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Omari H. Swinton
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Howard University


 

 


Curriculum Vitae [pdf]

 

 

 


Working Papers

 

“Baccalaureate Origins of Latino Doctorate Recipients 1976-2005”

 

“Noncognitive Ability, College Learning, and Student Retention”

“Baccalaureate Origins of Latino Doctorate Recipients 1976-2005”, with William A. Darity Jr. and Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe

“Do Postdoctoral Fellowships Increase the Likelihood of Tenure?” with William A. Darity Jr. and Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe

“Have The Returns to Attending A Black College Declined?” with Greg A. Price and William Spriggs

“Spotlight for Stereotypes: Do Essence Magazine's Articles Help to Dispel or Validate Negative Stereotypes of Black Women” with Danee'ta Shine

“Estimating the Ex Ante Expected Returns to College”, with Andrew Hussey




Publications

 

"Grading for Effort: The Success Equals Effort Policy at Benedict College" The Review of Black Political Economy, Volume 34, issue 1, 2007

 

“Explaining Cross-Racial Differences in Teenage Labor Force Participation: Results from a General Equilibrium Search Model”  with Tom Ahn, Peter Arcidiacono, and Alvin Murphy Journal of Econometrics, Volume 156, issue 1, 2010

 

The State of Blacks in Higher Education with William A. Darity Jr. and Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, final report for National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Silver Spring, 2009

 

“The Effect of Effort Grading on Learning” Economics of Education Review, Volume 29, issue 6, 2010



Fields of Interest

 

 

Labor Economics, Economics of Education, and Industrial Organization

 

 

Contact Information:

E-Mail:
oswinton@howard.edu

Address:
Department of Economics
Howard University

2400 4th St., N.W.
ASB-B Bldg. Room 319
Washington, DC 20059

Phone: 202.806.6774
Fax: 202.806.4896