ADDENDUM: Transformative Reimagination: A Framework for a Vincentian College of Business

The mission identity and intellectual tradition of Vincentian schools of business affords a unique opportunity for these institutions to produce business leaders prepared to address systemic breakdowns in business ethics and corporate social responsibility. In order to achieve this goal, this paper proposes the HEET (Hire Encourage Equip Train) framework for mission integration. At the heart of the HEET framework is a recognition that successful mission integration requires college-level administrators who promote mission integration throughout the curriculum and center its importance within the strategic operations of the school of business. As every component of HEET centers on developing an industry-leading business curriculum strengthened by mission integration, this paper also surveys four case studies on embedding Vincentian mission within business classrooms. While these case studies individually touch on each of Sullivan’s (1995) core tenets of Vincentian education, they commonly shared an emphasis on promoting education that is community-centric, innovative, and solution-oriented

Three Essays on Labor Economics and Public Policy

This dissertation comprises three essays on labor economics and public policy. Specifically, each chapter considers the labor market implications of American public policies targeting low-income individuals. The first two chapters examine the spatial equilibrium and inequality effects of the minimum wage. The first chapter considers the theoretical implications of the minimum wage in a spatial equilibrium model and presents empirical evidence consistent with housing spillovers. Empirical evidence is estimated by exploiting state-by-year variation in the minimum wage, using reduced-form estimation and pooled event studies. A $1 increase in the minimum wage decreases monthly rents by 1.5The final chapter offers a potential resolution to the lack of consensus regarding Medicaid’s implications for labor supply. Exploiting the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment’s random assignment of household Medicaid access by lottery, the third chapter tests static labor supply theory’s prediction of treatment effect heterogeneity. Quantile regression estimates the impact of Medicaid access and use across the earnings distribution. The effect of Medicaid participation on earnings is both positive and negative. Most estimates are negative and range between reductions of$520 to $1,400/year for individuals