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Michael A. Quinn
mquinn@bentley.edu
AAC 175
781/891-2938
Associate Professor of Economics
Associate Director - Bentley University Honors Program

PhD, Univ No Carolina/Chapel Hill, 2002
Research Interests:

Economic Development

International Economics

Labor Economics
Practice/Consulting Interests:

Economic Expert - Legal Cases
Teaching Interests:

Economic Development

International Economics

Economics of the European Union

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Intermediate Microeconomics
Selected Publications and presentations:

Journal articles
Quinn, Michael A. "Estimating the Impact of Migration and Remittances on Agricultural Technology," Journal of Developing Areas, vol. 43, no. 1, 2009.

Quinn, Michael A. "Movies and the Mystery of the Missing Trade: Is Hollywood Good for U.S. Exporters?," International Trade Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 2009.

Flynn, Patricia, Quinn, Michael A. "Economics is a Good Major to Become a CEO," The American Economist, 2008.

Mukerjee, Swati, Quinn, Michael A. "Federal Medicaid Assistance to States: Impact on Prenatal Care," Contemporary Economic Policy, vol. 26, no. 3, 2008.

Karidis, Socrates, Quinn, Michael A. "Fiscal Policy and Migration Flows: Evidence from the European Union," Brussels Economic Review, vol. 49, no. 4, 2006.

Quinn, Michael A, Rubb, Stephen. "Mexico's Labor Market: The Importance of Education-Occupation Matching on Wages and Productivity in Developing Countries," Economics of Education Review, vol. 25, no. 2, 147-156, 2006.

Quinn, Michael A. "Relative Deprivation, Wage Differentials and Mexican Migration," Review of Development Economics, vol. 10, no. 1, 135-153, 2006.

Quinn, Michael A. "Remittances, Savings and Relative Rates of Return," Journal of Developing Areas, vol. 39, no. 1, 2005.

Quinn, Michael A, Rubb, Stephen. "The Importance of Education-Occupation Matching in Migration Decisions," Demography, vol. 42, no. 1, 2005.

Quinn, Michael A, Rubb, Stephen. "Educational Mismatches in Mexico: The Importance of Labor Market Assignments?," International Advances in Economic Research, 2003.

Book chapters
Livingston, Jeffrey, Quinn, Michael A. "The Psychology of Economics in Decision Making: A Review," in The Psychology of Decision Making, pages 25, Nova Publishing, Hauppauge, New York, 2008

Published case studies
Quinn, Michael A. Online Projects Using Discussion Boards, UK Higher Education Academy, Bristol, United Kingdom, 2007.

Conference papers
Csazonis, Megan, Quinn, Michael A. "Income Convergence in Europe: Catching Up or Falling Behind?," in 2010 Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference, December 2009.

Quinn, Michael A. "Poster: Education, Immigration and other Projects," in Bentley University Summer Research Conference, August 2009.

Quinn, Michael A, Rubb, Stephen. "Asymmetric Information and the Theory of Heterogeneous Educational Mismatches," in Southern Economic Association, November 2008.

Jackson, Aaron, Ortmeyer, David, Quinn, Michael A. "Social Policies and Migration Incentives in the European Union," in Southern Economic Association, November 2008.

Quinn, Michael A, Rubb, Stephen. "Education-Occupation Matching and Family Migration in the United States," in American Economic Association Annual Meetings, March 2007.

Karidis, Socrates, Quinn, Michael A. "Fiscal Harmonization and Migration in the EU," in International Atlantic Economic Association Annual Meetings, March 2007.

Quinn, Michael A. "Online Projects Using Blackboard," in American Economic Association Annual Meetings, January 2007.

Quinn, Michael A. "A Scavenger Hunt Using Blackboard," in American Economic Association Annual Meetings-2007, January 2006.

Quinn, Michael A, Rubb, Stephen. "Education-Occupation Matching and Family Migration in the United States," in American Economic Assocation Annual Meetings: 2007, January 2006.

Flynn, Patricia, Mukerjee, Swati, Quinn, Michael A. "Federal Medicaid Assistance and Prenatal Care," in Bentley College Summer Research Poster Session, Poster, August 2006.

Mukerjee, Swati, Quinn, Michael A. "Federal Medicaid Assistance to States: Impact on Prenatal Care," in Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, 32, November 2006.

Karidis, Socrates, Quinn, Michael A. "Fiscal Policy and Migration Flows: Evidence from the European Union," in European Society for Population Economics, June 2006.

Karidis, Socrates, Quinn, Michael A. "Fiscal Policy and Migration in the EU: Does the Tiebout Hypothesis Apply?," in Global Conference on Business and Economics, 18, October 2006.

Quinn, Michael A, Rubb, Stephen. "Moving in Dual Career Households: Who Wins? Who Loses?," in Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, 30, November 2006.

Karidis, Socrates, Quinn, Michael A. "Fiscal Policy and Migration Flows: Evidence from the European Union," in Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, November 2005.

Quinn, Michael A. "Movies and the Mystery of the Missing Trade: Is Hollywood Good for U.S. Exporters?," in American Economic Association/ASSA Meetings, January 2005.

Quinn, Michael A. "Movies and the Mystery of the Missing Trade: Is Hollywood Good for U.S. Exporters?," in Global Conference on Business and Economics, June 2005.

Quinn, Michael A, Rubb, Stephen. "Mexico's Labor Market: The Importance of Education-Occupation Matching on Wages and Productivity in Developing Countries," in Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings, February 2004.

Quinn, Michael A, Rubb, Stephen. "The Importance of Education-Occupation Matching in Migration Decisions," in Southern Economic Association Meetings, November 2004.

Quinn, Michael A. "Movies and the Mystery of the Missing Trade: The Impact of Media Exports on Home Bias in Consumption," in Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, November 2003.

Quinn, Michael A. "Relative Deprivation, Wage Differentials and Mexican Migration," in ASSA/AEA National Meetings, January 2003.

Rubb, Stephen, Quinn, Michael A. "Educational Mismatches in Mexico: Additional Evidence of the Importance of Labor Market Assignments?," in International Atlantic Economic Association, October 2002.

Quinn, Michael A. "Microeconomics Exercises Using Random Number Generated Initial Parameters," in Western Economic Association Annual Meetings, July 2002.

Quinn, Michael A. "Relative Deprivation, Wage Differentials and Mexican Migration," in Conference on Latin America, October 2002.

Professional presentations
Quinn, Michael A. "Education-Occupation Matching and Migration," to the College of Charleston Economics Department, Charleston, South Carolina, February 2007.

Quinn, Michael A. "Education-Occupation Matching and Migration," to the Fairfield University Economics Department, Fairfield, Connecticut, February 2007.

Mukerjee, Swati, Quinn, Michael A. "Federal Medicaid Assistance to States: Impact on Prenatal Care," to the Colby College Department of Economics, Colby College. Waterville, ME, September 2006.

Quinn, Michael A. "Movies and the Mystery of the Missing Trade: Is Hollywood Good for U.S. Exporters?," to the Bentley College Center for Arts and Sciences, Waltham, MA, April 2006.

Quinn, Michael A. "Accessing and Using ICPSR," to the Bentley College Business and A&S Faculty, Bentley College, September 2003.

Quinn, Michael A. "Movies and the Mystery of the Missing Trade: The Impact of Media Exports on the Home Bias on Consumption," to the Bentley College Economics Department Seminar, Bentley College. Waltham,MA, November 2003.

Quinn, Michael A. "Relative Deprivation, Wage Differentials and Mexican Migration," to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, January 2002.

Quinn, Michael A. "Relative Deprivation, Wage Differentials and Mexican Migration," to the Lafayette College, Easton, PA, January 2002.

Quinn, Michael A. "Relative Deprivation, Wage Differentials and Mexican Migration," to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Development/International Seminar, Chapel Hill, NC, October 2001.

Quinn, Michael A. "Relative Deprivation, Wage Differentials and Mexican Migration," to the Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina, December 2001.

Quinn, Michael A. "Relative Deprivation and Mexican Migration," to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Development/International Seminar, Chapel Hill, NC, December 2000.

Doctoral dissertation
Quinn, Michael A. "Essays on the Migration, Remittance and Savings Behavior of Mexican Workers." University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002.

Other
Quinn, Michael A. "Encyclopedia of Social Problems: wrote the entry for the topic "relative deprivation"". Sage Publications

Quinn Michael A. ""Test Your Economics IQ" material for supplement to the textbook Economics by O'Sullivan and Sheffrin".

Professional Memberships:
American Economic Association
Southern Economic Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Omicron Delta Epsilon - Economics Honor Society
Beta Gamma Sigma - Business Honor Society

Honors and Awards:
2001, Society of Distinguished Teaching Scholars of UNC - Chapel Hill, inducted in 2001.

2000, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -Taner Award for Teaching Excellence

1999, UNC Chapel Hill - Economics Department Outstanding Teaching Fellow of the Year

Scholarly Work in Progress:
Are Immigrants Really Attracted to the Welfare State? Evidence from OECD Countries..

Family Migration in the United States: Does Overeducation Matter?.

Give us Your Tired and Hungry, as Long as They Can Read: Colonial Ties, Education, and Immigration .

Income Convergence in Europe: Catching Up or Falling Behind?.

Other Activities:
Book reviewer for Economic Development by Roland

Consulting work for the firm Lost Compensation.

Economic Expert Witness, Norfolk Superior Court, Dedham, MA. August 20-21, 2009.

Referee for International Trade Journal.

Referee for Journal of Developing Areas.

Referee for Population Studies

Referee for Southern Economic Journal

Book reviewer for Principles of Macroeconomics by Krugman and Wells

Discussant for two papers at the Southern Economic Association conference in Washington, DC., Nov 2008

Interviewed for article "How High Can Gas Prices Go?" MetroWest Daily News, May 10, 2008.

Interviewed for article "What If I Lose My Job?" in Thrivent Magazine, fall 2008.

Participant in Prentice-Hall focus group on teaching macroeconomics. May 15, 2008. Waltham, MA.

Referee for American Sociological Review

Referee for International Trade Journal

Referee for Journal of International Migration and Integration

Session Chair for two sessions at the Southern Economic Association Conference in Washington, DC., Nov 2008

Journal referee for Business and Society Review

Journal referee for Economic Inquiry

Journal referee for Economics of Education Review

Journal referee for Journal of Developing Areas

Journal referee for Population Studies

Quoted in Associated Press article "Newly revived proposal is huge shift in U.S. immigration policy". June 17, 2007. Story carried by various outlets including New York Post, Long Island Newsday and Staten Island Advance.

Quoted in Medill Reports article "U.S. companies seek greener pastures in international markets". August 20, 2007.

Discussant for Global Conference on Business and Economics. Oct 2006. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Referee for Journal of Developing Areas

Referee for Sociological Focus

Session Chair for Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings. Nov 2006. Charleston, SC

Session Organizer for Southern Economic Association Meetings. Nov 2006. Charleston, SC

Discussant. Global Conference on Business & Economics. Oxford University. Oxford, United Kingdom. June 2005. Discussed the paper "Teaching Entrepreneurship to Liberal Arts Undergraduates: 20 Years of Former Students Provide Feedback" by Karl Egge.

Discussant. Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings. November 2005. Washington, DC. Discussed the paper "The Effects of Border Enforcement on Migrants' Border Crossing Choices" by Carmen Carrion-Flores and Todd Sorensen.

Interviewed in MetroWest Daily News article "Big money in illegal immigration," April 17, 2005.

Referee for International Migration Review

Referee for Journal of Developing Areas

Served as a grant reviewer for Sam Houston State University

Discussant for paper "Endogenous Mortality, Human Capital and Economic Growth" at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings. Nov 2004. New Orleans, LA.

Referee for Journal of Developing Areas

Participant at Innovation in the Economics Classroom Workshop. Held at Brandeis University. Waltham, MA. April 4, 2003.

Reviewer for International Economics by Dennis Appleyard and Alfred Field, 5th edition.

Session Chair for sessions "Border Effects" and "Topics in Health Economics" at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, November 2003, San Antonio, Texas.

Discussant for Paper "Do Electronic Discussions Create Critical Thinking Spillovers?" at the Western Economic Association Annual Meetings, July 2002, Seattle, WA

Discussant for paper "English Language Proficiency and Wage Rates of Mexican Immigrants" at the Midwest Economic Association Annual Meetings, March 2002, Chicago, IL.

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My primary teaching areas include economic development, international trade and finance, the European Union, and intermediate micro- and macroeconomics. My research in the field of economic development has focused primarily on immigration and remittances. I have also published in the areas of U.S. media exports (especially movies), agricultural investment in Mexico, and the U.S. Medicaid program. Some of my current papers include immigration in the European Union, moving and marriage in the United States, and the educational background of corporate CEOs. I have had papers published in several academic journals including Contemporary Economic Policy, Demography, Economics of Education Review, International Trade Journal, Journal of Developing Areas and the Review of Development Economics. I have presented papers at many domestic and international conferences including those of the American Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Western Economic Association, Eastern Economic Association, European Society of Population Economics and the International Atlantic Economic Society.