The Department of Economics is seeking to hire four Economics majors for paid research internships for the spring 2022 semester. Positions pay $15/hour for approximately 10 hours of work per week, up to $2,500 per internship. Spring research projects support CSU research centers on a variety of economics issues: High School Education Performance, assisting PAC@REDI […]
How do economists model racial discrimination in the workplace? It’s a complex question not easily answered, but in a recent seminar, esteemed Howard University Professor and Chief Economist for the AFL-CIO William E. Spriggs offered CSU’s Department of Economics insight by looking back at labor unions in the 1940s to better understand challenges today. The March 5 seminar, titled “Back to the Future: Technological Progress and Race in the First Half of the 20th Century, Railroads,” examined the history of discrimination against Black railroad […]
