Amanda Bayer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3960632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Bayer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Bayer |
| SIGNATURE | BAYER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Amanda Bayer is Professor of Economics, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx, and Native American People in the Economics Profession
Recently in economics there has been discussion of how to increase diversity in the profession and how to improve the work life of diverse peoples. We conducted surveys and interviews with Black, Latinx and Native American people. These groups have long been underrepresented in the economics profession. Participants were at various stages along the economics career trajectory, or on the trajectory no longer, and used their lived experience to ref…
Diversity in the Economics Profession: A New Attack on an Old Problem
The economics profession includes disproportionately few women and members of historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups, relative both to the overall population and to other academic disciplines. This underrepresentation within the field of economics is present at the undergraduate level, continues into the ranks of the academy, and is barely improving over time. It likely hampers the discipline, constraining the range of is…
Using Volunteer Mentors to Improve the Academic Outcomes of Underserved Students: The Role of Relationships
Schools can benefit from understanding how to use community volunteers to achieve academic goals. A randomized control evaluation, involving 1,139 students from 71 schools, of the school‐based mentoring program of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America found modest but statistically significant improvements in the teacher‐rated academic performance and self‐reported scholastic efficacy of mentored students. The present study explores the causal mech…
Using Volunteer Mentors to Improve the Academic Outcomes of Underserved Students: The Role of Relationships
Schools can benefit from understanding how to use community volunteers to achieve academic goals. A randomized control evaluation, involving 1,139 students from 71 schools, of the school‐based mentoring program of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America found modest but statistically significant improvements in the teacher‐rated academic performance and self‐reported scholastic efficacy of mentored students. The present study explores the causal mech…
Diversity in the Economics Profession: A New Attack on an Old Problem
The economics profession includes disproportionately few women and members of historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups, relative both to the overall population and to other academic disciplines. This underrepresentation within the field of economics is present at the undergraduate level, continues into the ranks of the academy, and is barely improving over time. It likely hampers the discipline, constraining the range of is…
Using Volunteer Mentors to Improve the Academic Outcomes of Underserved Students: The Role of Relationships
Schools can benefit from understanding how to use community volunteers to achieve academic goals. A randomized control evaluation, involving 1,139 students from 71 schools, of the school‐based mentoring program of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America found modest but statistically significant improvements in the teacher‐rated academic performance and self‐reported scholastic efficacy of mentored students. The present study explores the causal mech…
Diversity in the Economics Profession: A New Attack on an Old Problem
The economics profession includes disproportionately few women and members of historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups, relative both to the overall population and to other academic disciplines. This underrepresentation within the field of economics is present at the undergraduate level, continues into the ranks of the academy, and is barely improving over time. It likely hampers the discipline, constraining the range of is…
How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx, and Native American People in the Economics Profession
Recently in economics there has been discussion of how to increase diversity in the profession and how to improve the work life of diverse peoples. We conducted surveys and interviews with Black, Latinx and Native American people. These groups have long been underrepresented in the economics profession. Participants were at various stages along the economics career trajectory, or on the trajectory no longer, and used their lived experience to ref…
Medical education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (2 works) · Innovations in Educational Methods (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Underrepresented Minority (2 works)