Trade and Inequality

This project is closed.

The student will
1. Collect inequality data across countries and merge it into another (existing) data set.
2. Conduct a literature survey on
a. inequality and governance, and
b. trade and inequality
3. Do some statistical analysis with the inequality data

The project pays for 10 hours a week through end of May. You must be a McCombs BBA student, since that is a condition for the funding.

Qualifications

--The student must be a McCombs BBA student.
--Experience with data collection and data management is preferable.
--Experience with statistical package like STATA is preferable.

Project Timeline

March - May 30 2016

Duties

The student will

1. Collect inequality data across countries and merge it into another (existing) data set.
2. Conduct a literature survey on
a. inequality and governance, and
b. trade and inequality
3. Do some statistical analysis with the inequality data

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Project Lead
Who to Contact
Kishore Gawande
Contact Email
Kishore.Gawande@mccombs.utexas.edu

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