburg in Tullock’s constitutional mythology and Civil War memory
Before Nber: Warren Nutter’s Soviet Research at the Cia
Warren Nutter’s work as director of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s (NBER) Soviet growth project is his best-known contribution to economics and public affairs. Many histories of Sovietology note the oddity of Nutter’s selection as project director, given his apparent lack of prior experience studying the Soviet Union. This paper provides new context for Nutter’s selection to lead the NBER effort. From 1951 to 1952 Nutter was the actin…
Retrospectives: W. E. B. Du Bois, Harvard Economics, and Marginalist Wage Theory
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) is best known as a sociologist, historian, and civil rights leader, but he is also increasingly appreciated as an economist. Du Bois's work in economics was primarily empirical, drawing heavily on the German Historical School of Economics and later on Karl Marx. However, during his early economic studies at Harvard University, Du Bois was interested in marginalism as a theoretical solution to the problem of wage deter…
W.H. Hutt, economic liberalism, and “iron-clad” white rule before the rise of South African apartheid
This paper reviews W.H. Hutt’s work on the economics of race during his first two decades at the University of Cape Town and draws two major conclusions. First, the analytical details of Hutt’s opposition to apartheid were well developed before the National Party victory of 1948. Second, Hutt’s weighted franchise proposal to restrict non-white vote power was also developed earlier than previously understood, in the aftermath of the election of 19…
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