Scott is a Ph.D. candidate at Duke University specializing in Labor Economics.
Expected graduation: Spring 2022.
Economist
Expected graduation: Spring 2022.
“Officer Differences in Traffic Stops of Minority Drivers” Labour Economics 67C (2020) 101912 DOI
“Disparities in Vulnerability to Severe Complications from COVID-19 in the United States” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 69, 2020 (with M. AlFakhri, V. J. Hotz, R.F. Schoeni, J.A. Seltzer, and E.E. Wiemers) DOI
“Female Corporate Leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean Region: Representation and Firm-level Outcomes” International Journal of Manpower, 38(6): 790-818, 2017 (with L. Flabbi and C. Piras) DOI PDF Web Appendix
“Disparities in Vulnerability to Severe Complications from COVID-19 in the United States” NBER Working Paper 27294 (June 2020) (with M. AlFakhri, V. J. Hotz, R.F. Schoeni, J.A. Seltzer, and E.E. Wiemers) Link
“Female Corporate Leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean Region: Representation and Firm-level Outcomes” IDB Working Paper Series Nº IDB-WP-655 (with L. Flabbi and C. Piras) Link
“Job Search and Job Security”
“SNAP Participation and Labor Market Dynamics” (with L. Flabbi and J. Mabli)
“Intergenerational Transmission of Personality Traits and Human Capital Formation” (with M. AlFakhri)
“Intergenerational Correlations in Vulnerability and Exposure to COVID-19” (with M. AlFakhri, V. J. Hotz, R.F. Schoeni, J.A. Seltzer, and E.E. Wiemers)
“Gender, Grit, and Advancement” (with M. AlFakhri)
“Commuting Barriers in Low Income Labor Markets” (with J. Mabli)
Aspiring to Understand Aspirations, Part I (World Bank 2014)
Aspiring to Understand Aspirations, Part II (World Bank 2014)
Gamification of Thrones (World Bank 2014 with S. Rafiq)
Youth Employment in Nepal (World Bank 2018 – consultant)
Making Politics Work for Development: Harnessing Transparency and Citizen Engagement (World Bank 2016 – consultant)
World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior (World Bank 2015 – consultant)
Malaysia Economic Monitor: Immigrant Labour (World Bank 2015 – consultant)
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Duke University
Summer 2020
Introduction to Economic Development
Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Fall 2014, Summer 2015
Introduction to Econometrics
Duke University
Fall 2017
Applied Microeconometrics
Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2016
Global Macro Modeling
Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Spring 2016
Introduction to Microeconomics
Washington University in St. Louis
Spring 2007
scott.abrahams@duke.edu
Duke University
Department of Economics
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213 Social Sciences Bldg.
Durham, NC 27708