Patrick McCarthy

Patrick McCarthy, Former School of Economics Chair, Retires After Nearly 20 Years

Patrick McCarthy came to Georgia Tech in July 2000 on a mission. Sue Rosser, then dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, had recruited him to help build the School of Economics into a high-caliber unit focused on research, teaching, and service.

He spent 11 years as chair in the School, working to build morale, recruit top-notch talent, and develop programs, including the School’s first graduate programs.

Multidimensional Economic Deprivation during the Coronavirus Pandemic: Early Evidence from the United States

Many Americans reported economic hardships even early in the COVID-19 pandemic

Almost 25 percent of U.S. respondents experienced two of four types of deprivation, rising to over 37 percent among Hispanic respondents

Significant proportions of U.S. respondents were experiencing economic hardships even early in the COVID-19 pandemic, with Hispanic citizens being particularly affected, according to research by Shatakshee Dhongde at the Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S., publishing in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on December 16, 2020.

The Impact of Family Co-residence and Childcare on Children’s Cognitive Skill

Do young children develop improved cognitive ability (reasoning, learning, remembering, for example) when living in a household with both grandparents and parents? And what role does assigning childcare responsibility (grandmother vs. father, or all adults) play in the ability to learn?

Haizheng Li at Georgia Tech’s School of Economics, and two co-authors, investigated the impact of multigenerational family co-residence and shared childcare responsibility on a child’s cognitive development.

Jonathan Samon

Jonathan Samon graduated with his B.S. in Economics in 2001 and now serves as General Counsel for eProdigy Financial, LLC, which is involved in alternative finance for small businesses. 

What Georgia Tech and the School of Economics taught me?

Everyone knows that Tech courses are challenging, but the process of overcoming challenges when you are young can be a formative experience as it was for me. I am that much more prepared when facing a deadline or a scarcity of resources because I learned at Tech and the School of Economics on how to succeed in these situations.

Nicholas Pinto

What Georgia Tech and the School of Economics Taught Me:

It taught me how to interpret numbers and data in a way that makes sense. There can be conflicting research in the area of education, but from my economics background, I can analyze the methods researchers used to obtain their results. It helps me make informed decisions about my future practice.

Kaylin Berinhout

Kaylin chose the School of Economics at Georgia Tech because of the program's emphasis on statistical quantitative analysis and its proximity to cutting-edge technology and innovation.

Kaylin wants to create an economic reform in the fields of the future, specifically in the intersection of the climate crisis, social enterprise, and income inequality, and Georgia Tech's program encourages its students not just to theorize about how to create a better world, but to do the work to make it a reality. 

Sarah Tinsley

Why did you choose Georgia Tech and the School of Economics?  

Sarah TinsleyGeorgia Tech is one of the top universities in the nation, and I knew that by attending, I would be surrounding myself with students and professors who would challenge me to learn more, do more, and become more.

Where Economics and Health Intersect: Taxes on E-Cigs Hurt Attempts to Quit Smoking

There is very little causal evidence to date on how e-cigarette use impacts smoking cessation among adults. In a paper published in June, 2020, Georgia Tech economist Daniel Dench probed the role that price plays in choosing whether to vape or smoke.  E-cigarettes provide nicotine in a vapor form, which is considered less harmful than the smoke from combustible tobacco because it does not contain the same toxins.

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